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Claire Scanlon To Direct Matt Hubbard/Michael Schur NBC Comedy Pilot
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Claire Scanlon has been tapped to direct NBC’s untitled single-camera comedy pilot from former 30 Rock co-executive producer Matt Hubbard and Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine-Nine co-creator/executive producer Mike Schur. The project from Universal TV, revolves around Andrew and Josie, a happily married interracial couple whose lives take a turn when they move close to Josie's family in Missouri. This is Scanlon’s pilot directorial debut. She was an editor on The Off… »
The CW’s Mars Project Drama Pilot Casts Mouzam Makkar, Carl Beukes & Tongayi Chirisa
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Mouzam Makkar, Carl Beukes and Tongayi Chirisa are set as series regulars on The CW’s Untitled Mars Project pilot, from CBS TV Studios. Written by Doris Egan (Reign), the thriller follows an explorer team that arrives on Mars to join the first human colony on the planet, only to discover that their predecessors have vanished. Led by a woman whose husband is among the missing, the colonists are forced to change their mission from exploration and settlement to investigation… »
‘The Real O’Neals’ Review: Despite Controversy, Nothing Really New In ABC Comedy
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There was much controversy early on for The Real O'Neals as religious groups and the Family Research Council sought to have the ABC comedy executive produced by Dan Savage deep-sixed. Well, months and several development tweaks later, the single-camera sitcom fronted by Martha Plimpton and Jay R. Ferguson is set to debut March 2 with two episodes. Despite a strong few opening minutes, the trying-too-hard-to-be-quirky series about a truly not-perfect Chicago Catholic… »
‘The Jury’: ABC Pilot Casts Brandon Jay McLaren & Ben Esler
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Graceland alum Brandon Jay McLaren and Australian actor Ben Esler (Hell On Wheels) have been cast as series regulars on ABC's murder trial drama pilot The Jury, from Sony TV and ABC Studios. Written by VJ Boyd and Mark Bianculli and executive produced by Carol Mendelsohn, The Jury examines "the ultimate social experiment" that happens thousands of times a day in the U.S.: A person's fate is placed in the hands of 12 strangers. The series follows a single murder trial a… »
Jessalyn Wanlim Joins ‘Orphan Black’; Kerry O’Malley & Annika Marks In ‘The Last Tycoon’
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Jessalyn Wanlim (Alex Cross) has joined the fourth season cast of BBC America’s clone drama Orphan Black, which premieres in April. She will play Evie Cho, a spokesperson advocating research for women’s health. Evie is a powerful, seductively articulate bio-engineer that preaches empowerment to those oppressed by sexism and physical aliments. Wanlim joins a cast that includes star Tatiana Maslany, Ari Millen, Jordan Gavaris, Dylan Bruce, Maria Doyle Kennedy, and Skyler… »
‘Ash Vs Evil Dead’ Casts Michelle Hurd As Series Regular
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Michelle Hurd has joined the Season 2 cast of Starz’s Ash Vs. Evil Dead as a series regular. She will play the high school sweetheart of the title character, Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell). The cast also includes Lucy Lawless as Ruby, who now possesses the powerful Necronomicon; Ray Santiago as Pablo Simon Bolivar, Ash's loyal sidekick dealing with the trauma he suffered in the cabin; and Dana DeLorenzo as Kelly Maxwell, who is grief-stricken after the death of her parents… »
Jimmy Kimmel In Talks To Host Emmys Again For ABC
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ABC has launched talks with its late-night star Jimmy Kimmel about hosting this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards. Having the host broadcast network’s late-night star host the show has become standard operating procedure, so it would be much bigger news were ABC not talking to Kimmel about the gig. He got good reviews when he hosted in 2012, which was the last time ABC broadcast the ceremony. Among its benefits, hosting the Primetime Emmy Awards gives the host great exposure… »
Demi Moore To Star In Drama TV Series From ‘Rookie Blue’ Co-Creator
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Exclusive: Demi Moore is set to star in 10 Days In The Valley, a drama series project from top Canadian TV writer-producer Tassie Cameron, co-creator, executive producer and head writer of hit cop series Rookie Blue. Written by Cameron, who will serve as showrunner, 10 Days In The Valley centers on Jane Sadler (Moore), an overworked writer and single mother in the middle of a fractious separation. When her 5-year-old daughter is taken from bed in the middle of the night… »
Adam Davidson To Direct Fox Drama Pilot ‘Recon’
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Veteran TV helmer Adam Davidson is set to direct Fox's drama pilot Recon, from Warner Bros TV. Written by The Vampire Diaries exec producer Caroline Dries and exec produced by Tvd co-developers/exec producers Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec, Recon is about a rookie FBI agent (Tracy Spiridakos) who embeds herself in a suspected terrorist family. Davidson previously directed the pilot for AMC’s hit series Fear the Walking Dead and the opening episode for DirecTV’s… »
Jeff Katzenberg: ‘Kung Fu Panda 3’ Could Be China’s Top-Grossing Animated Film Ever
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DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg wants to persuade Wall Street that his company’s strong Q4 results were not a fluke — with Kung Fu Panda 3‘s performance, especially in China, Exhibit A. “Momentum is on our side,” he told analysts in the company’s quarterly call to discuss earnings. The animated film has generated about $118 million at domestic box offices. But its performance in China “serves as proof” that Oriental DreamWorks — a joint venture with multiple… »
