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‘Homeland’ Sets Season 6 Premiere Date, Schedules ‘Billions’ Season 2 Return
2 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
“Homeland” will return to Showtime for Season 6 on Sunday, January 15 at 9 p.m., Showtime announced during their presentation at the Television Critics Association summer press tour. Showtime President and CEO David Nevins also confirmed that “Homeland” had officially been renewed for Season 7 and Season 8, after previously telling reporters that the premium cabler was near a deal for a multi-season renewal in June.
Season 2 of “Billions” will premiere Sunday, February 19 at 10 p.m. Both series are currently in production in New York, marking “Homeland’s” return to the U.S. after two seasons filming on location in South Africa and Berlin.
“Homeland” stars Claire Danes, Rupert Friend, F. Murray Abraham and Mandy Patinkin. After she thwarted a terrorist attack in Berlin, Season 6 picks up several months later and finds Carrie Mathison (Danes) back on American soil, living in Brooklyn, New York. She has begun working at a foundation whose efforts are to provide aid to Muslims living in »
- Laura Prudom
Amazon greenlights 'American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story'
8 hours ago | Hitfix | See recent Hitfix news »
Today, Amazon announced its newest original series: "American Playboy: The Hugh Hefner Story." A docuseries about the founder of Playboy, American Playboy tells the story of Hugh Hefner ("and his impact on global culture and history") through everything from archival footage to reenactments. American Playboy will consist of 13 episodes that will premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. Here are more details from the press release: Produced by Stephen David Entertainment and Alta Loma Entertainment,American Playboy begins in post-war America and takes us through the launch of Playboy magazine in 1953 and the next six decades of Hefner’s life and career. As he built his empire, Hefner became both a social justice advocate and a target of the conservative movement, battling with the FBI and J. Edgar Hoover while becoming an outspoken defender of civil rights. With unprecedented access to more than 17,000 hours of never-before-seen footage from the Playboy archives »
- Pilot Viruet
‘Star Trek: Discovery’ CBS Series to Have Female Lead
23 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
CBS’ “Star Trek: Discovery” will feature a female lead, Variety has confirmed. Executive producer Bryan Fuller is expected to discuss the role Wednesday at the Television Critics Association summer press tour.
CBS Television Studios, which is producing the series, is in the process of casting the role, which could potentially go to a woman of color. During a Q&A last month at Comic Con, Fuller spoke about Mae Jamison, the first African-American female astronaut and Nichelle Nichols, the lone African American and lone female cast member on the original “Star Trek” series, as inspirations for the characters on his show. “I think that ‘Star Trek’ is a show of firsts,” he said at the time.
Avery Brooks as Capt. Benjamin Sisko on “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” was the first African American to lead a “Star Trek” series. Kate Mulgrew as Capt. Kathryn Janeway on “Star Trek: Voyager” was the franchise’s first female lead »
- Daniel Holloway
‘Twin Peaks’ Revival: David Lynch Is ‘Deep in Editing’ for Early Half of 2017 Release
46 minutes ago | Indiewire Television | See recent Indiewire Television news »
“Twin Peaks,” even in revival form, continues to be one of the most enigmatic series on TV, whenever it makes it to air.
At the Television Critics Association press tour on Thursday, reporters expected to get some news, be it new footage, a release date, hell, even some damn good coffee or pie. Unfortunately, Showtime execs could only give crumbs about the state of production. “You can do a show like ‘Twin Peaks,’ where we don’t even know for sure how many episodes there will be,” Showtime President and CEO David Nevins half-joked, half-announced, as critics sobbed inside. A touted clip reel shown at TCA did not include any actual footage, only actors on set raving about how wonderful the show is.
