Meredith Stiehm has been reelected as president of WGA West, in a strong show of support as the union’s strike continues into its fifth month.
Stiehm took 3,354 votes, easily defeating Rich Talarico, who took just 300 votes.
Two other officers were also reelected: Michele Mulroney, as vice president, and Betsy Thomas, as secretary-treasurer. Five board members were reelected, and three new members were also elected to the board.
Stiehm was the showrunner of “Cold Case” on CBS and “The Bridge” on FX. She was also a key figure in the union’s fight against agency packaging in 2019-21. She alleged that CAA, her former agency, collected almost as much for packaging “Cold Case” as she did for writing the show.
Since the strike began on May 2, Stiehm has described herself as a “wartime president,” and has said that the union is on the path to success.
“It’s been a long hot summer,...
Stiehm took 3,354 votes, easily defeating Rich Talarico, who took just 300 votes.
Two other officers were also reelected: Michele Mulroney, as vice president, and Betsy Thomas, as secretary-treasurer. Five board members were reelected, and three new members were also elected to the board.
Stiehm was the showrunner of “Cold Case” on CBS and “The Bridge” on FX. She was also a key figure in the union’s fight against agency packaging in 2019-21. She alleged that CAA, her former agency, collected almost as much for packaging “Cold Case” as she did for writing the show.
Since the strike began on May 2, Stiehm has described herself as a “wartime president,” and has said that the union is on the path to success.
“It’s been a long hot summer,...
- 9/19/2023
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
The Writers Guild of America West announced Friday that Meredith Stiehm is a final candidate for president.
Upon her election, she would succeed David A. Goodman in September. Goodman was elected to a second two-year term in Sept. 2019, winning more than 77 percent of the vote at the time.
As an executive producer, Stiehm’s credits include Homeland, The Bridge, Cold Case, ER and NYPD Blue. She has numerous writing credits on these shows, as well as Beverly Hills, 90210.
Stiehm also served as co-chair of the WGA’s negotiating committee as it negotiated new agreements with agencies.
The labor union listed Paper Man writer and director Michele Mulroney ...
Upon her election, she would succeed David A. Goodman in September. Goodman was elected to a second two-year term in Sept. 2019, winning more than 77 percent of the vote at the time.
As an executive producer, Stiehm’s credits include Homeland, The Bridge, Cold Case, ER and NYPD Blue. She has numerous writing credits on these shows, as well as Beverly Hills, 90210.
Stiehm also served as co-chair of the WGA’s negotiating committee as it negotiated new agreements with agencies.
The labor union listed Paper Man writer and director Michele Mulroney ...
- 7/23/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
The 2010s was the decade that foreign-language television broke through the global ceiling and got Hollywood to notice the quality of content coming from all corners of the world. While Danish drama The Killing (Forbrydelsen) and French thrillers Braquo and Spiral began inching the door open in the “aughties,” hyper local titles and the booming streaming market means that Netflix subscribers are just as likely to binge Spanish drama La Casa De Papel (Money Heist) or German supernatural thriller Dark as they are the new season of The Crown.
Netflix’s VP International Originals Kelly Luegenbiehl recently told a London conference that “Hollywood is not the be-all and end-all of storytelling,” and “this is really just the beginning.” Georgia Brown, European content chief at Amazon, agreed that “language is kind of irrelevant now.”
It’s not just the SVODs that are helping this boom; linear broadcasters around the world have...
Netflix’s VP International Originals Kelly Luegenbiehl recently told a London conference that “Hollywood is not the be-all and end-all of storytelling,” and “this is really just the beginning.” Georgia Brown, European content chief at Amazon, agreed that “language is kind of irrelevant now.”
It’s not just the SVODs that are helping this boom; linear broadcasters around the world have...
- 12/31/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Billy Joel rattling off historic names and events most people under 30 have never heard of hardly seemed like the formula for a hit song, especially in 1989 when the charts were dominated by the likes of Poison, Paula Abdul, Janet Jackson, Debbie Gibson, and New Kids on the Block. But it was 30 years ago this week that his history lesson/rock song “We Didn’t Start the Fire” knocked Milli Vanilli’s “Blame It on the Rain” off the top spot to become the number-one song on Billboard’s Hot 100.
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- 12/12/2019
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Adriana Paz (The Empty Hours), Kristyan Ferrer, Octavio Pisano, Cynthia Kaye McWilliams and Julio Cedillo are set as series regulars opposite Michael Chiklis and Juan Pablo Raba in Coyote, Paramount Network’s one-hour scripted drama series from Emmy-winning executive producer and director Michelle MacLaren, Dark Horse Entertainment and Sony Pictures TV. It’s slated to premiere in 2020.
Written by David Graziano (American Gods), Michael Carnes and Josh Gilbert (Mr. Woodcock), Coyote is the story of Ben Clemens (Chiklis), who, after 32 years as a border patrol agent, is forced to work for the very people he spent his career trying to keep out of America. Now exposed to life on the other side of the wall, Ben will start to question his black-and-white views of the world, challenging his ideology and his loyalties.
Written by David Graziano (American Gods), Michael Carnes and Josh Gilbert (Mr. Woodcock), Coyote is the story of Ben Clemens (Chiklis), who, after 32 years as a border patrol agent, is forced to work for the very people he spent his career trying to keep out of America. Now exposed to life on the other side of the wall, Ben will start to question his black-and-white views of the world, challenging his ideology and his loyalties.
- 12/3/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Banijay Rights has acquired worldwide sales to the thriller mini-series “Flight MH370” which is based on the real-life mystery surrounding the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines flight which vanished in the depths of the Indian Ocean, carrying 239 passengers.
Produced by Nora Melhli (“The Tunnel”)’s new outfit Alef One, the six-part drama has been ordered by the French public broadcaster France Televisions.
The predominantly English-langauge show is based on a novel by Ghyslain Wattrelos, who lost his wife and two of his three children in the tragedy in 2014, and another book by the investigative journalist Florence de Changy.
The show is driven by a strong creative team, including the showrunner Gilles Bannier (“Spiral”), and writers Tim Loan (“Versailles”) and Laurent Mercier (“Eden”). Nadine Nohr, whose credits include “The Bridge” and “Broadchurch” is executive producing alongside Melhli.
Unfolding across seven countries, “Flight MH370″ is told from multiple perspectives of characters who are based on real people,...
Produced by Nora Melhli (“The Tunnel”)’s new outfit Alef One, the six-part drama has been ordered by the French public broadcaster France Televisions.
The predominantly English-langauge show is based on a novel by Ghyslain Wattrelos, who lost his wife and two of his three children in the tragedy in 2014, and another book by the investigative journalist Florence de Changy.
The show is driven by a strong creative team, including the showrunner Gilles Bannier (“Spiral”), and writers Tim Loan (“Versailles”) and Laurent Mercier (“Eden”). Nadine Nohr, whose credits include “The Bridge” and “Broadchurch” is executive producing alongside Melhli.
Unfolding across seven countries, “Flight MH370″ is told from multiple perspectives of characters who are based on real people,...
- 12/2/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
HBO Asia has expanded its burgeoning production slate with six-episode half-hour series “Invisible Stories.” The first two episodes of the show, “Lian” and “Chuan,” play at the Singapore International Film Festival on Nov. 28.
The series is by writer and director Ler Jiyuan, who previously directed part of HBO Asia Original series “Grisse.” “Like 80% of Singaporeans, I live in a Housing Development Board flat, in a regular Hdb public housing estate,” Ler told Variety. “ ‘Invisible Stories’ is pretty much the world that I came from. I grew up in a three-room flat in Ang Mo Kio (residential town), back in the 1990s. My father was a taxi driver, my mother a factory worker who eventually lost her job during a financial crisis. The life I live, the people I see, were all inspirations for ‘Invisible Stories.’ For example, just two doors down from me was a spiritual medium who turned his flat into a temple.
