Choose Love is a rom-com interactive film directed by Stuart McDonald with a screenplay by Josann McGibbon. The Netflix film follows Cami, a young woman who starts to doubt her relationship with her partner Paul when two other men enter her life. Choose Love stars Laura Marano, Avan Jogia, Scott Michael Foster, and Jordi Webber. While Choose Love is an interactive film we are only able to recommend romantic comedies as there are not many rom-com interactive films in existence. So, if you loved Choose Love here are some similar movies you could watch next.
Look Both Ways (Netflix) Credit – Netflix
Synopsis: On the eve of her college graduation, Natalie’s [Lili Reinhart] life diverges into parallel realities: one in which she becomes pregnant and remains in her hometown, and another in which she does not and moves to Los Angeles. In both journeys, Natalie experiences life-changing love, pursues her dream career as an artist,...
Look Both Ways (Netflix) Credit – Netflix
Synopsis: On the eve of her college graduation, Natalie’s [Lili Reinhart] life diverges into parallel realities: one in which she becomes pregnant and remains in her hometown, and another in which she does not and moves to Los Angeles. In both journeys, Natalie experiences life-changing love, pursues her dream career as an artist,...
- 9/6/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Stuart McDonald deeply admires Netflix’s first interactive movie Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. He describes the film as a dark journey wherein a viewer’s decisions in a gamer nerd’s life could lead to acid trips, existential torment, suicide, stuffed bunnies, and decapitated heads. But McDonald knows audiences will have a different reaction to the streaming behemoth’s first interactive romantic comedy, which he directed. In Choose Love, audiences wander into the pages of a fan fiction to decide which suitor is best for the film’s career-driven protagonist, Cami...
- 9/1/2023
- by Kalia Richardson
- Rollingstone.com
Viewers can take charge of a new romantic comedy, picking the lead’s moves, but the fun of the idea quickly evaporates
In theory, an interactive romcom in which you choose the suitor, and the confessions or evasions to get to them, sounds like a good idea. Who hasn’t yelled “not him!” or “don’t do that” at the screen when bemoaning a misguided protagonist’s choices? Choose Love, Netflix’s romcom entry into its nascent interactive oeuvre (following the Black Mirror episode Bandersnatch in 2019), at least tries to makes its choices seem organic to a theoretical audience’s different tastes in romantic interests. But as proof of a concept that sounds admittedly like a consultant’s pitch to streaming services, it struggles to feel at all like a genuine story.
To be fair to the director Stuart McDonald and the screenwriter Josann McGibbon, who had to conceive of...
In theory, an interactive romcom in which you choose the suitor, and the confessions or evasions to get to them, sounds like a good idea. Who hasn’t yelled “not him!” or “don’t do that” at the screen when bemoaning a misguided protagonist’s choices? Choose Love, Netflix’s romcom entry into its nascent interactive oeuvre (following the Black Mirror episode Bandersnatch in 2019), at least tries to makes its choices seem organic to a theoretical audience’s different tastes in romantic interests. But as proof of a concept that sounds admittedly like a consultant’s pitch to streaming services, it struggles to feel at all like a genuine story.
To be fair to the director Stuart McDonald and the screenwriter Josann McGibbon, who had to conceive of...
- 8/31/2023
- by Adrian Horton
- The Guardian - Film News
Back in 2018 with “Black Mirror: Bandersnatch,” Netflix introduced interactive features as a way for viewers to take charge of a movie, using a controller to select diverse story paths. The filmmakers offered choices branching off from pivotal points within the narrative that led to a range of conclusions that either worked, eventually triggering the end credits, or didn’t, propelling the viewer back to an earlier point to try again. More programming utilizing this style shortly followed in other genres: the scripted comedy “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend,” the animated special “We Lost Our Human,” and the reality series “Ranveer vs. Wild with Bear Grylls.”
This innovative concept is now applied to the streamer’s growing stable of saccharine-but-sentimental romantic comedy features with “Choose Love.” Director Stuart McDonald (“A Perfect Pairing”) and writer-producer Josann McGibbon (“Runaway Bride”) center their tale on an indecisive career-driven woman who must choose...
This innovative concept is now applied to the streamer’s growing stable of saccharine-but-sentimental romantic comedy features with “Choose Love.” Director Stuart McDonald (“A Perfect Pairing”) and writer-producer Josann McGibbon (“Runaway Bride”) center their tale on an indecisive career-driven woman who must choose...
- 8/31/2023
- by Courtney Howard
- Variety Film + TV
"Choose Love" is a new interactive 'rom-com' feature, directed by Stuart McDonald, starring Avan Jogia, Laura Marano, Josann McGibbon, Scott Michael Foster, Robyn Snyder, Jordi Webber, Axel Paton, Mel Turner, Stuart McDonald and Deborah Evans, streaming August 31, 2023 on Netflix:
"...'Cami Conway' (Marano) has it all. She’s got the job she wants as a recording engineer and is headed towards engagement, marriage and kids with her boyfriend 'Paul' (Foster).