Read More: ‘Twin Peaks’ Cast Revealed: Amanda Seyfried, Michael Cera and more
The only very solid piece of information that was revealed was that production on the series is done, »
- Hanh Nguyen
New ‘Rocko’s Modern Life’ One-Hour Special to Air on Nickelodeon
2 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
“Rocko’s Modern Life” is coming back. That will be a hoot! Nickelodeon announced on Thursday, the 25th anniversary of Nickelodeon Animation, that it has greenlit an original one-hour TV special based on its classic 1990s hit. Series creator Joe Murray is on board as an executive producer. The special will bring back all the show’s classic characters and offer some new takes on life in O-Town. Additional news of Rocko’s airdate and casting will be announced in the coming months. Also Read: 'All That' Cast Reunion to Air on Nickelodeon (Video) “I’m very happy to be »
- Joe Otterson
Newswire: Jennifer Lynch to direct horror flick about a killer Halloween theme park
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Filmmaker Jennifer Chambers Lynch (Boxing Helena, Chained) appears to have spun a couple of work-for-hire TV episode jobs into a feature horror movie gig. The director, whose father is Twin Peaks creator David Lynch, has helmed just two episodes of AMC’s The Walking Dead, but those two episodes are undoubtedly among the most affecting and fear-inducing installments of the all-too-often disappointing series. Her work on the fifth season’s “Spend” and the sixth season’s “Jss” so impressed Twd producer Gale Anne Hurd that she decided to tap her for a Halloween-themed film she had in the works, according to Deadline.
“When I saw the level of passion and professionalism Jen brought to The Walking Dead when she directed for us, I knew I had found the right director to helm Hellfest,” Hurd explained. “Her vision for the film is not only compelling and character driven, but very, very »
- Dennis DiClaudio
‘Game Of Thrones’ Rose Leslie To Star In DreamWorks’ ‘Haunted’
6 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
Exclusive: There is life after Jon Snow. Rose Leslie, who memorably played Snow’s Wildling love interest in Game of Thrones, has been set to play the lead in Haunted, the DreamWorks thriller that Juan Carlos Fresnadillo is directing. She joins previously set Alfre Woodard. Leslie, who starred in Luther and the upcoming Fox and Scott Free thriller Morgan, is starring in what is best described as a gothic ghost story scripted by Chad & Carey Chase. Scott Bernstein, Roy Lee… »
Amazon Acquires Alberto Barboza’s Debut Feature ‘Cry Now’ (Exclusive)
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Amazon has acquired “Cry Now,” a lyrical love story steeped in Chicano rockabilly culture which mark the feature debut of Alberto Barboza a consulting producer and dialogue coach on five-time Daytime Emmy nominated Hulu series “East Lost High.”
The Amazon acquisition, made via Princ Films, is for all platforms, including Amazon Prime and Amazon Instant Video.
An ode to Los Angeles street art scene, “Cry Now” stars Miguel Angel Caballero as Vincent, a street poster artist, who falls head over heels for a muse Luzy, played by Illiana Carter (“Walkout,’ “Primo”), a tattoo designer he meets at a backstreet boogey. But Sofia (Mina Olivera, “Shrink”), Vincent’s ex-girlfriend, is not ready to let go and engineers revenge. Accused of vandalism, Vincent takes off, with the Lapd in hot pursuit.
