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Jeff Bezos Mandates Programming Shift at Amazon Studios (Exclusive)
10 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
The mandate from Jeff Bezos is clear: Bring me “Game of Thrones.”
That’s the word that has the creative community buzzing this week about a major strategy shift underway for Amazon Studios’ original series efforts.
The CEO of the e-commerce giant is said to have tasked Amazon Studios chief Roy Price with honing the focus on high-end drama series with global appeal. Amazon’s decision this week to scrap plans for a second season of period drama “Z: The Beginning of Everything” reflects the new marching orders.
On Friday, Amazon confirmed five new projects — series greenlights for a period drama from Paul Attanasio and Wong Kar-wai and a comedy starring Fred Armisen and Maya Rudolph; two comedy pilots; and a Seth Rogen-produced comic book adaptation eyed as a straight-to-series order — that reflect the drive to find shows that deliver sizzle in the water-cooler environs of social media and can travel around the world.
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- Cynthia Littleton and Daniel Holloway
‘Designated Survivor’ Season 2 Adds ‘Parenthood’ Alum Bonnie Bedelia
17 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
“Designated Survivor” Season 2 has cast Bonnie Bedelia in a recurring role, Variety has learned.
Bedelia will play Eva Booker, the President’s mother-in-law. Widowed 20 years ago, she is fiercely devoted to her daughter (Natascha McElhone) and grandchildren, and an unabashed fan of her son-in-law. She spent her career working as a secretary to a Department of Defense contracting officer.
Bedelia previously starred as Camille Braverman on the hit NBC series “Parenthood.” Her additional credits include feature films “Die Hard” and “Die Hard 2,” “Presumed Innocent,” and “Heart Like a Wheel.” She is reped by Innovative Artists and Howard Entertainment.
“Designated Survivor’s” first season proved to be a hit for ABC. The show put up solid numbers in the Live+Same Day ratings, but showed impressive growth in delayed viewing week after week. The series stars Kiefer Sutherland, McElhone, Adam Canto, Italia Ricci, Kal Penn, Tanner Buchanan, Ben Lawson, Lamonica Garret, and »
- Joe Otterson
‘Stranger Things’ Season 2 Will Focus on Hopper’s Daughter, David Harbour Says
17 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
Get ready to learn a lot more about lawman Jim Hopper’s daughter in the upcoming second season of Netflix’s “Stranger Things.” David Harbour, who plays Hopper on the series, told TV Guide that his character’s daughter will “be the primary focus” of the season. “Hopper’s daughter will be the primary focus of Season 2, but not in the way that you think it will be,” Harbour said. “Hopper’s understanding of that relationship and Hopper’s understanding of being a father and of being a man grows deeper and deeper in Season 2, and we get a lot of time to explore what. »
- Tim Kenneally
‘Game of Thrones’ Was Pirated 1 Billion Times This Summer – Seriously
19 hours ago | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »
“Game of Thrones” broke ratings records for HBO in its latest season, but it paled in comparison to the amount of people watching the show illegally. With its seventh season plagued by hackers, the popular fantasy show was pirated more than 1 billion times, according to anti-piracy firm Muso. HBO may want to start hunting down some of these phony subscribers, because “Game of Thrones” was routinely watched illegally 10 times more than it was watched legally. Its season finale set an HBO overnight record with 16.5 million viewers, which still came in at a fraction of the 143 million people »
- Sean Burch
Laverne Cox-Led Psychic Drama From Elizabeth Banks Lands ABC Put Pilot Order (Exclusive)
20 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
ABC has given a put pilot order to a new drama starring Laverne Cox, Variety has learned exclusively.
Currently titled “Spirited,” the one-hour drama would follow a fake psychic (Cox) who realizes she can really communicate with the dead. She decides to put her con-woman past behind her and actually start helping people.
Elizabeth Banks is attached as an executive producer under her Brownstone Productions banner. Brownstone’s Max Handelman will also executive produce. Heather Mitchell, who previously wrote for and produced “Scandal” and developed “Still Star-Crossed” for television, will serve as writer and executive producer. Warner Bros. Television, where Brownstone is under an overall deal, will produce.
Cox is repped by ICM, Ph Entertainment Group, and Peikoff Mahan. Banks is repped by UTA, Untitled Untitled Entertainment, and Ziffren Brittenham Llp. Mitchell is repped by Wme.
