Exclusive: HBO Max has put into development Misfit City, a series adaptation of the bestselling Boom! Studios graphic novel series created by Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith & Kurt Lustgarten and illustrated by Naomi Franquiz.
Popular writers Hannah Hafey and Kaitlin Smith will serve as creators and executive producers for the series, alongside Smith and Lustgarten.
Described as in the vein of The Goonies and Stranger Things, the project follows Wilder, a teenage girl smothered by her backwater hometown, but when Wilder and her friends discovers a centuries-old pirate map, she may find out that real adventure was in their tiny town all along.
Boom! Studios’ Stephen Christy, Ross Richie and Mark Ambrose will also executive produce with Mette Norkjaer co-executive producing.
Hafey and Smith wrote the 2018 Black List script Popular set up at HBO Max with Berlanti/Schechter Films and The Arlook Group producing. They’ve written projects for Universal, Illumination and most recently,...
Popular writers Hannah Hafey and Kaitlin Smith will serve as creators and executive producers for the series, alongside Smith and Lustgarten.
Described as in the vein of The Goonies and Stranger Things, the project follows Wilder, a teenage girl smothered by her backwater hometown, but when Wilder and her friends discovers a centuries-old pirate map, she may find out that real adventure was in their tiny town all along.
Boom! Studios’ Stephen Christy, Ross Richie and Mark Ambrose will also executive produce with Mette Norkjaer co-executive producing.
Hafey and Smith wrote the 2018 Black List script Popular set up at HBO Max with Berlanti/Schechter Films and The Arlook Group producing. They’ve written projects for Universal, Illumination and most recently,...
- 10/12/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Something is Killing the Children, a Boom! Studios horror comic and one of the biggest indie titles currently on shelves is getting the series treatment thanks to Netflix and the makers of The Haunting of Hill House.
Trevor Macy and Mike Flanagan, the spookmeisters whose Intrepid Pictures was behind not just Hill House but Stephen King adaptations Doctor Sleep and Gerald’s Game, are co-writing and will executive produce a pilot adapting the comic written by James Tynion IV and drawn by Werther Dell’Edera.
Also executive producing are Boom!’s president of development Stephen Christy, CEO Ross Richie, and head of TV Mark Ambrose. Tynion and Dell’Edera will act as co-executive producers ...
Trevor Macy and Mike Flanagan, the spookmeisters whose Intrepid Pictures was behind not just Hill House but Stephen King adaptations Doctor Sleep and Gerald’s Game, are co-writing and will executive produce a pilot adapting the comic written by James Tynion IV and drawn by Werther Dell’Edera.
Also executive producing are Boom!’s president of development Stephen Christy, CEO Ross Richie, and head of TV Mark Ambrose. Tynion and Dell’Edera will act as co-executive producers ...
Something is Killing the Children, a Boom! Studios horror comic and one of the biggest indie titles currently on shelves is getting the series treatment thanks to Netflix and the makers of The Haunting of Hill House.
Trevor Macy and Mike Flanagan, the spookmeisters whose Intrepid Pictures was behind not just Hill House but Stephen King adaptations Doctor Sleep and Gerald’s Game, are co-writing and will executive produce a pilot adapting the comic written by James Tynion IV and drawn by Werther Dell’Edera.
Also executive producing are Boom!’s president of development Stephen Christy, CEO Ross Richie, and head of TV Mark Ambrose. Tynion and Dell’Edera will act as co-executive producers ...
Trevor Macy and Mike Flanagan, the spookmeisters whose Intrepid Pictures was behind not just Hill House but Stephen King adaptations Doctor Sleep and Gerald’s Game, are co-writing and will executive produce a pilot adapting the comic written by James Tynion IV and drawn by Werther Dell’Edera.
Also executive producing are Boom!’s president of development Stephen Christy, CEO Ross Richie, and head of TV Mark Ambrose. Tynion and Dell’Edera will act as co-executive producers ...
Christine Ko (Dave), Malcolm Barrett (Genius: Aretha), Sally Pressman (Good Girls), Cedric Joe (Women of the Movement), Riki Lindhome (Another Period) and Tim Heidecker (Moonbase 8) are among 17 cast in Disney+’s Just Beyond, a supernatural anthology series from writer Seth Grahame-Smith and 20th Television, part of Disney TV Studios.
Gabriel Bateman (The Mosquito Coast), Cyrus Arnold (8-bit Christmas), Arjun Athalye (Are You Afraid of the Dark: Curse of the Shadows), Jack Gore (Things Heard and Seen), newcomer Logan Gray, Elisha Henig (Ramy), Rachel Marsh (NCIS: Los Angeles), Jy Prishkulnik (Escala), Megan Stott (Little Fires Everywhere), Henry Thomas (The Haunting of Bly Manor) and Izabela Vidovic (Wonder) round out the cast of the series based on the bestselling Boom! Studios graphic novel series from iconic children’s writer R.L. Stine (Goosebumps). They join previously announced series leads Mckenna Grace and Lexi Underwood.
2020-21 Disney+ Pilots & Series Orders
Written by Grahame-Smith,...