In “Cry Now,” “we follow our protagonist from one vibrant Los Angeles subculture to another,” said Barboza, who was born and bred in South Gate. »
- John Hopewell
‘Walking Dead’s Jennifer Chambers Lynch To Helm CBS Films ‘Hellfest’
6 hours ago | Deadline | See recent Deadline news »
CBS Films has set Jennifer Chambers Lynch to direct Hellfest. Lynch, the daughter of iconic helmer David Lynch who made a high profile genre directing debut with Boxing Helena, more recently has directed episodes of last season’s The Walking Dead. She re-teams here with that zombie series exec producer Gale Anne Hurd, who is producing the feature horror thriller through her Valhalla Motion Pictures banner. Hellfest involves a Halloween night of fun turns deadly at a… »
Thomas Gibson Speaks Out Amid Reports of Altercation on Criminal Minds Set
4 hours ago | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »
Thomas Gibson has reportedly been suspended from CBS drama Criminal Minds following a flare-up on set. "There were creative differences on the set and a disagreement. I regret that it occurred," Gibson, 54, said in a statement to People. "We all want to work together as a team to make the best show possible. We always have and we always will." A source confirmed to People that tension arose with a staffer when Gibson was directing and starring in an upcoming episode. "Almost out of instinct, Thomas basically kicked him in the shin," says the source, adding that the writer "seemed alright at the time, »
- Patrick Gomez and Stephanie Petit
‘The Flash’ and ‘Supergirl’ to Stage Musical Crossover In Addition to Four-Show Team-Up
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“The Flash” and “Supergirl” will channel their cast members’ real life superpowers — their singing talents — for two musical crossover episodes in the back half of the season, the executive producers revealed at The CW’s Television Critics Association summer press tour presentation on Thursday.
That crossover is not to be confused with the epic four-show crossover that will take place between “The Flash,” “Supergirl,” “Arrow” and “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow” in November, executive producer Greg Berlanti noted. With stars Grant Gustin and Melissa Benoist both alums of “Glee,” and a number of other cast members having done stints on Broadway, the musical episodes seemed like a no brainer for the producers, and will use “mostly pre-exisiting” songs, although Berlanti said the writers hope to pen at least one original song for each episode.
“When they’re not acting or flying or punching or exploding things, they’re singing,” Ali Adler said of Benoist and Gustin, having »
- Laura Prudom
‘Brave New World’ To Be Adapted By Grant Morrison & Brian Taylor For Syfy
5 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Scribe Grant Morrison and Brian Taylor (Crank) have been tapped to adapt Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World for Syfy, Universal Cable Productions and Amblin TV. They will also executive produce, along with Amblin TV’s Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey. Syfy announced last year it was developing the novel for TV. Considered one of the most influential genre classics of all time and named fifth among the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th Century… »
Dennis Michael Lynch Fired by NewsmaxTV in Fox News, Donald Trump Flap
22 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Dennis Michael Lynch says he’s gotten the boot at NewsmaxTV. The conservative host and Donald Trump supporter told fans he was fired by the startup network Thursday, one day after he complained his bosses had kicked him off the air for being too outspoken. “The program is finished,” he wrote on his website. Also Read: Newsmax Host Dennis Michael Lynch Is Pulled Off the Air for Defending Fox News “Nobody likes to be terminated, and as an entrepreneur my entire life it’s the first time I’ve been on the receiving end of such a notification,” Lynch added. »
- Scott Collins
Meryl Streep Explains Why She Wanted to Sing So Badly in ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’
27 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Meryl Streep has sung well in films like “A Prairie Home Companion,” “Postcards From the Edge,” “Into the Woods” and, I suppose, “Mamma Mia!” But her operatic warbling in Stephen Frears‘ “Florence Foster Jenkins” is something else entirely. Playing a real-life society grand dame who sang with enormous enthusiasm but only the vaguest acquaintance with things like pitch, timing and tone, Streep’s Florence is monumentally awful but awfully entertaining; as Jason Solomons wrote in a review for TheWrap, “it is very hard to sing that awfully on purpose, and her twinkling commitment to the part is, as ever, a thing. »
- Steve Pond
‘Hell or High Water’ Review: Jeff Bridges Pursues Chris Pine in Smart, Exciting Western
