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First Look at German Fantasy Epic ‘Hagen’
Constantin Film has released the first images from Hagen, its hotly-anticipated new fantasy drama, which is looking to tap into the global Game of Thrones and Vikings fan base with a swords-and-magic tale inspired by the Teutonic Nibelungen saga. Fremantle has picked up worldwide distribution rights outside German-speaking territories to the series from Constantin. Fremantle […]
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Italian Filmmaker Stefano Sollima on His Upcoming Netflix Serial-Killer Drama ‘Il Mostro’
“Very beautiful and very challenging.” Those are the first two words that director Stefano Sollima uses to describe his upcoming, four-part Netflix crime series Il Mostro, which has just finished filming. Created by Leonardo Fasoli and Sollima (who also co-produced with Lorenzo Mieli), and produced by The Apartment — a Fremantle company — and AlterEgo […]
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Tyler Perry Inks First-Look TV Deal at Netflix
Netflix is doubling down on its commitment to the ever-busy Tyler Perry. The streaming service announced Monday that it was adding a multi-year, first-look series deal to its ongoing partnership with Perry. The first series under the new pact is titled Beauty in Black, a 16-episode hour-long drama, written, directed and produced by the man himself. Per […]
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Tony Parsons’ ‘Your Neighbour’s Wife’ Eyed for TV Adaptation
Tony Parsons’ novel Your Neighbour’s Wife is being eyed for adaptation. U.K. screenwriters Rebecca Pollock and Kas Graham are attached to write the serial, which is being described as a “propulsive erotic thriller.” The book, which dropped in 2021, follows Tara Carver — a happily married mother who finds herself willing to go to extremes […]
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Peacock’s ‘Apples Never Fall’ With Annette Bening, MGM+ Michael Chiklis Starrer ‘Hotel Cocaine’ Set for Series Mania
International television festival Series Mania unveiled its 2024 lineup Wednesday, with an impressive slate of world premieres that will grace the screens of Lille, France for the event running March 19-21. Peacock’s family drama Apples Never Fall, featuring Nyad Oscar nominee Annette Bening and Jurassic Park veteran Sam Neill as a dysfunctional couple, will screen […]
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Amazon Prime Video’s New Releases Coming in February 2024
Amazon originals like Jennifer Lopez’s This Is Me… Now: A Love Story, Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Upgraded are just some of the titles hitting Prime Video in January. Features like Annie Hall, Eat Pray Love, Get Out, I Am Not Your Negro, Hot Fuzz, Just Friends, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Scream I and […]
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10 TV Shows Based on True Stories Coming This Year
After a year in Hollywood largely defined by two massive strikes, the start of a new year makes way for exciting, upcoming series for audiences. The Hollywood Reporter rounded up some of the most anticipated series based on true stories (loosely, or otherwise) premiering in 2024 across streamers and cable networks that will feed into […]
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Rod Holcomb, Emmy Winner Who Directed Episodes of ‘ER’ and ‘Lost,’ Dies at 80
Rod Holcomb, the Emmy-winning ER director who also helmed episodes of Lost, China Beach, Wolf and The Six Million Dollar Man, has died. He was 80. Holcomb died Jan. 24 in Los Angeles after a long illness, the Directors Guild of America shared Friday. Josh Holcomb said, “Dad was an inspiration to me. He always […]
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‘The Good Mothers’ Takes the Female Perspective to Tell an Inside Story of a Mafia Takedown
It all started about a year ago. The Good Mothers, the Anglo-Italian series based on the eponymous book by journalist Alex Perry, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, winning the inaugural, and thanks to budget cuts one and only, prize for best new series at the festival’s TV sidebar, the Berlinale Series. Roughly twelve months […]
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Remembering Andre Braugher and Norman Lear: “Together They Could’ve Created a Hell of a Sitcom”
It’s rare that you get to work with legends. Rarer still that they live up to the title. So how lucky am I to have worked with two such people? I’ve been thinking a lot about Norman Lear and Andre Braugher since their sudden passing, and the qualities they shared that made them both legends […]
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‘Suits’ Boss on the Series’ Origins and the Meghan Markle Line the Palace Had Removed
Aaron Korsh has his theories about why his legal dramedy Suits, which originally aired for nine seasons on USA Network before wrapping in 2019, is suddenly smashing viewership records on Netflix. For one, the series, which stars Patrick Adams as Mike Ross, a genius slacker who lands a coveted legal gig working for high-powered attorney Harvey […]
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‘Suits’ Creator on Surprise Resurgence, Potential Spinoffs and Writer Pay
Like seemingly everyone else on the internet, Aaron Korsh and his preteen daughter are bingeing their way through Suits. They’re almost done with seven of the legal dramedy’s nine seasons, and the daughter is enthralled — a huge relief to the elder Korsh, who, incidentally, created the show. The series stars Patrick Adams as Mike […]
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