This is not the first time Banks and Cox have collaborated on a TV project. Back »
- Joe Otterson
A Rocket-Powered Katana Sword Cuts Drone in Mid Flight
1 hour ago | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
When people have nothing else to do some crazy stuff can happen. Such as a drone being sentenced to death by a rocket-powered katana. Now I don’t know about you, but that sounds fairly medieval and even cruel even for a piece of machinery. The title is a little misleading since the drone is more or less in hover mode than it is in mid-flight. Without splitting too many hairs though it’s a little impressive that the blade manages to go halfway through the drone before hitting the battery case and essentially just pushing the drone the rest of the
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- Wake
Days of Our Lives Spoilers: Will Gabi’s Experience Change Her?
2 hours ago | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
Days of Our Lives fans know that Gabi’s friends and family worked hard to save her life. She was taken by the commissioner when she intercepted some evidence that her brother sent to Rafe at the police department. It turns out that things weren’t as they seemed in this situation. It wasn’t Abe who was in the middle of working on the illegal games with Dario. It was Commissioner Raines. This explains so much about what happened to Abigail. She was working with Raines to figure out what her own husband was doing – which meant she was putting herself
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- Tiffany Raiford
Five Things You Didn’t Know about Andrew Zimmern
3 hours ago | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
Andrew Zimmern is an American TV personality who is best-known for having sampled a wide range of interesting foods over the course of his travels. Besides his TV shows, he has been known to serve as a chef as well as a lecturer on the topic of restaurant management, so it should come as no surprise to learn that Zimmern is a multi-faceted person with a surprising range of talents. Here are five things that you may or may not have known about Andrew Zimmern: He Was Homeless for a Time For a time, Zimmern became homeless because he was
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- Nat Berman
Five Things You Didn’t Know About Errol Morris
4 hours ago | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
Errol Morris, the king of documentaries, has been slated to direct a new project with Netflix called Wormwood. This Oscar-winning director has been giving us impressive works in various forms, and his new series will reflect just that style. Part documentary and part narrative drama, Wormwood will be tackling drugs, the CIA, and New York City with a dive into the death of CIA employee Frank Olson. In 1953, Olson supposedly jumped out of his New York City hotel window to his death after being dose with LSD unknowingly. We are as excited about this premise as we are with
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- Jennifer Borama
Five Things You Didn’t Know about Thomas Q. Jones
5 hours ago | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
Most people will know Thomas Q. Jones as a NFL running back of some note. However, it is interesting to note that he has been pursuing an acting career since he left football, which has resulted in a number of roles in both movies and TV shows. Recently, it has been reported that Jones will be making a return to Luke Cage, which might be interest people who love speculating about what they can expect next from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Here are five things that you may or may not have known about Thomas Q. Jones: He Comes from
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- Nat Berman
Five Things You Didn’t Know about Jas Prince
6 hours ago | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
The guys behind the scenes when it comes to entertainment aren’t always the best known but they are usually the biggest influences. Jas Prince is the son of James Prince, a successful CEO and an icon behind the scenes of Hip Hop. Jas has signed a few very influential people to his own label and has been taking on the same role as his father now for some time. While the Hip Hip genre has been fairly stable at its core for a while the fringes and even the levels closer to the heart of the genre have at time
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- Wake
Christopher Walken Reading “Good Night Moon” on The Simpsons
7 hours ago | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
There’s something inherently creepy about listening to Christopher Walken reading anything, let alone a children’s story. But when he reads Goodnight Moon in the Simpsons it just kind of sets all the hairs on the back of your neck to tingling at once. He’s just an unnerving guy unless he’s trying to be nice, and even he’s kind of creepy in a hard to define sort of way. The thing is, that’s just awesome. He’s so creepy when he’s reading children stories that it’s downright funny and hard to replace. Something about his voice is just so infectious that once
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- Wake
Celebrity Couples That Have Actually Stuck it Out
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http://acidcow.com/pics/92720-not-all-celebrities-divorce-constantly-some-stay-happily-married-14-pics.html It’s been common knowledge that celebrity marriages don’t always last and to be honest it’s kind of sad. What’s worse is to know that any given time the smiles and caresses you see in pictures could be entirely staged and the couple could actually detest one another in private. There have been plenty of sham marriages in Hollywood that were used just for publicity, and it’s still a shameful thing to think about. But there are those couples that have been together for a while that seem to be genuinely happy and in love with one another. Hollywood doesn’t
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- Wake
Amazon Orders Fred Armisen-Maya Rudolph Comedy & Wong Kar-wai Drama Series; Greg Daniels, Bays-Thomas Pilots
8 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Amazon has given straight-to-series orders to a comedy starring Saturday Night Live alumni Fred Armisen and Maya Rudolph and Tong Wars, a drama from filmmaker Wong Kar-wai and Homicide creator Paul Attanasio, the network confirmed. Additionally, Amazon has ordered Upload, a single-camera comedy pilot from The Office creator Greg Daniels, and Making Friends, a multi-camera one from How I Met Your Mother creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s… »
Five Things You Didn’t Know About Cary Deuber
9 hours ago | TVovermind.com | See recent TVovermind.com news »
Have you ever wondered what happens when you take people who are privileged and famous in their own right and then give them an even larger platform? Well, you get to see it consistently with reality television program like the Real Housewives franchise. One of the franchises most recent additions, The Real Housewives of Dallas, provides a huge platform for some immensely huge personalities, ensuring a high level of drama and entertainment. When watching these shows, it is important to understand that the actors on these shows are playing themselves and a substantial part of what you are seeing is
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- Rick Wallace
Amazon Orders Fred Armisen-Maya Rudolph Comedy, Wong Kar-wai Drama, 3 Other Projects (Exclusive)
10 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
As Amazon refines its focus on shows with broad, global appeal, the streaming service has given series orders to a drama from Wong Kar-wai and comedy starring Fred Armisen and Maya Rudolph. Three more projects have also been put into development.