The series is by writer and director Ler Jiyuan, who previously directed part of HBO Asia Original series “Grisse.” “Like 80% of Singaporeans, I live in a Housing Development Board flat, in a regular Hdb public housing estate,” Ler told Variety. “ ‘Invisible Stories’ is pretty much the world that I came from. I grew up in a three-room flat in Ang Mo Kio (residential town), back in the 1990s. My father was a taxi driver, my mother a factory worker who eventually lost her job during a financial crisis. The life I live, the people I see, were all inspirations for ‘Invisible Stories.’ For example, just two doors down from me was a spiritual medium who turned his flat into a temple.
- 11/21/2019
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Demian Bichir is set to join George Clooney in Netflix’s adaptation of Lily Brooks-Dalton’s novel “Good Morning, Midnight.”
Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo and Kyle Chandler are also on board, with Clooney set to helm the pic — his first feature film directing gig since 2017’s “Suburbicon.” “The Revenant” screenwriter Mark L. Smith penned the script.
The post-apocalyptic tale follows the parallel stories of Augustine (played by Clooney), a lonely scientist in the Arctic, and an astronaut on board the Aether spacecraft, which is trying to return home to Earth, as Augustine races to make contact with the spaceship. Bechir’s role is being kept under wraps.
Clooney and Smokehouse Pictures’ Grant Heslov will produce alongside Anonymous Content and Syndicate Entertainment, which sourced the material. Production is currently underway.
Bichir can be seen next in Sony’s reboot of “The Grudge.” His film credits include “The Hateful Eight” and “The Nun.
Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo and Kyle Chandler are also on board, with Clooney set to helm the pic — his first feature film directing gig since 2017’s “Suburbicon.” “The Revenant” screenwriter Mark L. Smith penned the script.
The post-apocalyptic tale follows the parallel stories of Augustine (played by Clooney), a lonely scientist in the Arctic, and an astronaut on board the Aether spacecraft, which is trying to return home to Earth, as Augustine races to make contact with the spaceship. Bechir’s role is being kept under wraps.
Clooney and Smokehouse Pictures’ Grant Heslov will produce alongside Anonymous Content and Syndicate Entertainment, which sourced the material. Production is currently underway.
Bichir can be seen next in Sony’s reboot of “The Grudge.” His film credits include “The Hateful Eight” and “The Nun.
- 11/8/2019
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
‘Employable Me’.
Northern Pictures series Employable Me, commissioned by the ABC, has been nominated for a Rose d’Or Award for Reality and Factual Entertainment.
The nomination joins a series of accolades from the series, which follows the social issues affecting people with neurodiverse conditions as they search for meaningful employment. It has previously won two gold medals at the 2019 New York Festivals International TV & Film Awards; the 2019 Australian Director’s Guild Award for Best Documentary Series; 2018 Aacta Award for Best Documentary or Factual Program; and 2018 Venice Television Award for Best Reality Series. The second season is also up for a further two Aacta Awards this year: Best Documentary or Factual Program and Best Direction in Nonfiction Television.
ABC head of entertainment and factual Josie Mason-Campbell said: “Employable Me has connected deeply with our audience and has been duly celebrated in Australia and internationally. The Rose d’Or nomination is...
Northern Pictures series Employable Me, commissioned by the ABC, has been nominated for a Rose d’Or Award for Reality and Factual Entertainment.
The nomination joins a series of accolades from the series, which follows the social issues affecting people with neurodiverse conditions as they search for meaningful employment. It has previously won two gold medals at the 2019 New York Festivals International TV & Film Awards; the 2019 Australian Director’s Guild Award for Best Documentary Series; 2018 Aacta Award for Best Documentary or Factual Program; and 2018 Venice Television Award for Best Reality Series. The second season is also up for a further two Aacta Awards this year: Best Documentary or Factual Program and Best Direction in Nonfiction Television.
ABC head of entertainment and factual Josie Mason-Campbell said: “Employable Me has connected deeply with our audience and has been duly celebrated in Australia and internationally. The Rose d’Or nomination is...
- 11/7/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
The business of remaking drama series internationally continues to grow. While mega-budget new shows dominate the headlines, the likes of “In Treatment” are among the most-traveled scripted formats, and “Skam” and “Doctor Foster” are among the newer shows vying for top spot.
U.K.-based research house K7 Media has run the numbers and found that therapy drama “In Treatment,” is the best-selling international scripted remake of the past decade. The Dori Media-distributed show bowed in Israel in 2006. It went on to be remade by HBO in the U.S. with Gabriel Byrne, and by HBO Europe in several countries.
K7 has detailed the top unscripted formats for some time and its analysis is well-used by distribution execs selling formats, and buyers keen to discern trends.
“The scripted format business has grown,” K7 CEO Keri Lewis told Variety. “It’s the same as with unscripted, these are tried and tested formats.
U.K.-based research house K7 Media has run the numbers and found that therapy drama “In Treatment,” is the best-selling international scripted remake of the past decade. The Dori Media-distributed show bowed in Israel in 2006. It went on to be remade by HBO in the U.S. with Gabriel Byrne, and by HBO Europe in several countries.
K7 has detailed the top unscripted formats for some time and its analysis is well-used by distribution execs selling formats, and buyers keen to discern trends.
“The scripted format business has grown,” K7 CEO Keri Lewis told Variety. “It’s the same as with unscripted, these are tried and tested formats.
- 11/1/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Sky Developing Remake Of ‘True Detective’-Esque Belgian Supernatural Crime Drama ‘Hotel Beau Séjour’
Exclusive: Sky is developing an adaptation of Belgian supernatural crime drama Hotel Beau Séjour.
It marks the latest European drama being remade by the Comcast-owned broadcaster after the company turned Norwegian medical crime thriller Valkyrien into Temple starring Mark Strong and Carice Van Houten.
The original series, which is described as the Belgian True Detective, is a Flemish-language drama that tells the story of Belgian teenager Kato Hoeven. In the small village of Lanklaar, in Limburg, Maasland, near Belgium’s Dutch border, Hoeven wakes up at the Hotel Beau Séjour to find a bloody corpse in the bathtub – her own. She has no memory of the day before her death or why she was there. She soon discovers that five people are able to see her and communicate with her as she desperately tries to find out who was responsible for her murder and why they killed her.
Lynn Van Royen...
It marks the latest European drama being remade by the Comcast-owned broadcaster after the company turned Norwegian medical crime thriller Valkyrien into Temple starring Mark Strong and Carice Van Houten.
The original series, which is described as the Belgian True Detective, is a Flemish-language drama that tells the story of Belgian teenager Kato Hoeven. In the small village of Lanklaar, in Limburg, Maasland, near Belgium’s Dutch border, Hoeven wakes up at the Hotel Beau Séjour to find a bloody corpse in the bathtub – her own. She has no memory of the day before her death or why she was there. She soon discovers that five people are able to see her and communicate with her as she desperately tries to find out who was responsible for her murder and why they killed her.
Lynn Van Royen...
- 10/31/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Tori Garrett on the set of ‘Secret Bridesmaids’ Business’.
Director Tori Garrett is waiting for the local television sector’s answer to Phoebe Waller-Bridge to emerge and achieve the same mainstream breakthrough for female, protagonist-driven drama.
“She is the breaker of chains. We need to look beyond the usual suspects and start taking risks with new talent,” the director of the Seven Studios’ production, Secret Bridesmaids’ Business tells If.
Garrett returned to Australia from the UK in 2011, with the vision to direct drama. Her early influences were forged over a decade of working in London and Europe across eclectic projects at MTV, Channel 4, Filmfour and E4.
Garrett says she has detected a general fear in Australian networks to go too dark in content programming choices. “Because dark is depressing right? Wrong,” she says.
She points to the breakthrough international successes of The Handmaid’s Tale, Killing Eve, Bodyguard and...
Director Tori Garrett is waiting for the local television sector’s answer to Phoebe Waller-Bridge to emerge and achieve the same mainstream breakthrough for female, protagonist-driven drama.
“She is the breaker of chains. We need to look beyond the usual suspects and start taking risks with new talent,” the director of the Seven Studios’ production, Secret Bridesmaids’ Business tells If.
Garrett returned to Australia from the UK in 2011, with the vision to direct drama. Her early influences were forged over a decade of working in London and Europe across eclectic projects at MTV, Channel 4, Filmfour and E4.