Gabriel Bateman (The Mosquito Coast), Cyrus Arnold (8-bit Christmas), Arjun Athalye (Are You Afraid of the Dark: Curse of the Shadows), Jack Gore (Things Heard and Seen), newcomer Logan Gray, Elisha Henig (Ramy), Rachel Marsh (NCIS: Los Angeles), Jy Prishkulnik (Escala), Megan Stott (Little Fires Everywhere), Henry Thomas (The Haunting of Bly Manor) and Izabela Vidovic (Wonder) round out the cast of the series based on the bestselling Boom! Studios graphic novel series from iconic children’s writer R.L. Stine (Goosebumps). They join previously announced series leads Mckenna Grace and Lexi Underwood.
2020-21 Disney+ Pilots & Series Orders
Written by Grahame-Smith,...
- 5/26/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO Max’s “Generation” will return with new episodes starting June 17.
Rounding out Part 2 of Season 1, the series will launch three episodes on June 17, two on June 24 and two on July 1, with the finale premiering on July 8.
The half-hour dramedy series follows a diverse group of high school students exploring themselves and their sexuality in a conservative community.
The ensemble cast includes Nathanya Alexander, Chloe East, Nava Mau, Lukita Maxwell, Haley Sanchez, Uly Schlesinger, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Chase Sui Wonders, Justice Smith and Martha Plimpton, with recurring guest stars J. August Richards, Mary Birdsong, Alicia Coppola, Patricia De Leon, Diego Josef, Anthony Kevyan, Sydney Mae Diaz, John Ross Bowie, Marwan Salama, Marisela Zumbado and Sam Trammell.
“Generation” is created by Zelda Barnz and Daniel Barnz, who executive produce with Ben Barnz for We’re Not Brothers Productions, Lena Dunham for Good Thing Going Productions, Sharr White and John Melfi. Sono Patel co-executive produces,...
Rounding out Part 2 of Season 1, the series will launch three episodes on June 17, two on June 24 and two on July 1, with the finale premiering on July 8.
The half-hour dramedy series follows a diverse group of high school students exploring themselves and their sexuality in a conservative community.
The ensemble cast includes Nathanya Alexander, Chloe East, Nava Mau, Lukita Maxwell, Haley Sanchez, Uly Schlesinger, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Chase Sui Wonders, Justice Smith and Martha Plimpton, with recurring guest stars J. August Richards, Mary Birdsong, Alicia Coppola, Patricia De Leon, Diego Josef, Anthony Kevyan, Sydney Mae Diaz, John Ross Bowie, Marwan Salama, Marisela Zumbado and Sam Trammell.
“Generation” is created by Zelda Barnz and Daniel Barnz, who executive produce with Ben Barnz for We’re Not Brothers Productions, Lena Dunham for Good Thing Going Productions, Sharr White and John Melfi. Sono Patel co-executive produces,...
- 5/26/2021
- by Ethan Shanfeld
- Variety Film + TV
McKenna Grace and Lexi Underwood will star in their own standalone episodes of the upcoming Disney Plus anthology series “Just Beyond,” with Nasim Pedrad set to join Grace in a guest starring role.
The series is based on the Rl Stine graphic novels of the same name. Disney Plus ordered eight episodes of the show last year. Details on Grace and Underwood’s episodes are being kept under wraps, but Marc Webb will direct both.
Grace will next be seen in the Sony film “Ghostbusters: Afterlife.” Her recent credits include “Troop Zero” opposite Viola Davis as well as “Annabelle 3,” “Captain Marvel,” and “I, Tonya,” She previously worked with Webb on the feature “Gifted” alongside Chris Evans. In television, she starred in “The Haunting of Hill House” at Netflix and has appeared on shows like “Designated Survivor,” “Young Sheldon,” and “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
She is repped by CAA and Hansen Jacobson.
The series is based on the Rl Stine graphic novels of the same name. Disney Plus ordered eight episodes of the show last year. Details on Grace and Underwood’s episodes are being kept under wraps, but Marc Webb will direct both.
Grace will next be seen in the Sony film “Ghostbusters: Afterlife.” Her recent credits include “Troop Zero” opposite Viola Davis as well as “Annabelle 3,” “Captain Marvel,” and “I, Tonya,” She previously worked with Webb on the feature “Gifted” alongside Chris Evans. In television, she starred in “The Haunting of Hill House” at Netflix and has appeared on shows like “Designated Survivor,” “Young Sheldon,” and “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
She is repped by CAA and Hansen Jacobson.
- 4/13/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Disney+ has found the star for Seth Grahame-Smith’s supernatural anthology series Just Beyond in Mckenna Grace and Lexi Underwood. The series is based on the bestselling Boom! Studios graphic novel from Goosebumps author R.L. Stine.
Just Beyond is an eight-episode anthology series for Disney+ that tells astonishing and thought-provoking stories of a reality just beyond the one we know. Each episode introduces viewers to a new cast of characters who must go on a surprising journey of self-discovery in a supernatural world of witches, aliens, ghosts and parallel universes. Grace and Underwood will lead their respective-stand-alone episode, both directed by Marc Webb.