"And yet, she feels something is missing. Is it just the fear of commitment, or is she actually missing out on an even better career, perhaps the long abandoned singing career she once dreamed of? And is Paul the love of her life?
"What if it’s 'Rex Galier' (Jogia), the Brit rock star, who walks into her studio and becomes irrepressibly smitten? Or could it be 'Jack Menna' (Webber), her first love, an idealistic world traveler, who returns home...
"...'Cami Conway' (Marano) has it all. She’s got the job she wants as a recording engineer and is headed towards engagement, marriage and kids with her boyfriend 'Paul' (Foster).
"And yet, she feels something is missing. Is it just the fear of commitment, or is she actually missing out on an even better career, perhaps the long abandoned singing career she once dreamed of? And is Paul the love of her life?
"What if it’s 'Rex Galier' (Jogia), the Brit rock star, who walks into her studio and becomes irrepressibly smitten? Or could it be 'Jack Menna' (Webber), her first love, an idealistic world traveler, who returns home...
- 8/25/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
HBO’s Ballers, the docuseries Depp v. Heard, the Adam Sandler-produced You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah and interactive rom-com Choose Love are among the new projects debuting on Netflix in August.
After adding all five seasons of Insecure last month, in the first time an HBO original series was available on Netflix in the U.S., Netflix is adding yet another HBO title on Aug. 15: the Dwayne Johnson-fronted Ballers.
The streamer is also set to add HBO series Band of Brothers, The Pacific and Six Feet Under at a future date, due to a co-exclusive deal with Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max.
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s headline-making 2022 defamation case, over a Washington Post op-ed in which Heard called herself a domestic abuse survivor, is the subject of the three-part Depp v. Heard docuseries, which combines footage that was televised and livestreamed...
After adding all five seasons of Insecure last month, in the first time an HBO original series was available on Netflix in the U.S., Netflix is adding yet another HBO title on Aug. 15: the Dwayne Johnson-fronted Ballers.
The streamer is also set to add HBO series Band of Brothers, The Pacific and Six Feet Under at a future date, due to a co-exclusive deal with Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max.
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s headline-making 2022 defamation case, over a Washington Post op-ed in which Heard called herself a domestic abuse survivor, is the subject of the three-part Depp v. Heard docuseries, which combines footage that was televised and livestreamed...
- 8/14/2023
- by Hilary Lewis
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Netflix’s Choose Love gives romantic comedy fans a chance to decide who ends up with who. Choose Love, which just dropped a trailer, new photos, and a poster, allows viewers to pick the lead character’s career path and which of the assorted single males she’ll end up with.
Laura Marano (The Royal Treatment) leads the cast as Cami Conway, a recording engineer, and Avan Jogia (Zombieland: Double Tap) stars as Rex Galier, a British rock star. Scott Michael Foster (You) plays Paul, Cami’s boyfriend, and Jordi Webber (Power Rangers Ninja Steel) stars as Jack Menna, Cami’s first love. Rounding out the cast is Megan Smart (Class of ’07) as Amalia, Cami’s sister.
Stuart McDonald directs from a screenplay by Josann McGibbon. McGibbon, Robyn Snyder, Deborah Evans, Mel Turner, and Axel Paton serve as producers.
Choose Love premieres on Thursday, August 31, 2023.
Laura Marano as Cami...
Laura Marano (The Royal Treatment) leads the cast as Cami Conway, a recording engineer, and Avan Jogia (Zombieland: Double Tap) stars as Rex Galier, a British rock star. Scott Michael Foster (You) plays Paul, Cami’s boyfriend, and Jordi Webber (Power Rangers Ninja Steel) stars as Jack Menna, Cami’s first love. Rounding out the cast is Megan Smart (Class of ’07) as Amalia, Cami’s sister.
Stuart McDonald directs from a screenplay by Josann McGibbon. McGibbon, Robyn Snyder, Deborah Evans, Mel Turner, and Axel Paton serve as producers.
Choose Love premieres on Thursday, August 31, 2023.
Laura Marano as Cami...
- 8/1/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Have you ever been so frustrated by a romantic comedy that you wanted to choose who the main character ends up with yourself? Now you can with the Netflix interactive film “Choose Love,” the trailer for which was released on Tuesday.
The story introduces Laura Marano as Cami Conway, who seems pretty satisfied with her life and boyfriend Paul (Scott Michael Foster) until she goes to see a tarot reader who points out that her life might be missing something. She doesn’t exactly love her sound-mixing job, but the rest is manageable.
The fun begins when she stumbles upon multiple life choices that could lead her in a different direction. She bumps into childhood beau Jack Menna (Jordi Webber) one day after he hadn’t crossed her mind in many years, and shortly after that — if the choice is made where she doesn’t kiss him when they catch...