UCLA’s Hollywood Study: Diverse Content Is Crucial For Business
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Exclusive: A UCLA-sponsored study of Hollywood’s favorite subject — itself — concludes that expanding opportunities for women and minorities behind and in front of the cameras is critical for the bottom line as the country heads incrementally toward a majority non-white population. “Audiences crave diverse content,” Dr. Darnell Hunt, chairman of the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at UCLA, told Deadline in an interview. Hunt is the author of the Center… »
‘Chicago Law’: Jean de Segonzac To Direct Backdoor Pilot For ‘Chicago’ Legal Spinoff
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NBC’s proposed legal drama spinoff from Dick Wolf’s Chicago franchise, starring Philip Winchester, has locked in a key auspice. Jean de Segonzac, who has worked on Wolf series for almost two decades, has been tapped to direct the upcoming episode of Chicago Pd that will serve as a embedded pilot for the potential legal Chicago offshoot, tentatively titled Chicago Law. That will be Episode 21 of the current third season of Chicago Pd, which is slated to begin production in… »
Maria Bamford Announces ‘Lady Dynamite’ Premiere Date – With A Little Help
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Maria Bamford got a little help from her friends in announcing the May 20 premiere date for her new Netflix series Lady Dynamite. The series, inspired by the actor/comedian's life, tells the story of a woman who loses- and then finds- her s**t. Series guest stars Sarah Silverman, Tig Notaro and Adam Pally helped Bamford share the premiere date news by answering the age-old question “Who is Maria Bamford?” Who is Maria Bamford? #LadyDynamite pic.twitter.com/HLcmI4yFRy… »
Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton Momentum Fuels Fox News Channel Ratings Streak
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Fox News Channel ranked No. 1 in primetime and total day among all basic cable networks for a fifth week, tying its five-week streak 13 year ago during the Iraq War in 2003. Fnc, like other cable news networks, covered the walk-up to, and day of, Hillary Clinton’s win in the Nevada Dem caucus and Donald Trump’s dominance of the South Carolina Gop primary on Saturday, as well as that day’s funeral for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Fnc, which did not host a debate… »
‘Dirty Dancing’: Dancer Colt Prattes To Play Johnny In ABC Remake
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Exclusive: After a very lengthy talent search, dancer/actor Colt Prattes (Rock of Ages) has landed the male lead in ABC/Lionsgate TV’s Dirty Dancing, taking on the iconic Johnny role played by Patrick Swayze in the original film. Like the 1987 Swayze-Jennifer Grey feature, ABC’s three-hour Dirty Dancing movie centers on Baby (Abigail Breslin), an innocent young woman in the early 1960s who vacations with her affluent parents and siblings in the Catskills and falls for… »
‘Superstore’ Renewed For Season 2 By NBC
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NBC has given an early renewal to midseason comedy Superstore starring America Ferrera. The comedy joins breakout fall drama Blindspot, solid new Chicago addition Chicago Med and fellow midseason entry Shades of Blue as the freshman NBC series that have already secured Season 2 pickups. Superstore has done well for NBC, which has struggled in the comedy genre for the past couple of seasons. After a promising ratings start in the preview behind The Voice, Superstore has… »
Kathryn Hahn To Star In Jill Soloway Amazon Pilot ‘I Love Dick’
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Kathryn Hahn, who is recurring on Jill Soloway’s acclaimed Amazon comedy series Transparent, has been tapped as the female lead in Soloway’s followup project for Amazon — comedy pilot I Love Dick. Written by playwright Sarah Gubbins based on Chris Kraus' 1997 novel and directed by Soloway, I Love Dick is set in a colorful academic community in Marfa, Texas. It centers on a struggling married couple, failing wife and independent filmmaker Chris (Hahn) and Sylvere, and… »
’24: Legacy’: Teddy Sears Cast As Head Of CTU In Fox Pilot
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Masters of Sex alum Teddy Sears is set to co-star opposite Corey Hawkins, Miranda Otto and Anna Diop in Fox pilot 24: Legacy, which reboots the 24 franchise with brand new characters and cast. Written by 24 veterans Manny Coto and Evan Katz and directed by Stephen Hopkins (who helmed the original 24 pilot), 24: Legacy chronicles military hero Eric Carter's (Hawkins) return to the U.S. and the trouble that follows him back – compelling him to ask CTU for help in saving his… »
‘Powerless’: Danny Pudi, Christina Kirk & Alan Tudyk Join DC Comics Comedy Pilot
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A to Z creator Ben Queen has recruited series’ co-star Christina Kirk for his new comedy pilot, NBC’s Powerless, which is toplined by Vanessa Hudgens. Also cast as series regulars in the superhero-themed Warner Bros. TV pilot are Community alum Danny Pudi and Alan Tudyk (Suburgatory). Based on characters from DC Comics, Powerless is a workplace comedy set at one of the worst insurance companies in America — with the twist being that it also takes place in the universe of… »
‘Queen Sugar’: Own Drama Series Adds Bianca Lawson, Greg Vaughan & Henry G. Sanders
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Bianca Lawson (Pretty Little Liars), Greg Vaughan (Days of Our Lives) and Henry G. Sanders (Selma) have joined the cast of Own's new original drama series Queen Sugar, from Ava Duvernay and Warner Horizon Television. Meanwhile, Own said today that Oprah Winfrey — who earlier was announced as a recurring — will not have an onscreen role but will remain actively involved as an executive producer. Written, directed and executive produced by Duvernay, the contemporary series… »
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