Garrett says she has detected a general fear in Australian networks to go too dark in content programming choices. “Because dark is depressing right? Wrong,” she says.
She points to the breakthrough international successes of The Handmaid’s Tale, Killing Eve, Bodyguard and...
- 10/7/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Billy Joel’s latest Madison Square Garden concert Friday featured a surprise rendition of his 1986 hit “Modern Woman,” a performance that the singer said marked the first time he has ever played The Bridge favorite live… maybe.
“This is a song that was a hit, I’ve never played this ever in concert. This is the first time we’re gonna do this song live. So we may really fuck this up,” Joel warned the audience. “At least then you know we’re not on tape and it’ll be...
“This is a song that was a hit, I’ve never played this ever in concert. This is the first time we’re gonna do this song live. So we may really fuck this up,” Joel warned the audience. “At least then you know we’re not on tape and it’ll be...
- 9/28/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Before the season is over, it seems like everyone on Chesapeake Shores will find a way to express their content.
Chesapeake Shores Season 4 Episode 5 saw Abby considering big changes after growing closer to Jay, while Bree and Kevin found it almost hard to believe they had no stress digging away at them.
And while the whole family grappled with the thought of Mick and Megan reuniting, there wasn't a lot about their pairing to celebrate.
As much as I love reviewing Chesapeake Shores, it's sad that I never get to converse with any of you about it. Hallmark fans are extremely silent on articles like these.
That's too bad because I'd really like to know your thoughts on Abby and Trace.
Chesapeake Shores Review: A Sonnet for Caroline
Watching Abby grow closer to a man as thoughtful and kind as Jay reminded me that we've seen a lot more of...
Chesapeake Shores Season 4 Episode 5 saw Abby considering big changes after growing closer to Jay, while Bree and Kevin found it almost hard to believe they had no stress digging away at them.
And while the whole family grappled with the thought of Mick and Megan reuniting, there wasn't a lot about their pairing to celebrate.
As much as I love reviewing Chesapeake Shores, it's sad that I never get to converse with any of you about it. Hallmark fans are extremely silent on articles like these.
That's too bad because I'd really like to know your thoughts on Abby and Trace.
Chesapeake Shores Review: A Sonnet for Caroline
Watching Abby grow closer to a man as thoughtful and kind as Jay reminded me that we've seen a lot more of...
- 9/23/2019
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Netflix has greenlit a new Danish original series, giving a six-episode order to Equinox 1985, a supernatural thriller based on the hit podcast of the same name.
Tea Lindeburg created the series, which will be produced by Danish veteran Piv Bernth (The Killing, The Bridge) through her ITV Studio-backed Apple Tree Productions shingle. Production is set to start later this year.
The series focuses on Anna, who was just 10 when she was witness to the mysterious disappearance of a bus containing the class of 1999's graduating high school students.
Decades later, Anna is suddenly plagued by nightmares connected to the ...
Tea Lindeburg created the series, which will be produced by Danish veteran Piv Bernth (The Killing, The Bridge) through her ITV Studio-backed Apple Tree Productions shingle. Production is set to start later this year.
The series focuses on Anna, who was just 10 when she was witness to the mysterious disappearance of a bus containing the class of 1999's graduating high school students.
Decades later, Anna is suddenly plagued by nightmares connected to the ...
- 9/17/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Whoopi Goldberg is set to star alongside Jovan Adepo (When They See Us), Owen Teague (Mrs. Fletcher), Brad William Henke (Orange is the New Black) and Daniel Sunjata (Rescue Me) in The Stand, an adaptation of Stephen King’s novel at CBS All Access. They join previously announced cast members James Marsden, Amber Heard, Odessa Young and Henry Zaga. Goldberg and King made the announcement this morning on ABC’s The View.
Written by Josh Boone and Ben Cavell, The Stand is King’s apocalyptic vision of a world decimated by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil. The fate of mankind rests on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abagail (Goldberg) and a handful of survivors. Their worst nightmares are embodied in a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: Randall Flagg, the Dark Man.
Goldberg’s Mother Abagail is a prophet who...
Written by Josh Boone and Ben Cavell, The Stand is King’s apocalyptic vision of a world decimated by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil. The fate of mankind rests on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abagail (Goldberg) and a handful of survivors. Their worst nightmares are embodied in a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: Randall Flagg, the Dark Man.
Goldberg’s Mother Abagail is a prophet who...
- 9/11/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Netflix has found its Young Wallander – the Svod service has cast Swedish actor Adam Pålsson in the role alongside Argo’s Richard Dillane and Black Mirror’s Leanne Best.
Pålsson, who starred in Svt drama Don’t Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves as well as The Bridge, takes on the role previously played by Kenneth Branagh in the adaptation of Henning Mankell’s novels.
The six-part series, which has just started filming, tells the story of detective Kurt Wallander’s first case and is produced by Banijay-backed Yellow Bird UK. The story focuses on the formative experiences – professional and personal – faced by Wallander as a recently graduated police officer in his early twenties. It launches on Netflix in 2020.
Pålsson plays Kurt Wallander, Dillane, who also starred in The Dark Knight and Peaky Blinders, plays Superintendent Hemberg and Best, who also starred in Line of Duty and Tin Star,...
Pålsson, who starred in Svt drama Don’t Ever Wipe Tears Without Gloves as well as The Bridge, takes on the role previously played by Kenneth Branagh in the adaptation of Henning Mankell’s novels.
The six-part series, which has just started filming, tells the story of detective Kurt Wallander’s first case and is produced by Banijay-backed Yellow Bird UK. The story focuses on the formative experiences – professional and personal – faced by Wallander as a recently graduated police officer in his early twenties. It launches on Netflix in 2020.
Pålsson plays Kurt Wallander, Dillane, who also starred in The Dark Knight and Peaky Blinders, plays Superintendent Hemberg and Best, who also starred in Line of Duty and Tin Star,...
- 9/11/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Brad William Henke (Orange is the New Black) has landed a key role on season 2 of the Spectrum Original anthology series Manhunt: Lone Wolf from Lionsgate Television. Season 2, Manhunt: Lone Wolf, will chronicle one of the largest and most complex manhunts on U.S. soil — the search for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics Bomber, Eric Rudolph (Jack Huston) — and the media firestorm that consumed the life of Richard Jewell (Cameron Britton) in its wake. Henek will play Big John Gray, a man of few words with immense silent power who is the head of an anti-government militia. Henke’s television credits include October Road, Justified, The Bridge, and Orange Is The New Black. His feature credits include the recent Netflix feature film Bright, as well as notable roles in Split, Draft Day, Pacific Rim, and Pee-Wee’s Big Holiday. Henke is repped by Apa, and Jr Talent Group.
Tim Johnson Jr. has landed a recurring role on the fifth and final season of HBO’s Ballers. Created by Stephen Levinson, (HBO’s Boardwalk Empire), Ballers explores the glamorous and often cutthroat world of pro football through a group of past and present players striving to stay in the game. It stars Dwayne Johnson and the cast includes John David Washington, Russell Brand, Rob Corddy, and London Brown. Johnson will play Lazar, the soft spoken sibling in a trio of brothers who are all competitive gamers. The brothers are approached by Vernon (Donovan W. Carter) who shifts his focus from football to his love of professional gaming. In addition to acting Tim recently released his second musical album Summer Sessions. He will next be seen in the Deon Taylor movie Meet The Blacks 2 – The House Next Door out this Halloween. He’s repped by Mmv Talent Agency and Luber Roklin Entertainment.
Tim Johnson Jr. has landed a recurring role on the fifth and final season of HBO’s Ballers. Created by Stephen Levinson, (HBO’s Boardwalk Empire), Ballers explores the glamorous and often cutthroat world of pro football through a group of past and present players striving to stay in the game. It stars Dwayne Johnson and the cast includes John David Washington, Russell Brand, Rob Corddy, and London Brown. Johnson will play Lazar, the soft spoken sibling in a trio of brothers who are all competitive gamers. The brothers are approached by Vernon (Donovan W. Carter) who shifts his focus from football to his love of professional gaming. In addition to acting Tim recently released his second musical album Summer Sessions. He will next be seen in the Deon Taylor movie Meet The Blacks 2 – The House Next Door out this Halloween. He’s repped by Mmv Talent Agency and Luber Roklin Entertainment.