46 minutes ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Righteous criminality and pokey humor make for disarming companions in “Hell or High Water,” a West Texas-set bank robbing adventure that offers the alternating acting pleasures of Chris Pine and Ben Foster playing outlaw brothers like second skins, and Jeff Bridges in master-class mode as the veteran Ranger on their trail. “Sicario” screenwriter Taylor Sheridan’s 21st century western — sort of a “Bonnie & Clyde”/”No Country for Old Men” hybrid, directed with a craftsman’s steady hand by David Mackenzie (“Starred Up”) — traffics in all the elements that have made the outlaw genre so enjoyable in the past, from bad. »
- Robert Abele
Rachel Weisz ruins a perfectly good birthday in 'Complete Unknown'
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Clip It: Each day, Jon Davis looks at the world of trailers, featurettes and clips and puts it all in perspective. This movie is exactly what I imagine it's like for people who are in the middle of their lives and don't have kids. They have cocktail parties. They have spotless apartments. They have the time and inclination to fake their own death and start over again. I don't plan on seeing this movie. Maybe I'm jealous that Michael Shannon's character has an amazing apartment. Seriously. I don't get why he'd ever consider moving with his new, young wife to California. Dump the wife before she dumps you and keep the apartment, Michael Shannon! No one in this movie is going to give him this advice, especially not his birthday guests, who look like an icky combination of grad students and professors. But everything changes when his previously missing »
- Jon Davis
7 Actors Who Would Kill It As Lando in Young Han Solo Movie (Photos)
1 hour ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Of course the young Han Solo spinoff movie would have to include Lando Calrissian. What we don’t know, however, is who’s going to take on the role alongside Alden Ehrenreich‘s Han. Billy Dee Williams‘ left some big shoes to fill, but we think these actors could pull it off. Nate Parker After impressing in “Red Tails,” “Non-Stop” and “Beyond the Lights,” Nate Parker is about to rack up a pile of Oscar nominations for “The Birth of a Nation” — which he wrote, directed and starred in. Corey Hawkins The “Straight Outta Compton” star is also about to »
- Phil Owen
Critical Content Launches Incubator Led by Millennials (Exclusive)
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Critical Content has launched a new incubator program, Critical Labs, which will give 10 millennial producers the resources to develop new unscripted projects for traditional media, digital and over-the-top platforms. Veteran TV producer Josh Bingham will serve as senior vice president for Critical Labs, and he will oversee all creative operations for the division. “These days you hear a lot of corporate jargonistas throwing around silly catchphrases like ‘millennial-facing,'” Bingham said in a statement. “I only sort of know what that means, but every day I’m actually facing a room full of inspired millennials and empowering them to create shows and. »
- Reid Nakamura
Showtime Chiefs Talk ‘Twin Peaks,’ ‘Penny Dreadful,’ Daniel Craig Drama and Digital Growth
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The advent of Showtime’s digital standalone offering last year has delivered a windfall of more than 1 million subscribers that promises to transform CBS Corp.’s pay TV service, according to Showtime Networks CEO David Nevins.
The subscriber growth has boosted revenue and bottom line numbers, allowing Showtime to invest more heavily in a broader range of programming, particularly documentaries, Nevins told reporters Thursday in his Q&A alongside Showtime programming president Gary Levine at the Television Critics Association press tour at the Beverly Hilton.
The alternative distribution model has meant that Showtime is “reaping the benefits of all the trends reshaping the television business,” Nevins said. He said that the Ott Showtime service has added more than 1 million new subscribers since its launch in October — new sign-ups that do not appear to be compromising its traditional subscriber base that flows through traditional Mvpd players.
“We’ve built a new business in the last year,” he »
- Cynthia Littleton
Christina Grimmie Searches for Her Prince in Posthumous Music Video ‘Snow White’
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Two months after her death, Christina Grimmie continues to entertain. On Thursday, the singer’s’s family released the first of four posthumous music videos featuring the “Voice” favorite. The clip, “Snow White,” finds Grimmie doubting her current relationship and singing, “Some day my prince will come for me, save me from this harm that haunts me.” Also Read: Teen Choice Awards Under Fire for Lack of Christina Grimmie Tribute The four videos, collectively dubbed “The Ballad of Jessica Blue,” feature songs from Grimmie’s “Side A” Ep. “The story follows a young girl’s journey into self-discovery through her love life, »
- Tim Kenneally
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