The story introduces Laura Marano as Cami Conway, who seems pretty satisfied with her life and boyfriend Paul (Scott Michael Foster) until she goes to see a tarot reader who points out that her life might be missing something. She doesn’t exactly love her sound-mixing job, but the rest is manageable.
The fun begins when she stumbles upon multiple life choices that could lead her in a different direction. She bumps into childhood beau Jack Menna (Jordi Webber) one day after he hadn’t crossed her mind in many years, and shortly after that — if the choice is made where she doesn’t kiss him when they catch...
- 8/1/2023
- by Dessi Gomez
- The Wrap
One of Disney’s most beloved princesses is coming back onscreen. Brandy will reprise her role as Cinderella for a new Disney+ film in the “Descendants” franchise.
Brandy previously famously portrayed the fairytale princess in a TV film adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” musical, which was watched by 60 million viewers when it first aired on ABC in 1997. The film’s inclusive and diverse casting — which included Brandy as the first Black woman to play Cinderella, Whitney Houston and Whoopi Goldberg as the Fairy Godmother and the Queen, and Paolo Montalbán as a Filipino Prince Charming — was widely regarded as groundbreaking, and the film has since become considered a classic. This August, Brandy reunited with the cast of the film for an ABC special to celebrate its 25th anniversary. The new “Descendants” film, currently under the working title “The Pocketwatch,” will be the first time in the role since the 1997 film.
Brandy previously famously portrayed the fairytale princess in a TV film adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “Cinderella” musical, which was watched by 60 million viewers when it first aired on ABC in 1997. The film’s inclusive and diverse casting — which included Brandy as the first Black woman to play Cinderella, Whitney Houston and Whoopi Goldberg as the Fairy Godmother and the Queen, and Paolo Montalbán as a Filipino Prince Charming — was widely regarded as groundbreaking, and the film has since become considered a classic. This August, Brandy reunited with the cast of the film for an ABC special to celebrate its 25th anniversary. The new “Descendants” film, currently under the working title “The Pocketwatch,” will be the first time in the role since the 1997 film.
- 11/21/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Indiewire
Netflix is expanding its interactive content offerings, with the streamer ordering the interactive romantic comedy film “Choose Love” from Josann McGibbon.
The cast includes Laura Marano (“The Royal Treatment”), Avan Jogia (“Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City”), Scott Michael Foster (“You”), and Jordi Webber (“Head High”). McGibbon is the writer and executive producer on the film, with Stuart McDonald directing. Robyn Snyder, Deborah Evans, Mel Turner, Axel Paton serve as producers.
In the film, Cami Conway (Marano) has it all. She’s got the job she wants as a recording engineer and is headed towards engagement, marriage and kids with her wonderful boyfriend, Paul (Foster). And yet, she feels something is missing. Is it just Fomo and the fear of commitment that goes with it? Or is she actually missing out on an even better career, perhaps the long abandoned singing career she once dreamed of? And is Paul the love of her life?...
The cast includes Laura Marano (“The Royal Treatment”), Avan Jogia (“Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City”), Scott Michael Foster (“You”), and Jordi Webber (“Head High”). McGibbon is the writer and executive producer on the film, with Stuart McDonald directing. Robyn Snyder, Deborah Evans, Mel Turner, Axel Paton serve as producers.
In the film, Cami Conway (Marano) has it all. She’s got the job she wants as a recording engineer and is headed towards engagement, marriage and kids with her wonderful boyfriend, Paul (Foster). And yet, she feels something is missing. Is it just Fomo and the fear of commitment that goes with it? Or is she actually missing out on an even better career, perhaps the long abandoned singing career she once dreamed of? And is Paul the love of her life?...
- 3/30/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Though The Descendants’ animated special, Descendants: The Royal Wedding, last Friday celebrated the marriage of main characters Mal and Ben, the episode also honored late actor Cameron Boyce, who played Carlos in the Disney Channel franchise.
The television special acknowledged the absence of Carlos early on when Mal receives a wedding present of a charm bracelet with all of their family crests, including one of Carlos. The character Evie explained it represents “the four VKs, linked together forever.”
At the end of the episode, as the wedded pair reflected on their memorable day, Mal suggested that “another story could be just beginning,” before the camera pans to a pile of white roses painted red and fading to black in a rabbit hole, teasing that a fourth installment of the Descendants franchise might be on the way.
Before the credits rolled, the musical series memorialized Boyce with a tribute card that...
The television special acknowledged the absence of Carlos early on when Mal receives a wedding present of a charm bracelet with all of their family crests, including one of Carlos. The character Evie explained it represents “the four VKs, linked together forever.”