- 9/6/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Look through cocaine and you’ll see the world… according to the first trailer for drug drama ZeroZeroZero from the team behind Gomorrah.
Sky, Canal+ and Amazon Prime have unveiled the trailer for the eight-part series, which will have its world premiere as a Special Event Out of Competition at the 76th Venice Film Festival on September 5.
The series, produced by Cattleya and Bartlebyfilm, is based on the book by Gomorrah scribe Roberto Saviano. Andrea Riseborough, Dane DeHaan and Gabryel Byrne star in the series, directed by Stefano Sollima, that looks at international cocaine trafficking and its economic and political effects.
The drama will chart family dynamics, Mexican cartels, the ‘Ndrangheta (the Calabrian mafia) and corrupt businessmen. The stellar line up of directors also includes Pablo Trapero (The Clan) and Janus Metz (True Detective). After concluding the first weeks of shooting in New Orleans, principal photography moves on to Mexico...
Sky, Canal+ and Amazon Prime have unveiled the trailer for the eight-part series, which will have its world premiere as a Special Event Out of Competition at the 76th Venice Film Festival on September 5.
The series, produced by Cattleya and Bartlebyfilm, is based on the book by Gomorrah scribe Roberto Saviano. Andrea Riseborough, Dane DeHaan and Gabryel Byrne star in the series, directed by Stefano Sollima, that looks at international cocaine trafficking and its economic and political effects.
The drama will chart family dynamics, Mexican cartels, the ‘Ndrangheta (the Calabrian mafia) and corrupt businessmen. The stellar line up of directors also includes Pablo Trapero (The Clan) and Janus Metz (True Detective). After concluding the first weeks of shooting in New Orleans, principal photography moves on to Mexico...
- 8/30/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Viu is also producing romantic comedy series My Bubble Tea combining elements of Hallyu and the Thai wave.
Pan-regional streaming service Viu and HBO Asia have confirmed that they are collaborating on a second season of The Bridge, an Asian adaptation of Endemol Shine’s Scandinavian drama series of the same name.
Viu has also announced production of romantic comedy series My Bubble Tea, which combines elements of Hallyu (Korean) and Thai wave cultures.
The ten-episode second season of The Bridge will begin shooting this year for simultaneous broadcast on Viu and HBO Asia’s channels and services in early 2020. As with the first season,...
Pan-regional streaming service Viu and HBO Asia have confirmed that they are collaborating on a second season of The Bridge, an Asian adaptation of Endemol Shine’s Scandinavian drama series of the same name.
Viu has also announced production of romantic comedy series My Bubble Tea, which combines elements of Hallyu (Korean) and Thai wave cultures.
The ten-episode second season of The Bridge will begin shooting this year for simultaneous broadcast on Viu and HBO Asia’s channels and services in early 2020. As with the first season,...
- 8/30/2019
- ScreenDaily
Filmed entirely in Bali, the remake is a co-production between Indonesia and Malaysia.
Hong Kong-based regional streaming service Viu is collaborating with Warner Bros International Television Production on a Bahasa-language remake of Pretty Little Liars.
Produced by Viu in Indonesia and Malaysia, both of which are Bahasa-speaking countries, the series will be streamed simultaneously across all of Viu’s 17 markets later this year.
Filmed entirely in Bali, the remake follows the original series in the concept of four high school students whose group falls apart when their leader goes missing. When the girls are reunited, they start receiving messages from...
Hong Kong-based regional streaming service Viu is collaborating with Warner Bros International Television Production on a Bahasa-language remake of Pretty Little Liars.
Produced by Viu in Indonesia and Malaysia, both of which are Bahasa-speaking countries, the series will be streamed simultaneously across all of Viu’s 17 markets later this year.
Filmed entirely in Bali, the remake follows the original series in the concept of four high school students whose group falls apart when their leader goes missing. When the girls are reunited, they start receiving messages from...
- 8/27/2019
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Pan-Asian streaming service will develop youth-oriented series and films based on Wattpad’s stories.
Pan-Asian streaming service Viu, owned by Hong Kong-based Pccw Media Group, has entered into a content collaboration with Wattpad to develop original films and series based on the young adult (Ya) literature platform’s stories.
Viu aims to work with Wattpad to develop youth-oriented shows across its 17 markets in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, India and South Africa. The two companies will use Wattpad’s “Story DNA Machine Learning” technology to identify the stories to adapt and guide the development process.
Wattpad is an online...
Pan-Asian streaming service Viu, owned by Hong Kong-based Pccw Media Group, has entered into a content collaboration with Wattpad to develop original films and series based on the young adult (Ya) literature platform’s stories.
Viu aims to work with Wattpad to develop youth-oriented shows across its 17 markets in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, India and South Africa. The two companies will use Wattpad’s “Story DNA Machine Learning” technology to identify the stories to adapt and guide the development process.
Wattpad is an online...
- 8/21/2019
- by Liz Shackleton
- ScreenDaily
Israeli comedy drama “Fifty,” about a sexually and professionally frustrated screenwriter, has been greenlit by pay-tv platform Yes. It has a seasoned team behind it – with Yael Hedaya, one of the writers of “Betipul,” the show remade as “In Treatment” in the U.S. – creating the eight-parter. Daphna Levine, one of the creators of “Euphoria,” which was recently adapted by HBO, is attached to direct. Endemol Shine Israel will produce.
The show will star Ilanit Ben-Yaakov as a 49-year-old screenwriter struggling to raise three kids. With a landmark birthday looming, Alona has two important goals to achieve before she turns 50: to sign a development deal for a comedy series she wants to write about 50-year-old women, and to have sex.
Dudu Elharar, Guy Arieli, and Ofri Prishkolnik will also appear, and there will be a guest appearance by Guri Alfi.
“’Fifty’ is inspired and fueled by the charged particles...
The show will star Ilanit Ben-Yaakov as a 49-year-old screenwriter struggling to raise three kids. With a landmark birthday looming, Alona has two important goals to achieve before she turns 50: to sign a development deal for a comedy series she wants to write about 50-year-old women, and to have sex.
Dudu Elharar, Guy Arieli, and Ofri Prishkolnik will also appear, and there will be a guest appearance by Guri Alfi.
“’Fifty’ is inspired and fueled by the charged particles...
- 8/13/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Platform names teams of writers, producers on Lord Of The Rings series; open to Good Omens follow-up.
Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke told the Television Critics Association (TCA) press tour in Los Angeles on Saturday (July 27) that the platform will thrive in an increasingly competitive streaming market by curating top-notch content for its worldwide audience.
As Disney, WarnerMedia and Apple all prepare to launch rival services besides Amazon Studios, Netflix and Hulu, Salke noted her company’s edge was that “We’re constantly thinking of our customers. They’re global and diverse and we will curate shows to bring to that audience.
Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke told the Television Critics Association (TCA) press tour in Los Angeles on Saturday (July 27) that the platform will thrive in an increasingly competitive streaming market by curating top-notch content for its worldwide audience.
As Disney, WarnerMedia and Apple all prepare to launch rival services besides Amazon Studios, Netflix and Hulu, Salke noted her company’s edge was that “We’re constantly thinking of our customers. They’re global and diverse and we will curate shows to bring to that audience.
- 7/27/2019
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Platform names teams of writers, producers on Lord Of The Rings series; open to Good Omens follow-up.
Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke told the Television Critics Association (TCA) press tour in Los Angeles on Saturday (July 27) that the platform will thrive in an increasingly competitive streaming market by curating top-notch content for its worldwide audience.
As Disney, WarnerMedia and Apple all prepare to launch rival services besides Amazon Studios, Netflix and Hulu, Salke noted her company’s edge was that “We’re constantly thinking of our customers. They’re global and diverse and we will curate shows to bring to that audience.
