ABC’s The Rookie: Feds will return from a two-week break on Valentine’s Day with season one episode 15, “Dead Again.” Directed by Lanre Olabisi, episode 15 airs on Thursday, February 14, 2023 at 9pm Et/Pt.
Niecy Nash-Betts stars as Simone Clark, Frankie R. Faison (White Chicks) is Christopher “Cutty” Clark, James Lesure (Las Vegas) is Carter Hope, Britt Robertson (Big Sky) is Laura Stensen, Felix Solis (The International) is Matthew Garza, and Kevin Zegers (Transamerica) is Brendon Acres.
“Dead Again” Plot: During a recent murder investigation of an investment banker, who was also declared murdered six years ago, the unit follows a suspicious trail that leads to new evidence on both cases. Meanwhile, relationships are put to the test as Fortune considers her future with Carter, and Brendon pushes his limits with Antoinette.
Season 1 Episode 1 “Day One” Preview Season 1 Episode 2 “Face Off” Preview Season 1 Episode 3 “Star Crossed” Preview Season 1 Episode 4 “To Die For...
Niecy Nash-Betts stars as Simone Clark, Frankie R. Faison (White Chicks) is Christopher “Cutty” Clark, James Lesure (Las Vegas) is Carter Hope, Britt Robertson (Big Sky) is Laura Stensen, Felix Solis (The International) is Matthew Garza, and Kevin Zegers (Transamerica) is Brendon Acres.
“Dead Again” Plot: During a recent murder investigation of an investment banker, who was also declared murdered six years ago, the unit follows a suspicious trail that leads to new evidence on both cases. Meanwhile, relationships are put to the test as Fortune considers her future with Carter, and Brendon pushes his limits with Antoinette.
Season 1 Episode 1 “Day One” Preview Season 1 Episode 2 “Face Off” Preview Season 1 Episode 3 “Star Crossed” Preview Season 1 Episode 4 “To Die For...
- 2/2/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Film Independent has set Lanre Olabisi (A Storybook Ending), Sari Arambulo (Family Style), Sanford Jenkins (Joy and Pain), Rob Connolly (Lavender Country), Elise H. Greven (Silent Spring) and Phumi Morare (There is Salt in the Water) as the participants and projects for its 2022 Screenwriting Lab/
All of of this year’s participants are from communities underrepresented in film and half the participants are women. Over the course of the intensive program, they will workshop their feature projects under the guidance of creative advisors Javier Fuentes-León, Pamela Ribon, Ellen Shanman, Robin Swicord, and Christopher Makoto Yogi. Additional guest speakers and advisors will include Ruth Atkinson, Alex Camilleri, Angela Cheng Caplan, Kd Davila, Matthew Dy, Greta Fuentes, Sam Intili, Amanda Marshall, Alex Moratto, Sheila Hanahan Taylor and Elliott Whitton.
Film Independent also announced today that the inaugural Hyde Park Entertainment & Warner Music Group Screenwriting Fellowship is being awarded to Arambulo, who will...
All of of this year’s participants are from communities underrepresented in film and half the participants are women. Over the course of the intensive program, they will workshop their feature projects under the guidance of creative advisors Javier Fuentes-León, Pamela Ribon, Ellen Shanman, Robin Swicord, and Christopher Makoto Yogi. Additional guest speakers and advisors will include Ruth Atkinson, Alex Camilleri, Angela Cheng Caplan, Kd Davila, Matthew Dy, Greta Fuentes, Sam Intili, Amanda Marshall, Alex Moratto, Sheila Hanahan Taylor and Elliott Whitton.
Film Independent also announced today that the inaugural Hyde Park Entertainment & Warner Music Group Screenwriting Fellowship is being awarded to Arambulo, who will...
- 3/18/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Disney General Entertainment’s directing program is putting its money where its Mouse is: on the actual screen. For the first time, participants in the Disney Directing Program will be given guaranteed slots to direct episodes of some of the studio’s biggest shows, including ABC’s “Black-ish,” Freeform’s “Good Trouble” and FX’s “Snowfall.”
That’s in addition to the program’s offerings of mentorship, shadowing assignments and advanced professional development. Aspiring directors in the program, which launched in 2001, have never before additionally been promised such directing slots. The announcement was made by Tim McNeal, senior vice president, creative talent development and inclusion.
“We are proud to evolve our directing program this season into a dedicated pipeline that will guarantee episodes to first-time TV directors, a critical stepping stone for professional advancement and opportunity,” McNeal said. “We are grateful for the support and partnership of our participating Disney productions,...
That’s in addition to the program’s offerings of mentorship, shadowing assignments and advanced professional development. Aspiring directors in the program, which launched in 2001, have never before additionally been promised such directing slots. The announcement was made by Tim McNeal, senior vice president, creative talent development and inclusion.
