Peacock has announced its True Crime Tuesday slate including originals Perfect World: A Deadly Game, Preaching Evil: A Wife on the Run With Warren Jeffs, and Sins of the Amish.
The series kicks off on March 8 with Perfect World, a two-part docuseries that takes viewers inside the world of gaming as a group of friends are alerted to what appears to be a real-life murder. The group is on the hunt for the next 18 hours in search of the real identity and location of one of their closest friends who claims he killed his family to put an end to his killing spree.
The series is executive produced by Zak Weisfeld, Libby Richman, and Alex Weresow; co-executive produced by Elizabeth Gibson and Adam Linkenhelt and produced by Lusid Media.
Preaching Evil—premiering in the spring— tells the story of polygamist cult leader Warren Jeffs through the lens of his favorite wife Naomi Jessop.
The series kicks off on March 8 with Perfect World, a two-part docuseries that takes viewers inside the world of gaming as a group of friends are alerted to what appears to be a real-life murder. The group is on the hunt for the next 18 hours in search of the real identity and location of one of their closest friends who claims he killed his family to put an end to his killing spree.
The series is executive produced by Zak Weisfeld, Libby Richman, and Alex Weresow; co-executive produced by Elizabeth Gibson and Adam Linkenhelt and produced by Lusid Media.
Preaching Evil—premiering in the spring— tells the story of polygamist cult leader Warren Jeffs through the lens of his favorite wife Naomi Jessop.
- 2/23/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
“Roma” filmmaker Alfonso Cuaron won one of the top prizes at Saturday night’s 71st Directors Guild of America Awards, beating out Bradley Cooper for “A Star Is Born,” Spike Lee for “BlacKkKlansman,” Adam McKay for “Vice,” and Peter Farrelly for “Green Book” for the feature film award.
Bo Burnham was also among the guild’s big winners, taking home the first-time feature film prize for his coming-of-age drama “Eighth Grade.” He was up against Cooper, Carlos Lopez Estrada for “Blindspotting,” Matthew Heineman for “A Private War,” and Boots Riley for “Sorry to Bother You.”
While Cooper lost out on both awards, two other actors-turned-directors were victorious: Ben Stiller and Bill Hader. Stiller won in the movies for television and limited series category for his prison-break drama “Escape at Dannemora,” while Hader won for comedy series for “Barry,” which he also toplines.
McKay didn’t take the top film award,...
Bo Burnham was also among the guild’s big winners, taking home the first-time feature film prize for his coming-of-age drama “Eighth Grade.” He was up against Cooper, Carlos Lopez Estrada for “Blindspotting,” Matthew Heineman for “A Private War,” and Boots Riley for “Sorry to Bother You.”
While Cooper lost out on both awards, two other actors-turned-directors were victorious: Ben Stiller and Bill Hader. Stiller won in the movies for television and limited series category for his prison-break drama “Escape at Dannemora,” while Hader won for comedy series for “Barry,” which he also toplines.
McKay didn’t take the top film award,...
- 2/3/2019
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix’s “A Series of Unfortunate Events” scored three Directors Guild of America Award nominations in the children’s series category, the most of any program, while “Atlanta” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” were close behind with two nods apiece. Amy Sherman-Palladino, who won the Emmy in September for the show’s pilot, is nominated for the “Mrs. Maisel” Season 2 finale episode “All Alone,” while her husband Daniel Palladino is also nominated for the episode “We’re Going to the Catskills!”
The “Mrs. Maisel” duo will face off against another established team: “Atlanta” star Donald Glover, nominated for directing the episode “Fubu,” and helmer Hiro Murai, nommed for the popular episode “Teddy Perkins.” They’re all up against “Barry” star Bill Hader, nominated for the “Barry” premiere. It’s the first nominations for Daniel Palladino, Murai, and Hader. Sherman-Palladino and Glover have previously been nominated, but never won.
On the drama side,...