Amazon Studios head Jennifer Salke told the Television Critics Association (TCA) press tour in Los Angeles on Saturday (July 27) that the platform will thrive in an increasingly competitive streaming market by curating top-notch content for its worldwide audience.
As Disney, WarnerMedia and Apple all prepare to launch rival services besides Amazon Studios, Netflix and Hulu, Salke noted her company’s edge was that “We’re constantly thinking of our customers. They’re global and diverse and we will curate shows to bring to that audience.
- 7/27/2019
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Amazon Studios has given an eight-episode straight-to-series order to The Banker’s Wife, based on the bestselling novel by Cristina Alger. Meredith Stiehm (Homeland) is writing all eight episodes, with Lesli Linka Glatter directing all eight. The project hails from Federation Entertainment (Marseille) and producer Sherry Marsh (Pose).
The Banker’s Wife is a high-stakes international thriller set in the world of global finance, from Geneva to Paris, London and New York, about two women racing for answers when a mysterious plane crash sets them off on parallel pursuits of truth. As they shine a light on hidden offshore accounts meant to be kept in the dark, the pair will become embedded in the cross-hairs of danger within a larger conspiracy of money laundering, powerful politicians and a web of terrorists and criminals, thus transforming their lives forever.
Pose and Vikings exec producer Marsh optioned The...
The Banker’s Wife is a high-stakes international thriller set in the world of global finance, from Geneva to Paris, London and New York, about two women racing for answers when a mysterious plane crash sets them off on parallel pursuits of truth. As they shine a light on hidden offshore accounts meant to be kept in the dark, the pair will become embedded in the cross-hairs of danger within a larger conspiracy of money laundering, powerful politicians and a web of terrorists and criminals, thus transforming their lives forever.
Pose and Vikings exec producer Marsh optioned The...
- 7/27/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Aaron Pedersen and Jada Alberts in ‘Mystery Road 2’ (Photo: David Dare Parker).
Swedish actress Sofia Helin, who starred in all four seasons of The Bridge, is co-starring with Aaron Pedersen in the second series of Bunya Productions’ ABC crime drama Mystery Road.
Helin, who played Saga Norén, a homicide detective from Malmö, in the Swedish/Danish film noir crime series which screened here on Sbs, is cast as archaeologist Professor Sondra Elmquist.
The professor is conducting a dig near a remote coastal town when she encounters Pedersen’s Detective Jay Swan, who has moved to the town to be closer to his family and is investigating a grisly case.
Warwick Thornton and Wayne Blair are sharing the directing duties on the six episodes produced by David Jowsey and Greer Simpkin, with Thornton as the Dop.
Two weeks into the 10 weeks shoot in Broome and the Dampier Peninsular, the series is...
Swedish actress Sofia Helin, who starred in all four seasons of The Bridge, is co-starring with Aaron Pedersen in the second series of Bunya Productions’ ABC crime drama Mystery Road.
Helin, who played Saga Norén, a homicide detective from Malmö, in the Swedish/Danish film noir crime series which screened here on Sbs, is cast as archaeologist Professor Sondra Elmquist.
The professor is conducting a dig near a remote coastal town when she encounters Pedersen’s Detective Jay Swan, who has moved to the town to be closer to his family and is investigating a grisly case.
Warwick Thornton and Wayne Blair are sharing the directing duties on the six episodes produced by David Jowsey and Greer Simpkin, with Thornton as the Dop.
Two weeks into the 10 weeks shoot in Broome and the Dampier Peninsular, the series is...
- 7/24/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
In 2008, when Tandem’s Rola Bauer and Tim Halkin began financing “The Pillars of the Earth,” allying with Ridley Scott’s Scott Free, they stood nearly alone in Europe in making grand-scale English-language limited series.
Now Bauer and Halkin are in the vanguard of a global TV revolution at the Munich-based company.
The Canadian Bauer and U.S.-born Halkin met when he reported to her at ProSieben in Germany. In 1999, the pair founded Tandem. Bauer wanted to pursue her interest in creating content while Halkin is a marketing whiz. Having him as a business partner allowed her to raise her two children while still working, she has said.
In early 2012, Studiocanal, owned by Vivendi’s Canal Plus Group, bought a 51% share in Tandem. That deal helped the boutique company, which makes international programming usually with U.S. partners, move ahead.
Run by Halkin, Tandem still makes its own series,...
Now Bauer and Halkin are in the vanguard of a global TV revolution at the Munich-based company.
The Canadian Bauer and U.S.-born Halkin met when he reported to her at ProSieben in Germany. In 1999, the pair founded Tandem. Bauer wanted to pursue her interest in creating content while Halkin is a marketing whiz. Having him as a business partner allowed her to raise her two children while still working, she has said.
In early 2012, Studiocanal, owned by Vivendi’s Canal Plus Group, bought a 51% share in Tandem. That deal helped the boutique company, which makes international programming usually with U.S. partners, move ahead.
Run by Halkin, Tandem still makes its own series,...
- 7/19/2019
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Durban–Endemol Shine Group has sold the rights to adapt its critically acclaimed and highly popular Nordic Noir detective series “The Bridge” to Cape Town-based production company Both Worlds Pictures, Variety has learned exclusively.
The series will feature an all-African cast and will be set around the Beit Bridge border crossing between South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Originally known in Sweden and Denmark as “Bron/Broen,” the format is a present-day crime thriller exploring the tensions between two neighboring countries and delving into the darker side of human nature. The series was created by Sweden’s Filmlance International, part of Endemol Shine Group, and Denmark’s Nimbus Film. The fourth and final season of the original, which aired in Sweden and Denmark last year, was the number one drama in Scandinavia. It also served, with “The Killing,” to put Nordic Noir on the map, and boost the careers of its producer...
The series will feature an all-African cast and will be set around the Beit Bridge border crossing between South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Originally known in Sweden and Denmark as “Bron/Broen,” the format is a present-day crime thriller exploring the tensions between two neighboring countries and delving into the darker side of human nature. The series was created by Sweden’s Filmlance International, part of Endemol Shine Group, and Denmark’s Nimbus Film. The fourth and final season of the original, which aired in Sweden and Denmark last year, was the number one drama in Scandinavia. It also served, with “The Killing,” to put Nordic Noir on the map, and boost the careers of its producer...
- 7/19/2019
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Call him the Danish Dracula.
Claes Bang, the hunky Scandinavian star of Cannes award winner The Square and Nordic noir series The Bridge is getting his fangs on for his next role, as the infamous Count Dracula in the upcoming limited series Dracula from Netflix and the BBC.
BBC One has just unveiled the first images of Bang as the Count, showing the dashing Dane by turns seductive and deadly.
The BBC and Netflix on Wednesday also announced the remaining cast for the series. Lyndsey Marshal (The League of Gentlemen), Chanel Cresswell (This Is England), Matthew Beard (An ...
Claes Bang, the hunky Scandinavian star of Cannes award winner The Square and Nordic noir series The Bridge is getting his fangs on for his next role, as the infamous Count Dracula in the upcoming limited series Dracula from Netflix and the BBC.
BBC One has just unveiled the first images of Bang as the Count, showing the dashing Dane by turns seductive and deadly.
The BBC and Netflix on Wednesday also announced the remaining cast for the series. Lyndsey Marshal (The League of Gentlemen), Chanel Cresswell (This Is England), Matthew Beard (An ...
Meredith Stiehm, co-chair of the Writers Guild of America’s agent negotiating committee, has signed with Verve talent agency.
She’s the second high-profile WGA leader to sign with Verve in recent days. “Big Fish” screenwriter and WGA West board member John August announced on June 28 that he had signed with Verve, which had agreed to abide by the WGA’s new rules governing talent agents on May 16.
Stiehm is also one of eight named plaintiffs in the WGA’s April 17 suit against CAA, Wme, UTA and ICM Partners, alleging the agencies have been acting illegally in collecting packaging fees. The WGA directed its members five days earlier to fire their agents following the major agencies’ refusal to sign onto a new Code of Conduct, which bars the agencies from collecting packaging fees and from owning interests in production companies.
The union argues that the fees create an unlawful conflict...