“We are proud to evolve our directing program this season into a dedicated pipeline that will guarantee episodes to first-time TV directors, a critical stepping stone for professional advancement and opportunity,” McNeal said. “We are grateful for the support and partnership of our participating Disney productions,...
- 9/2/2021
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, HBO released the teaser trailer for “Lovecraft Country,” and the documentary “Freestyle Love Supreme” announced that it will no longer be airing on Hulu on June 5 in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
First Looks
HBO has released a teaser for its adaptation of “Lovecraft Country,” coming this August. Based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Matt Ruff, “Lovecraft Country” takes a road trip through America in the era of Jim Crow with Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors), his friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett) and Uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) as they battle both racism and supernatural monsters. “Lovecraft Country” is executive produced by Misha Green, J.J. Abrams, Jordan Peele, Bill Carraro, Yann Demange, Daniel Sackheim and David Knoller.
Executive News
Kim Brunhuber has joined CNN International as an Atlanta-based anchor. He will anchor the Europe morning editions of “CNN Newsroom” in addition to weekday programming.
First Looks
HBO has released a teaser for its adaptation of “Lovecraft Country,” coming this August. Based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Matt Ruff, “Lovecraft Country” takes a road trip through America in the era of Jim Crow with Atticus Freeman (Jonathan Majors), his friend Letitia (Jurnee Smollett) and Uncle George (Courtney B. Vance) as they battle both racism and supernatural monsters. “Lovecraft Country” is executive produced by Misha Green, J.J. Abrams, Jordan Peele, Bill Carraro, Yann Demange, Daniel Sackheim and David Knoller.
Executive News
Kim Brunhuber has joined CNN International as an Atlanta-based anchor. He will anchor the Europe morning editions of “CNN Newsroom” in addition to weekday programming.
- 6/3/2020
- by Ellise Shafer
- Variety Film + TV
Sorting through the list of features scheduled to screen at the upcoming 19th Annual Urbanworld Film Festival, which is set to run from September 23-27, 2015... Lanre Olabisi's second feature film, titled "Somewhere in the Middle" (his debut was 2007's "August The First," also highlighted on this blog - on the old S&A site- which premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival, and was nominated for a Gotham Award that year), is described as follows: "Four lovers collide into each others' lives as one marriage morphs into several intertwining affairs. Sofia tries to leave her romantic failures behind by embarking on a...
- 9/4/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
An update on a project whose Kickstarter fundraising campaign we featured on this site in 2013. Lanre Olabisi's second feature film, titled "Somewhere in the Middle," is now complete and set to make its World Premiere at the Atlanta Film Festival later this month, March 20-29. The film's crowdfunding campaign successfully raised over $100,000, which is a very rare occurrence for an entirely independent, non-celebrity-backed project; typically, successful campaigns range in the $10,000 to $40,000 range). Olabisi's feature film debut was 2007's "August The First," also highlighted on this blog (on the old S&A site). That film premiered at the South...
- 3/16/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Earlier this year, in the spring, we featured a Kickstarter fundraising campaign for Lanre Olabisi's second feature film, titled Somewhere In The Middle. The campaign successfully raised over $100,000, which is a rare occurrence for an independent non-celebrity-backed project (to raise that much money via crowdfunding; typically, successful campaigns range in the $10,000 to $30,000 range). Olabisis's feature film debut was 2007's August The First, highlighted on the old S&A site. The film premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival, and was nominated for a Gotham Award that year. It's streaming on Netflix by the way. His follow-up to that film,...
- 11/22/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Here's your daily dose of an indie film in progress; at the end of the week, you'll have the chance to vote for your favorite. In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments. "Somewhere in the Middle" Tweetable Logline: The second feature film by Lanre Olabisi (dir. of "August the First"), based on improvs with the New York Independent Film Collective. Elevator Pitch: "Somewhere in the Middle" is a comedic drama that charts the interconnected lives and loves of three New York City professionals. It weaves in and out of three seemingly disparate, disconnected relationships, re-telling the same events from varying perspectives. Layers of relationship, motivation and emotional dishonesty are peeled away as the characters struggle with love, sexuality, insecurity, and infidelity until all of the involved parties are left on entirely new and unsteady ground. ...
- 3/27/2013
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
Lanre Olabisi, writer/director August The First, highlighted on the old S&A site (it premiered at the South by Southwest Film Festival, and was nominated for a Gotham Award), is prepping to shoot his second feature film, titled Somewhere in the Middle. Synopsis: Somewhere in the Middle charts the interconnected lives and loves of three New York City professionals. It weaves in and out of three seemingly disparate, disconnected relationships, re-telling the same events from varying perspectives. Layers of relationship, motivation and emotional dishonesty are peeled away as the characters struggle with love, sexuality, insecurity, and infidelity until all of the involved parties are left...