The “Mrs. Maisel” duo will face off against another established team: “Atlanta” star Donald Glover, nominated for directing the episode “Fubu,” and helmer Hiro Murai, nommed for the popular episode “Teddy Perkins.” They’re all up against “Barry” star Bill Hader, nominated for the “Barry” premiere. It’s the first nominations for Daniel Palladino, Murai, and Hader. Sherman-Palladino and Glover have previously been nominated, but never won.
On the drama side,...
- 1/7/2019
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
The Directors Guild of America announced its television, commercial and documentary nominations on Monday, unveiling a lineup of nominees that includes actors-turned-directors Jason Bateman, Donald Glover, Bill Hader, Ben Stiller and Sacha Baron Cohen.
Bateman was nominated for an episode of “Ozark,” Glover for “Atlanta,” Hader for “Barry” and Stiller for “Escape at Dannemora” — while Baron Cohen shared a directing nomination with three others for an episode of his Showtime series “Who Is America?”
Other nominees included Adam McKay for the series “Celebration,” Jean-Marc Vallee for “Sharp Objects,” Barry Levinson for “Paterno” and Spike Jonze for his Apple Homepod commercial.
As usual, the roster of nominees was predominantly male, with 44 men nominated and only seven women.
Also Read: Female Directors Dropped to Just 8 Percent of the Top 250 Films in 2018, Study Finds
Shows receiving multiple nominations include “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “Atlanta,” each of which have two nominations in the comedy category,...
Bateman was nominated for an episode of “Ozark,” Glover for “Atlanta,” Hader for “Barry” and Stiller for “Escape at Dannemora” — while Baron Cohen shared a directing nomination with three others for an episode of his Showtime series “Who Is America?”
Other nominees included Adam McKay for the series “Celebration,” Jean-Marc Vallee for “Sharp Objects,” Barry Levinson for “Paterno” and Spike Jonze for his Apple Homepod commercial.
As usual, the roster of nominees was predominantly male, with 44 men nominated and only seven women.
Also Read: Female Directors Dropped to Just 8 Percent of the Top 250 Films in 2018, Study Finds
Shows receiving multiple nominations include “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “Atlanta,” each of which have two nominations in the comedy category,...
- 1/7/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
The Directors Guild of America is out with the TV, documentary and commercial nominees for its 71st annual DGA Awards. Check out the full list below.
Its 2019 film nominations will be released Tuesday, and the winners will be read February 2 during the trophy show at Hollywood & Highland’s Ray Dolby Ballroom. Kathleen McGill, Mimi Deaton and Don Mischer will receive career honors that night, and FX Networks will pick up the DGA Diversity Award.
Here is full list of its TV, docu and commercial nominees, with annotations by the guild.
Its 2019 film nominations will be released Tuesday, and the winners will be read February 2 during the trophy show at Hollywood & Highland’s Ray Dolby Ballroom. Kathleen McGill, Mimi Deaton and Don Mischer will receive career honors that night, and FX Networks will pick up the DGA Diversity Award.
Here is full list of its TV, docu and commercial nominees, with annotations by the guild.
- 1/7/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
One-eyed Monster, just out on DVD from Liberation Entertainment, is a horror/comedy (with an emphasis on the comedy) set in the mountain wilderness of Mammoth Lakes, CA, where a porn shoot is taking place with adult-film legends Ron (“The Hedgehog”) Jeremy and Veronica Hart (playing themselves) plus a group of younger cast and crew. During the filming of one sequence, Jeremy can’t get his johnson to respond, and so he steps outside for some fresh air—where he’s possessed by an alien that appears as a flash of light in the sky.
When the director (Jeff Denton) subsequently asks Jeremy if his tallywhacker is now up to the task, the actor replies in the affirmative. Jumping back into the scene (and onto Hart), Jeremy puts his bratwurst to the test. All seems well…until he starts to convulse and Hart starts to scream. Cut is quickly called...
When the director (Jeff Denton) subsequently asks Jeremy if his tallywhacker is now up to the task, the actor replies in the affirmative. Jumping back into the scene (and onto Hart), Jeremy puts his bratwurst to the test. All seems well…until he starts to convulse and Hart starts to scream. Cut is quickly called...
- 4/30/2009
- Fangoria
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