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Al Sharpton Limited Series In Works At ABC Signature With Anthony Anderson Eyed To Star & EP

EXCLUSIVE: ABC Signature has acquired The Redemption of Al Sharpton, the recent Esquire profile of the civil rights activist by Pulitzer Prize winner Mitchell S. Jackson, to develop as a limited series. No talent is attached at this point but the intention is for Anthony Anderson to star as Sharpton and…

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Blumhouse & Platinum Dune’s Fast-Paced Thriller ‘Drop’ Sets Violett Beane & Jacob Robinson

EXCLUSIVE: Violett Beane and newcomer Jacob Robinson have joined the cast of Christopher Landon's Drop for Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse. The duo will star alongside previously announced Meghann Fahy and Brandon Sklenar. The film’s logline is being kept under wraps at this time but is said to be a…

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Los Angeles Production Struggling Post-Strike As Shoot Days Down 8.7% In Q1, FilmLA Says

The dual Hollywood strikes are history, but production has been slow to return in Los Angeles, especially for television projects. The city and county’s film office said today that local on-location filming declined by 8.7% the first quarter, recording only 6,823 shoot days from January through…

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Andrew DeYoung To Direct & EP Tim Robinson & Zach Kanin’s HBO Comedy Pilot ‘The Chair Company’

EXCLUSIVE: Andrew DeYoung has been tapped to direct and executive produce HBO’s half-hour comedy pilot The Chair Company, starring Tim Robinson. The project hails from Robinson and his writing partner Zach Kanin, and is executive produced by Adam McKay and Todd Schulman for McKay’s Hyperobject…

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‘Somebody Somewhere’ Adds Ólafur Darri Ólafsson To Season 3 Cast On HBO

A new face is about to pop up in Manhattan, Kansas: Olafur Darri Ólafsson is joining the Season 3 cast of Somebody Somewhere on HBO. Ólafsson will recur as Iceland, the new renter of Sam’s (Bridget Everett) family farm. Production on the seven-episode season recently wrapped in…

Sterlin Harjo’s FX Pilot ‘The Sensitive Kind’ Adds Five To Cast

FX’s pilot The Sensitive Kind from creator Sterlin Harjo (Reservation Dogs) has added five to its cast: Killer Mike (Ozark), Kaniehtiio “Tiio” Horn (Reservation Dogs), Cody Lightning (Echo), Michael Hitchcock (Grand Death Lotto) and Ryan Kiera Armstrong (Star Wars: Skeleton Crew). Details as to the…

Roger Dicken Dies: Oscar-Nominated ‘Alien’ & ‘When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth’ VFX Artist Was 84

British special effects artist Roger Dicken, best known for his work on Ridley Scott's Alien and the 1970s sci-fi thriller When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth has died. He was 84. Dicken died on February 18 at his home in North Wales. His career began in the mid-60s when he accepted a freelance effects…

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‘Ghostlight’: IFC Films To Release Alex Thompson & Kelly O’Sullivan Drama In Theaters This June

IFC Films announced that Ghostlight, acquired by the studio out of this year's Sundance Film Festival where it made its world premiere, will open in New York City and Chicago on Friday, June 14, 2024 before expanding nationwide the following week. The film is co-directed by Chicagoans Alex Thompson…

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‘Trap’ Trailer: Josh Hartnett Gets Cornered At A Concert In M. Night Shyamalan Thriller

Warner Bros has unveiled the first trailer for Trap, the latest twisty thriller from two-time Oscar nominee M. Night Shyamalan, which is slated for release on August 9. Starring Josh Hartnett and Saleka Shyamalan, the film watches as a man and his daughter attend a pop concert where they realize they…

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Abel Gance’s ‘Napoléon,’ Restored Over 16 Years, To Open Cannes Classics Before Heading To Netflix

The 2024 Cannes Classics sidebar will open with a restored version of French filmmaker Abel Gance's silent epic Napolean. A major work of the silent era, Napolean has taken sixteen years to restore. The festival said today that "various sources were used to rediscover the original storyline" of the…

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CBS Renews ‘Elsbeth’ For Season 2

CBS has renewed the freshman series Elsbeth for the 2024-2025 season. In Deadline’s latest Renewal Status Report released on Wednesday, Co-Editor-in-Chief Nellie Andreeva projected Elsbeth would be renewed for a second season. This leaves The Equalizer, NCIS: Hawai'i, So Help Me Todd and CSI: Vegas…

‘Mysteries About True Histories’ Scripted Podcast Set At Starglow Media & Atomic Entertainment

EXCLUSIVE: With the kids podcast market booming, Starglow Media and Atomic Entertainment are launching a new scripted show. The two companies are launching Mysteries About True Histories. The weekly scripted audio series follows Max and Molly, two best friends who work together to solve riddles…