- 3/6/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
I have never blogged before, and my initial thoughts on the whole web blog phenomena was that “in my day, diaries and journals were private. We hid them and secured them with locks.” Then I realized I actually used the words “in my day,” and frantically searched for a way to undo it since I am clearly too young for such a phrase. When the opportunity to do this blog came about, I welcomed it gladly.
Besides, my mother and sister kindly prepared me to share my deepest darkest secrets when at ten years of age they read my journal cover to cover. Thanks guys, I still owe you.
If you want to know my deepest darkest secrets, at least those before the age of 11, ask them. This blog is about my experiences before, during and after the Ifp and the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s inaugural Emerging Visions program.
Besides, my mother and sister kindly prepared me to share my deepest darkest secrets when at ten years of age they read my journal cover to cover. Thanks guys, I still owe you.
If you want to know my deepest darkest secrets, at least those before the age of 11, ask them. This blog is about my experiences before, during and after the Ifp and the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s inaugural Emerging Visions program.
- 10/2/2011
- by Lanre Olabisi
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Independent Film Week, the first day.
Clearly I should have gotten more sleep last night. But to be honest, the insomnia wasn’t my fault. I was indeed in bed by 10pm but the Sandman refused to pay a visit so after a few hours of work, you can’t blame me for joining my fellow Transatlantic Partners for a nightcap in the hospitality suite. The morning came quickly as my flight from Halifax to Newark was at 8am. Unfortunately the flight was delayed two hours and I had to go directly to Manhattan for Ifp industry meetings upon arrival.
I’d arranged to meet with my writer/director of Salvage, Ari Issler, to exchange business cards and one pagers for our project for use in industry meetings within Ifp’s Emerging Narrative program. I also met with Lanre Olabisi and Nick Huston, the writer/director and fellow producer of...
Clearly I should have gotten more sleep last night. But to be honest, the insomnia wasn’t my fault. I was indeed in bed by 10pm but the Sandman refused to pay a visit so after a few hours of work, you can’t blame me for joining my fellow Transatlantic Partners for a nightcap in the hospitality suite. The morning came quickly as my flight from Halifax to Newark was at 8am. Unfortunately the flight was delayed two hours and I had to go directly to Manhattan for Ifp industry meetings upon arrival.
I’d arranged to meet with my writer/director of Salvage, Ari Issler, to exchange business cards and one pagers for our project for use in industry meetings within Ifp’s Emerging Narrative program. I also met with Lanre Olabisi and Nick Huston, the writer/director and fellow producer of...
- 9/26/2011
- by Ron Simons
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The Urbanworld VIBE Film Festival will kick off June 21 in New York with the opening-night film Blackout, directed by Jerry LaMothe and starring Melvin Van Peebles, Zoe Saldana, Jeffrey Wright and LaTanya Richardson.
The 11th annual festival, running through June 24, will screen 49 films drawn from independent cinema by and about people of color.
The lineup includes the world premiere of "Who's Your Caddy?" the first release from Robert L. Johnson and Tracy Edmonds' Our Stories Films. The slate also features work from Latino American, Asian American and female directors and features several films with ties to New York.
"This year, the Urbanworld VIBE Film Festival is presenting what is arguably our most diverse slate to date, from the perspective of both filmmakers and subject matter," Urbanworld founder Stacy Spikes said.
Other titles include Mr. Untouchable, directed by Marc Levin and executive produced by Damon Dash, about the life and times of Harlem drug lord Leroy 'Nicky' Barnes; Gangsta Rap: A Glockumentary, directed by Damon 'Coke' Daniels; Faizon Love's Tao of the Golden Mask, directed by Faizon Love; Hellfighters, a documentary about Harlem's only high school football team, directed by John Frankel; August the First, directed by Lanre Olabisi, focussing on an American family confronting its Nigerian past; Divided We Fall, a documentary from Indian American director Sharat Raju that traces hate crimes throughout the U.S.
The 11th annual festival, running through June 24, will screen 49 films drawn from independent cinema by and about people of color.
The lineup includes the world premiere of "Who's Your Caddy?" the first release from Robert L. Johnson and Tracy Edmonds' Our Stories Films. The slate also features work from Latino American, Asian American and female directors and features several films with ties to New York.
"This year, the Urbanworld VIBE Film Festival is presenting what is arguably our most diverse slate to date, from the perspective of both filmmakers and subject matter," Urbanworld founder Stacy Spikes said.
Other titles include Mr. Untouchable, directed by Marc Levin and executive produced by Damon Dash, about the life and times of Harlem drug lord Leroy 'Nicky' Barnes; Gangsta Rap: A Glockumentary, directed by Damon 'Coke' Daniels; Faizon Love's Tao of the Golden Mask, directed by Faizon Love; Hellfighters, a documentary about Harlem's only high school football team, directed by John Frankel; August the First, directed by Lanre Olabisi, focussing on an American family confronting its Nigerian past; Divided We Fall, a documentary from Indian American director Sharat Raju that traces hate crimes throughout the U.S.
- 6/12/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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