The streaming service has given a greenlight to “Tong Wars,” an hour-long drama written and executive produced by Paul Attanasio and directed by decorated Hong Kong filmmaker Wong. The series is set against the Tong Wars of 19th century San Francisco and tells a story spanning a significant period of time about Chinese immigrants and the clashes between organized-crime families in the city’s Chinatown.
Also receiving a series order is an untitled single-camera half hour comedy from Universal Television starring “Saturday Night Live” alums Fred Armisen and Maya Rudolph. The two actors will serve as executive producers alongside writers and creators Alan Yang (co-creator of “Master of None”) and Matt Hubbard. Dave Becky »
- Cynthia Littleton and Daniel Holloway
“The Pixar Theory” Still Blows Our Mind To this Day
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Jon Negroni is the author of “The Pixar Theory” in which he explains how every Pixar movie is connected! You can read the in depth version here and below you can read the abridged theory John Negroni must have a Lot of time on his hands, and a good imagination. There are plot holes aplenty in his thinking if you go by the abridged version, and there will no doubt be some in the full version as well, but the point is that he managed to connect everything that Pixar has done thus far into one continuous theory that in
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- Wake
High Plains Drifter: One of the Most Underrated Westerns Ever
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This was the second time that Clint Eastwood sat in the director’s chair and the first ever Western he directed. For some reason a lot of people seem to overlook this film in favor of movies like The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, Unforgiven, For a Few Dollars More, and so on and so forth. Why is that? High Plains Drifter wasn’t the typical western in that it was more of a revenge story crossed with a ghost story. So what? It was still set in the wild west and catered to those that loved the genre. The ghost
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- Wake
Survival Guide Comedy Series From Military Vet Duo Ordered By Netflix With Matt Damon & Peter Berg Producing
10 hours ago | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Netflix has given an eight-episode straight-to-series order to The Green Beret's Guide to Surviving the Apocalypse, a hybrid scripted/unscripted comedy written, produced by and starring two military veterans, Shawn Vance, a former United States Special forces Green Beret, and Daril Fanin, a former combat army medic, The duo brought the idea for a real-life "survival guide" series to Matt Damon who, along with Jennifer Todd, came on board to executive produce through their… »
Hillary Clinton Says She ‘Maybe Missed a Few Chances’ During Presidential Campaign
11 hours ago | Variety - TV News | See recent Variety - TV News news »
Hillary Clinton sat down with “CBS Sunday Morning” anchor Jane Pauley in her first television interview about her new book, “What Happened.” The book chronicles her time running for the White House opposite Donald Trump, and she told Pauley that the moment the now-president started to follow her around the debate stage was “discombobulating.”
“While I’m answering questions, my mind is going, ‘Okay, do I keep my composure? Do I act like a president? Am I the person that people can trust in the end to make hard decisions? Or do I wheel around and say, ‘Get outta my space. Back up, you creep’? Well, you know, I didn’t do the latter,” Clinton said of the St. Louis debate.
While the extended interview will be broadcast on Sept. 10, a preview was featured tonight on the CBS Evening News. In it, Clinton also opened up about more general struggles during the campaign.
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- Danielle Turchiano
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