She’s the second high-profile WGA leader to sign with Verve in recent days. “Big Fish” screenwriter and WGA West board member John August announced on June 28 that he had signed with Verve, which had agreed to abide by the WGA’s new rules governing talent agents on May 16.
Stiehm is also one of eight named plaintiffs in the WGA’s April 17 suit against CAA, Wme, UTA and ICM Partners, alleging the agencies have been acting illegally in collecting packaging fees. The WGA directed its members five days earlier to fire their agents following the major agencies’ refusal to sign onto a new Code of Conduct, which bars the agencies from collecting packaging fees and from owning interests in production companies.
The union argues that the fees create an unlawful conflict...
- 7/1/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
WarnerMedia has given 10-episode orders to two new series from Maniac creator Patrick Somerville for its upcoming streaming service. The series are: half-hour divorce comedy Made For Love, based on Alissa Nutting’s novel; with S.J. Clarkson directing and exec producing, and Station Eleven, an hourlong post-apocalyptic limited drama based on the international bestseller by Emily St. John Mandel, with Hiro Murai directing and exec producing. Somerville is writing and executive producing both shows which hail from Paramount TV where he has an overall deal.
Made for Love, based on the tragicomic novel of the same name by Nutting, is a dark, absurd, and cynically poignant story of divorce and revenge. The series shows how far some will go for love, and how much further others will go to destroy it.
It follows Hazel Green, a thirtysomething woman on the run after 10 years in a suffocating marriage to an unstable,...
Made for Love, based on the tragicomic novel of the same name by Nutting, is a dark, absurd, and cynically poignant story of divorce and revenge. The series shows how far some will go for love, and how much further others will go to destroy it.
It follows Hazel Green, a thirtysomething woman on the run after 10 years in a suffocating marriage to an unstable,...
- 6/25/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Praise be, indeed! The third season of “The Handmaid’s Tale” may be sitting out the Emmy cycle due to its June 5 premiere date, but the Hulu series is still on the Emmy nominating ballot in 18 different categories this year — for the final three episodes of its second season that aired outside of last year’s eligibility window.
Two of those categories are Best Drama Writing and Directing, which would be the only races “Handmaid’s” could show up in at the main ceremony. That’s because these three “orphaned episodes” are exclusively eligible in categories that recognize individual episodes, preventing lead and supporting actors, as well as the series itself, from entering.
See Surprise! ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ will compete in 18 categories at 2019 Emmys [Exclusive]
Best Drama Writing – Bruce Miller and Kira Snyder for “Holly”
Season 2’s 11th hour, which covers the aftermath of June’s (Elisabeth Moss) clandestinely arranged...
Two of those categories are Best Drama Writing and Directing, which would be the only races “Handmaid’s” could show up in at the main ceremony. That’s because these three “orphaned episodes” are exclusively eligible in categories that recognize individual episodes, preventing lead and supporting actors, as well as the series itself, from entering.
See Surprise! ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ will compete in 18 categories at 2019 Emmys [Exclusive]
Best Drama Writing – Bruce Miller and Kira Snyder for “Holly”
Season 2’s 11th hour, which covers the aftermath of June’s (Elisabeth Moss) clandestinely arranged...
- 6/24/2019
- by Luca Giliberti
- Gold Derby
Netflix has renewed Danish Original drama series The Rain for a third and final season.
The internet network announced the news Wednesday on Twitter.
In The Rain, the world as we know it has ended. Six years after a brutal virus carried by the rain wipes out almost all humans in Scandinavia, two Danish siblings emerge from the safety of their bunker to find all remnants of civilization gone. Soon they join a group of young survivors and together set out on a danger-filled quest through an abandoned Scandinavia, searching for any sign of life.
Set free from their collective past and societal rules, the group has the freedom to be who they want to be. In their struggle for survival, they discover that even in a post-apocalyptic world there’s still love, jealousy, and many of the coming of age dilemmas they thought they’d left behind with the...
The internet network announced the news Wednesday on Twitter.
In The Rain, the world as we know it has ended. Six years after a brutal virus carried by the rain wipes out almost all humans in Scandinavia, two Danish siblings emerge from the safety of their bunker to find all remnants of civilization gone. Soon they join a group of young survivors and together set out on a danger-filled quest through an abandoned Scandinavia, searching for any sign of life.
Set free from their collective past and societal rules, the group has the freedom to be who they want to be. In their struggle for survival, they discover that even in a post-apocalyptic world there’s still love, jealousy, and many of the coming of age dilemmas they thought they’d left behind with the...
- 6/19/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Well-intentioned but at times insensitive, “Papi Chulo” is a complicated movie. It wants so badly to do the right thing when the situation is all wrong.
Written and directed by John Butler (“Handsome Devil”), “Papi Chulo” follows Sean (Matt Bomer), a popular Los Angeles weatherman, on the heels of an on-air mental breakdown. Forced to take time off from work, he struggles to cope with his loneliness after the loss of his relationship some months before. Looking to do something with the free time on his hands, he enlists the help of a day laborer, Ernesto, to help repaint the deck outside his home. Instead, Sean ends up more or less hiring Ernesto to be his friend.
Many of the jokes in “Papi Chulo” are rooted in this unequal-buddy comedy routine. Sean feels entitled to this friendship with a stranger he barely knows. His behavior comes across as inappropriate even...
Written and directed by John Butler (“Handsome Devil”), “Papi Chulo” follows Sean (Matt Bomer), a popular Los Angeles weatherman, on the heels of an on-air mental breakdown. Forced to take time off from work, he struggles to cope with his loneliness after the loss of his relationship some months before. Looking to do something with the free time on his hands, he enlists the help of a day laborer, Ernesto, to help repaint the deck outside his home. Instead, Sean ends up more or less hiring Ernesto to be his friend.
Many of the jokes in “Papi Chulo” are rooted in this unequal-buddy comedy routine. Sean feels entitled to this friendship with a stranger he barely knows. His behavior comes across as inappropriate even...
- 6/6/2019
- by Monica Castillo
- The Wrap
For two seasons, Mexican actor Demián Bechir starred on FX’s series The Bridge. Since then, the Oscar-nominated actor has concentrated on making movies, but Eva Longoria was able to lure him back to the small screen with a starring role in a new series she’s producing, Grand Hotel. Bechir told us he’s had good experiences working [...]
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- 6/3/2019
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
Thomas M. Wright.
Thomas M. Wright cheerfully acknowledges he is far better known in the Us and the UK than in his native Australia.
That’s because the character actor, who made his feature writing and directing debut on Acute Misfortune, has worked predominantly in international TV series and movies in the past six years.
Wright flies to Quebec next month for his next acting gig, a recurring role in Barskins, a National Geographic drama series based on the Annie Proulx novel about a group of outcasts living in New France — the part of North America controlled by the French — in the 16th century.
That will be his third Us series following Wgn America’s Outsiders and FX network’s The Bridge, and his first acting gig since he played racist station owner Mick Kennedy in Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country.
Wright is not complaining about his relatively low profile...
Thomas M. Wright cheerfully acknowledges he is far better known in the Us and the UK than in his native Australia.
That’s because the character actor, who made his feature writing and directing debut on Acute Misfortune, has worked predominantly in international TV series and movies in the past six years.
Wright flies to Quebec next month for his next acting gig, a recurring role in Barskins, a National Geographic drama series based on the Annie Proulx novel about a group of outcasts living in New France — the part of North America controlled by the French — in the 16th century.
That will be his third Us series following Wgn America’s Outsiders and FX network’s The Bridge, and his first acting gig since he played racist station owner Mick Kennedy in Warwick Thornton’s Sweet Country.
Wright is not complaining about his relatively low profile...
- 6/2/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Exclusive: The National Geographic scripted series Barkskins has added Aneurin Barnard, Thomas M. Wright and Tallulah Haddon as series regulars.
Based on the bestselling novel by Pulitzer Prize-winner Annie Proulx (Brokeback Mountain), Barkskins follows a disparate group of outcasts who must navigate the brutal hardships, competing interests, and tangled loyalties at the crossroads of civilization—1600s New France—where the war to escape their past and re-make themselves is cast against the vast and unforgiving wilds of North America.
