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13.04.2021 - 00:36 / deadline.com
NBC has greenlit two pilot orders – a wedding island disaster thriller exec produced by The Blacklist duo John Davis and John Fox and a bank heist drama exec produced by Julie Plec.
The move marks the first pilot orders of the 2021/22 broadcast season by the network – coming after the Covid-19 pandemic threw the 2020/21 development season into chaos with many pilot projects being unable to be filmed until this year and networks moving out of the traditional buying patterns.
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EXCLUSIVE: Disney Channel has greenlighted half-hour live-action comedy pilot Amy from Amarillo (working title). After a wide search, young actress Isabella Pappas (Finding Alice) has landed the title role.
Kiefer Sutherland and Jason Patric spoke about that Julia Roberts literal “Runaway Bride” moment for the first time sitting side by side in a new interview.
NENT Orders Icelandic Crime Drama
Iceland Airwaves festival has added nearly 30 new acts to its 2021 edition, including Arlo Parks and Bartees Strange.The festival, which cancelled its 2020 edition due to COVID-19 concerns last August, will now return to Reykjavík this November.The likes of Metronomy, Daði Freyr and Dry Cleaning were announced to be playing the festival last year, and more artists have now joined the line-up.Iceland Airwaves will take place across Reykjavík on the weekend of November 3-6, 2021.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterFox has ordered the dramedy “The Big Leap” to series for the 2021-2022 broadcast season.The one-hour show was originally ordered to pilot last year, but production was shutdown by the pandemic.
Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeFresh off her stint guest hosting “The Masked Singer,” Niecy Nash is sticking with the Fox family.
Observer that it was “weird, gorgeous and terrifying all at the same time,” with Sumarliði adding that he “thought I might freeze to death at my own wedding.”The couple hiked in full winter gear, before changing into their suits in a pop-up tent at the site of the volcano, where they exchanged rings and vows, popped champagne, and ate cake.“It was beyond perfect, a day we’ll never forget,” Sumarliði said.Deemed a “very quiet” eruption by Thorvaldur Thordarson, professor of volcanology at the
Iceland has gone Hollywood!
Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVThis time last year the COVID19 pandemic was pausing productions and calling into question the ability of television series and talent to effectively campaign for Emmys, not only due to health and safety concerns, but also because of how it might look to be trying to celebrate amid so much death.
Common is ready to make his “Never Have I Ever” debut.
NBC’s pilot season has kicked in to gear with two more orders on the comedy side.
Joe Otterson TV ReporterNBC has given out a pair of comedy pilot orders, including one starring music superstar Demi Lovato.The Lovato project is titled “Hungry.” NBC had previously given the single-camera show a put pilot commitment back in January.