Chad star and co- creator Nasim Pedrad will guest star in the Disney+ series.
Just Beyond is executive produced by Grahame-Smith, David Katzenberg and Aaron Schmidt via KatzSmith Productions. David Walpert and Marc Webb also serve as executive producers alongside Ross Richie, Stephen Christy and Mark Ambrose of Boom!
Just Beyond is an eight-episode anthology series for Disney+ that tells astonishing and thought-provoking stories of a reality just beyond the one we know. Each episode introduces viewers to a new cast of characters who must go on a surprising journey of self-discovery in a supernatural world of witches, aliens, ghosts and parallel universes. Grace and Underwood will lead their respective-stand-alone episode, both directed by Marc Webb.
Chad star and co- creator Nasim Pedrad will guest star in the Disney+ series.
Just Beyond is executive produced by Grahame-Smith, David Katzenberg and Aaron Schmidt via KatzSmith Productions. David Walpert and Marc Webb also serve as executive producers alongside Ross Richie, Stephen Christy and Mark Ambrose of Boom!
- 4/13/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Boom! Studios has hired former Marvel TV executive Mark Ambrose to serve as its head of television.
Ambrose will oversee all aspects of live-action and animated TV production and development for the comic book publisher’s studio. Additionally, Ambrose will look for new original series for the company to be developed as comic books and graphic novels to bring through the company’s first-look deals with Netflix for television, and Disney’s 20th Century Studios for film.
The company signed its first-look deal with Netflix back in May. Boom! currently has a feature film first-look deal with 20th Century Studios/The Walt Disney Company, where it will remain through January 2021. The next release for Boom! and 20th Century Studios will be supernatural thriller “The Empty Man.” A $150 million “Mouse Guard” movie was greenlit last year that had Matt Reeves and Wes Ball set to direct, but the project was ultimately...
Ambrose will oversee all aspects of live-action and animated TV production and development for the comic book publisher’s studio. Additionally, Ambrose will look for new original series for the company to be developed as comic books and graphic novels to bring through the company’s first-look deals with Netflix for television, and Disney’s 20th Century Studios for film.
The company signed its first-look deal with Netflix back in May. Boom! currently has a feature film first-look deal with 20th Century Studios/The Walt Disney Company, where it will remain through January 2021. The next release for Boom! and 20th Century Studios will be supernatural thriller “The Empty Man.” A $150 million “Mouse Guard” movie was greenlit last year that had Matt Reeves and Wes Ball set to direct, but the project was ultimately...
- 8/14/2020
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Comic book and graphic novel publisher Boom! Studios has tapped former Marvel Television executive Mark Ambrose as SVP, Head of Television, to spearhead the company’s efforts under its first-look TV deal with Netflix. Ambrose will oversee all aspects of live-action and animated TV production and development for the comic book IP leader. He will also source new original series for the company to be developed as comic books and graphic novels to bring through the company’s Netflix deal and its current first-look feature deal with 20th Century Studios. He will report to Boom! President of Development Stephen Christy.
Ambrose has an existing relationship with Netflix through his executive role at Marvel Television, where he developed and oversaw a number of the company’s Netflix shows, including Co-Executive Producing The Punisher and Jessica Jones for the streamer. He also served as Co-Executive Producer of Runaways on Hulu and The Gifted at Fox,...
Ambrose has an existing relationship with Netflix through his executive role at Marvel Television, where he developed and oversaw a number of the company’s Netflix shows, including Co-Executive Producing The Punisher and Jessica Jones for the streamer. He also served as Co-Executive Producer of Runaways on Hulu and The Gifted at Fox,...
- 8/14/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Marvel Television as we’ve known it the past decade will be no more. With its slate dwindling over the past year and its head Jeph Loeb set to depart, the television-focused division of Marvel Studios will be phased out.
The Marvel TV projects that are currently in production will continue but any further development is being scrapped. As a result, a significant portion of the unit’s staff are being laid off, sources said. The executives impacted are said to include Cort Lane, Marsha Griffin, Mark Ambrose, Tom Lieber and Aimee Carlson.
A handful of current Marvel TV executives, led by Karim Zreik, Svp Current Programming and Production, will join the Marvel Studios group to oversee the remaining Marvel TV shows already on the books and on the go.
That includes the announced four animated series and the live-action Helstrom for Hulu and last season of ABC’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,...
The Marvel TV projects that are currently in production will continue but any further development is being scrapped. As a result, a significant portion of the unit’s staff are being laid off, sources said. The executives impacted are said to include Cort Lane, Marsha Griffin, Mark Ambrose, Tom Lieber and Aimee Carlson.
A handful of current Marvel TV executives, led by Karim Zreik, Svp Current Programming and Production, will join the Marvel Studios group to oversee the remaining Marvel TV shows already on the books and on the go.
That includes the announced four animated series and the live-action Helstrom for Hulu and last season of ABC’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,...
- 12/11/2019
- by Dominic Patten and Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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