Barnard will star as Hamish Goames, a polished, clean-cut Hudson Bay Company man in search of his lost comrade while Wright will play Elisha Cooke, a cutthroat English barrel maker, who has schemed his way into New France, set on growing the crown’s stake in the region.
Based on the bestselling novel by Pulitzer Prize-winner Annie Proulx (Brokeback Mountain), Barkskins follows a disparate group of outcasts who must navigate the brutal hardships, competing interests, and tangled loyalties at the crossroads of civilization—1600s New France—where the war to escape their past and re-make themselves is cast against the vast and unforgiving wilds of North America.
Barnard will star as Hamish Goames, a polished, clean-cut Hudson Bay Company man in search of his lost comrade while Wright will play Elisha Cooke, a cutthroat English barrel maker, who has schemed his way into New France, set on growing the crown’s stake in the region.
- 5/30/2019
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Based on the homonymous Scandinavian noir crime series, which has already been remade in British-French, American and Russian settings, it was high time for an Asian adaptation, with the two countries involved this time being Malaysia and Singapore, in the first Malaysian TV show to be aired on HBO Asia .
The lights go out over the second link bridge between Malaysia and Singapore one night, while someone seems to have hacked all the camera systems, leaving no trace of how a body ended up exactly halfway between the two countries. Soon after the discovery, it is revealed that the split-in-half body actually belongs to two different women, leading up to a co-investigation between the international crime divisions of the two countries. Megat represents Malaysia and Serena Singapore, in a highly incompatible duo that is tasked with solving the murder. Megat is a father of three children, a daughter from his previous marriage,...
The lights go out over the second link bridge between Malaysia and Singapore one night, while someone seems to have hacked all the camera systems, leaving no trace of how a body ended up exactly halfway between the two countries. Soon after the discovery, it is revealed that the split-in-half body actually belongs to two different women, leading up to a co-investigation between the international crime divisions of the two countries. Megat represents Malaysia and Serena Singapore, in a highly incompatible duo that is tasked with solving the murder. Megat is a father of three children, a daughter from his previous marriage,...
- 5/29/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
ITV, Netflix crime drama “Marcella” has been acquired by Polar+ for France. Cineflix Rights, which handles global rights to the Anna Friel show, announced the French deal with Polar+, which is part of the Canal+ group. Polar+ took rights to the eight-part first season of the award-winning show which is currently in production on its third season.
Produced by Buccaneer Media for ITV and Netflix, “Marcella” is a dark and complex crime thriller from novelist and screenwriter Hans Rosenfeldt. It is “The Bridge” writer’s first English-language series.
Set in modern-day London, Friel stars a police officer investigating a serial killer, who is simultaneously dealing with the psychological struggles of a crisis in her personal life. The actress won an international Emmy for the show’s first season.
A third season of the drama, which proved a ratings hit for ITV and is broadcast around the world via Netflix, was...
Produced by Buccaneer Media for ITV and Netflix, “Marcella” is a dark and complex crime thriller from novelist and screenwriter Hans Rosenfeldt. It is “The Bridge” writer’s first English-language series.
Set in modern-day London, Friel stars a police officer investigating a serial killer, who is simultaneously dealing with the psychological struggles of a crisis in her personal life. The actress won an international Emmy for the show’s first season.
A third season of the drama, which proved a ratings hit for ITV and is broadcast around the world via Netflix, was...
- 5/16/2019
- by Robert Mitchell
- Variety Film + TV
Wyatt Nash (Glow) is set to recur on the CW’s Riverdale as an FBI agent who arrives in town to manage an ongoing investigation. The character makes his debut in tonight’s Season 3 finale.
Wyatt’s Agent Smith is intriguing, sharp, confident and — as revealed in the finale — he’s more closely tied to this town (and several of its characters) than one would guess at first glance. He will be a continued presence in Riverdale going into Season 4 in the fall.
Kj Apa, Cole Sprouse Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Casey Cott and Madelaine Petsch star in the series based on the characters from Archie Comics. Riverdale is produced by Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios, in association with Berlanti Productions..
Nash’s credits include the Netflix series Glow and Dear White People, earning a SAG Award nom for the latter’s ensemble. Repped by Innovative Artists and Principal Entertainment La,...
Wyatt’s Agent Smith is intriguing, sharp, confident and — as revealed in the finale — he’s more closely tied to this town (and several of its characters) than one would guess at first glance. He will be a continued presence in Riverdale going into Season 4 in the fall.
Kj Apa, Cole Sprouse Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes, Casey Cott and Madelaine Petsch star in the series based on the characters from Archie Comics. Riverdale is produced by Warner Bros. Television and CBS Television Studios, in association with Berlanti Productions..
Nash’s credits include the Netflix series Glow and Dear White People, earning a SAG Award nom for the latter’s ensemble. Repped by Innovative Artists and Principal Entertainment La,...
- 5/16/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Tricia Helfer is sinking her teeth into a bloodsucking new role: The Battlestar Galactica and Lucifer vet will play Dracula in Season 4 of Syfy’s Van Helsing, our sister site Deadline reports. (Netflix and the BBC have their own Dracula project, with The Bridge‘s Claes Bang as the iconic character.)
Helfer “will be a fierce and unstoppable Dark One… as the battle between good and evil reaches new heights,” executive producer Chad Oakes tells the site.
The series has also tapped Richard Harmon (The 100), Nicole Munoz (Defiance), Keeya King (The Handmaid’s Tale) and pro wrestler Big Show for undisclosed roles.
Helfer “will be a fierce and unstoppable Dark One… as the battle between good and evil reaches new heights,” executive producer Chad Oakes tells the site.
The series has also tapped Richard Harmon (The 100), Nicole Munoz (Defiance), Keeya King (The Handmaid’s Tale) and pro wrestler Big Show for undisclosed roles.
- 5/14/2019
- TVLine.com
China’s Huahua Media has signed on to remake two classic war films from the Balkans as part of a push to improve diplomatic ties between the Middle Kingdom and countries taking part in its “Belt and Road” global infrastructure project, Chinese reports said. The news follows Huahua’s return to the spotlight as an investor on the upcoming “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” franchise film, though the company was better-known in the past for a short-lived slate financing deal with Paramount in 2017.
The ambassadors to China from Serbia and from Bosnia and Herzegovina were present as Huahua inked a deal with the Sarajevo Film Center and a Serbian production company to remake two Serbo-Croatian-language films: 1969’s “The Bridge,” about the defense of a span against the Nazis in World War II, and 1972’s “Walter Defends Sarajevo,” helmed by the Bosnian director Hajrudin Krvavac.
“The remake is not only a...
The ambassadors to China from Serbia and from Bosnia and Herzegovina were present as Huahua inked a deal with the Sarajevo Film Center and a Serbian production company to remake two Serbo-Croatian-language films: 1969’s “The Bridge,” about the defense of a span against the Nazis in World War II, and 1972’s “Walter Defends Sarajevo,” helmed by the Bosnian director Hajrudin Krvavac.
“The remake is not only a...
- 5/9/2019
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Oscar nominee Demián Bichir shocked Hollywood when he revealed on Tuesday that his wife, actress and model Stefanie Sherk, died on April 20 at age 43. On Thursday, the L.A. County Medical Examiner-Coroner confirmed to People that Sherk’s death has been ruled a suicide, with one of her causes of death being drowning.
“It has been the saddest and toughest time of our lives and we don’t know how much time it will take for us to overcome this pain,” Bichir, 55, wrote on Instagram. “Stefanie’s beautiful, angelical and talented presence will be immensely missed. We will hold Stefanie in our hearts forever.
“It has been the saddest and toughest time of our lives and we don’t know how much time it will take for us to overcome this pain,” Bichir, 55, wrote on Instagram. “Stefanie’s beautiful, angelical and talented presence will be immensely missed. We will hold Stefanie in our hearts forever.
- 4/26/2019
- by Dana Rose Falcone
- PEOPLE.com
Canadian actress and model Stefanie Sherk died of an apparent suicide by drowning. She was 43. The actress, who was the wife of actor Demian Bichir, died on April 20. The Los Angeles Medical Examiner-Coroner confirmed the cause of death, variety.com reported on Friday. Sherk appeared in the TV show "CSI: Cyber" and the movie Valentine's Day. She also starred in the show "The Bridge" alongside her husband.
"It is with inconceivable pain that I announce that on April 20, 2019, our dearest Stefanie Sherk, my beloved and loving wife, passed away peacefully," Bichir said in an Instagram post.
"It has been the saddest and toughest time of our lives and we don't know how much time it will take for us to overcome this pain," he said, adding "Stefanie's beautiful, angelical and talented presence will be immensely missed. We will hold Stefanie in our hearts forever."
"We thank everybody beforehand for their...
"It is with inconceivable pain that I announce that on April 20, 2019, our dearest Stefanie Sherk, my beloved and loving wife, passed away peacefully," Bichir said in an Instagram post.
"It has been the saddest and toughest time of our lives and we don't know how much time it will take for us to overcome this pain," he said, adding "Stefanie's beautiful, angelical and talented presence will be immensely missed. We will hold Stefanie in our hearts forever."
"We thank everybody beforehand for their...
- 4/26/2019
- GlamSham
Canadian actress and model Stefanie Sherk died on April 20 of an apparent suicide by drowning. She was 43.
The Los Angeles Medical Examiner-Coroner confirmed the ruling and cause of death.
Sherk appeared in the TV show “CSI: Cyber” and the movie “Valentine’s Day.” She also starred in the show “The Bridge” alongside her husband and actor Demián Bichir.
“It is with inconceivable pain that I announce that on April 20, 2019, our dearest Stefanie Sherk, my beloved and loving wife, passed away peacefully,” Bichir said in an Instagram post.
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Dear friends, On behalf of the Sherk and the Bichir Nájera families, it is with inconceivable pain that I announce that on April 20, 2019, our dearest Stefanie Sherk, my beloved and loving wife, passed away peacefully. It has been the saddest and toughest time of our lives and we don’t know how much time it will take for us to overcome this pain.
The Los Angeles Medical Examiner-Coroner confirmed the ruling and cause of death.
Sherk appeared in the TV show “CSI: Cyber” and the movie “Valentine’s Day.” She also starred in the show “The Bridge” alongside her husband and actor Demián Bichir.
“It is with inconceivable pain that I announce that on April 20, 2019, our dearest Stefanie Sherk, my beloved and loving wife, passed away peacefully,” Bichir said in an Instagram post.
View this post on Instagram
Dear friends, On behalf of the Sherk and the Bichir Nájera families, it is with inconceivable pain that I announce that on April 20, 2019, our dearest Stefanie Sherk, my beloved and loving wife, passed away peacefully. It has been the saddest and toughest time of our lives and we don’t know how much time it will take for us to overcome this pain.
- 4/26/2019
- by Daniel Nissen
- Variety Film + TV
Stefanie Sherk, a Canadian model and actress known for work on “CSI: Cyber” and in the rom-com “Valentine’s Day,” along with being the wife of actor Demián Bichir, has died. She was 43.
Bichir said on Instagram Wednesday night that Sherk passed away peacefully on April 20.
The La County Coroner’s report, obtained by TheWrap, said that Sherk died by suicide. The specific causes of death were anoxic encephalopathy (brain deprived of oxygen), asphyxia, and drowning.
“It has been the saddest and toughest time of our lives and we don’t know how much time it will take for us to overcome this pain,” Bichir said in a post. “Stefanie’s beautiful, angelical and talented presence will be immensely missed. We will hold Stefanie in our hearts forever.”
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Sherk also appeared alongside Bichir in “The Bridge,...
Bichir said on Instagram Wednesday night that Sherk passed away peacefully on April 20.
The La County Coroner’s report, obtained by TheWrap, said that Sherk died by suicide. The specific causes of death were anoxic encephalopathy (brain deprived of oxygen), asphyxia, and drowning.
“It has been the saddest and toughest time of our lives and we don’t know how much time it will take for us to overcome this pain,” Bichir said in a post. “Stefanie’s beautiful, angelical and talented presence will be immensely missed. We will hold Stefanie in our hearts forever.”
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Sherk also appeared alongside Bichir in “The Bridge,...
- 4/25/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Canadian model and actress Stefanie Sherk died on April 20 at the age of 43.
Her husband, Oscar nominee Demián Bichir (2012’s A Better Life), confirmed the sad news in a touching Instagram post on Wednesday, explaining that Sherk — whom he called “my beloved and loving wife” — had “passed away peacefully.”
A cause of death was not revealed.
“It has been the saddest and toughest time of our lives and we don’t know how much time it will take for us to overcome this pain,” Bichir, 55, wrote. “Stefanie’s beautiful, angelical and talented presence will be immensely missed. We will hold Stefanie in our hearts forever.
Her husband, Oscar nominee Demián Bichir (2012’s A Better Life), confirmed the sad news in a touching Instagram post on Wednesday, explaining that Sherk — whom he called “my beloved and loving wife” — had “passed away peacefully.”
A cause of death was not revealed.
“It has been the saddest and toughest time of our lives and we don’t know how much time it will take for us to overcome this pain,” Bichir, 55, wrote. “Stefanie’s beautiful, angelical and talented presence will be immensely missed. We will hold Stefanie in our hearts forever.
- 4/25/2019
- by Dave Quinn
- PEOPLE.com
Tim Riggins is teaming up with Dexter Morgan for a new show: Taylor Kitsch (Friday Night Lights) and Michael C. Hall (Dexter) will star in the thriller Shadowplay, from The Bridge co-creator Måns Mårlind, our sister site Deadline reports.
The series — which does not yet have a network attached — follows Max McLaughlin (Kitsch), an American cop who arrives in Berlin in the summer of 1946 to help create a police force in the chaotic aftermath of the war. At the same time, Max undertakes a secret crusade to find his missing brother Moritz (Dark Blue‘s Logan Marshall-Green), who is killing ex-Nazis in hiding.
The series — which does not yet have a network attached — follows Max McLaughlin (Kitsch), an American cop who arrives in Berlin in the summer of 1946 to help create a police force in the chaotic aftermath of the war. At the same time, Max undertakes a secret crusade to find his missing brother Moritz (Dark Blue‘s Logan Marshall-Green), who is killing ex-Nazis in hiding.
- 4/10/2019
- TVLine.com
Cannes –Taylor Kitsch, Michael C. Hall and Nina Hoss are set to star in period thriller “Shadowplay,” one of the big series – with “War of the Worlds,” “Zero, Zero Zero,” “Years and Years” – on Studiocanal’s upcoming, event-series studded production slate.
Created by Måns Mårlind, co-creator of “The Bridge,” a banner Nordic Noir title, and “Midnight Sun,” one of Studiocanal’s biggest and best-received recent international co-productions, “Shadowplay” is set on a large-scale canvas, the bombed-out 1946 Berlin, one year after World War II, as its former Allies, the U.S, Russia rival for power in the wrecked city, and its survivors dare to hope to rebuild their lives.
Described by lead producers Tandem Productions and Bron Studios as a “gritty dramatic thriller,” and conceived by Mårlind as two “chapters” of eight-episodes, “Shadowplay’s” first chapter will shoot from April 30 in Prague and environs. Kitsch will play Max McLaughlin, an Brooklyn...
Created by Måns Mårlind, co-creator of “The Bridge,” a banner Nordic Noir title, and “Midnight Sun,” one of Studiocanal’s biggest and best-received recent international co-productions, “Shadowplay” is set on a large-scale canvas, the bombed-out 1946 Berlin, one year after World War II, as its former Allies, the U.S, Russia rival for power in the wrecked city, and its survivors dare to hope to rebuild their lives.
Described by lead producers Tandem Productions and Bron Studios as a “gritty dramatic thriller,” and conceived by Mårlind as two “chapters” of eight-episodes, “Shadowplay’s” first chapter will shoot from April 30 in Prague and environs. Kitsch will play Max McLaughlin, an Brooklyn...
- 4/10/2019
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
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