At the end of the episode, as the wedded pair reflected on their memorable day, Mal suggested that “another story could be just beginning,” before the camera pans to a pile of white roses painted red and fading to black in a rabbit hole, teasing that a fourth installment of the Descendants franchise might be on the way.
Before the credits rolled, the musical series memorialized Boyce with a tribute card that...
- 8/16/2021
- by Brandon Choe
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: We hear that Susan Johnson, the director of Netflix’s hit teen dramedy To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, has boarded Paramount Players’ Bounce based on the Megan Shull YA novel and starring YouTube personality JoJo Siwa. The feature is in early development.
Bounce tells the story of a teenage girl who wishes she could trade her family for a new one on Christmas Eve. Her wish is granted and she finds herself “bouncing” into the lives of other girls and living Christmas Day on repeat — learning the value of family, finding your voice and the power of love. Josann McGibbon, the writer and EP on Disney Channel’s Descendants franchise, and the scribe on such movies as Runaway Bride, Three Men and a Little Lady and the Co-ep of ABC’s Desperate Housewives, is adapting Shull’s novel.
Paramount won the rights to Bounce last summer after a competitive bidding war,...
Bounce tells the story of a teenage girl who wishes she could trade her family for a new one on Christmas Eve. Her wish is granted and she finds herself “bouncing” into the lives of other girls and living Christmas Day on repeat — learning the value of family, finding your voice and the power of love. Josann McGibbon, the writer and EP on Disney Channel’s Descendants franchise, and the scribe on such movies as Runaway Bride, Three Men and a Little Lady and the Co-ep of ABC’s Desperate Housewives, is adapting Shull’s novel.
Paramount won the rights to Bounce last summer after a competitive bidding war,...
- 4/14/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Disney Channel Greenlights ‘Descendants: The Royal Wedding;’ Animated Special To Honor Cameron Boyce
Disney Channel has ordered Descendants: The Royal Wedding, an animated special set to premiere this summer.
The Descendants special, which will feature a number of stars including Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson and Booboo Stewart, will also pay memory to late cast member Cameron Boyce. The actor, who appeared as Carlos, died in July 2019 of epilepsy. He was 20. The absence of Boyce’s character will also be acknowledged.
Descendants: The Royal Wedding will follow Auradon’s epic social event, the marriage between Cameron’s Mal and Mitchell Hope’s Ben. Also reprising their roles for the special are Sarah Jeffery , Melanie Paxson, China Anne McClain, Jedidiah Goodacre, Anna Cathcart, Dan Payne, Bobby Moynihan and Cheyenne Jackson.
“‘Descendants’ introduced a fantasy world of stories and characters anchored in Disney mythology. For the past six years, it captivated young viewers and grew to become among Disney Channel’s biggest entertainment franchises ever. It...
The Descendants special, which will feature a number of stars including Dove Cameron, Sofia Carson and Booboo Stewart, will also pay memory to late cast member Cameron Boyce. The actor, who appeared as Carlos, died in July 2019 of epilepsy. He was 20. The absence of Boyce’s character will also be acknowledged.
Descendants: The Royal Wedding will follow Auradon’s epic social event, the marriage between Cameron’s Mal and Mitchell Hope’s Ben. Also reprising their roles for the special are Sarah Jeffery , Melanie Paxson, China Anne McClain, Jedidiah Goodacre, Anna Cathcart, Dan Payne, Bobby Moynihan and Cheyenne Jackson.
“‘Descendants’ introduced a fantasy world of stories and characters anchored in Disney mythology. For the past six years, it captivated young viewers and grew to become among Disney Channel’s biggest entertainment franchises ever. It...
- 3/13/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Disney Channel has announced that the animated special “Descendants: The Royal Wedding” will premiere on the network this summer.
Based on the “Descendants” franchise, the special will bring viewers back to the United States of Auradon and feature Mal and King Ben’s royal wedding. Reprising their popular roles are Dove Cameron as Mal, Sofia Carson as Evie, Booboo Stewart as Jay, Mitchell Hope as Ben, Sarah Jeffery as Audrey, Melanie Paxson as Fairy Godmother, China Anne McClain as Uma, Jedidiah Goodacre as Chad, Anna Cathcart as Dizzy, Dan Payne as Beast, Bobby Moynihan as Dude the Dog and Cheyenne Jackson as Hades.
The late Cameron Boyce was one of the main cast members in the “Descendants” franchise, playing Carlos, the son of Cruella de Vil. He later reprised the character for the animated shorts “Descendants: Wicked World” and later on in the sequels “Descendants 2” and “Descendants 3.” On...
Based on the “Descendants” franchise, the special will bring viewers back to the United States of Auradon and feature Mal and King Ben’s royal wedding. Reprising their popular roles are Dove Cameron as Mal, Sofia Carson as Evie, Booboo Stewart as Jay, Mitchell Hope as Ben, Sarah Jeffery as Audrey, Melanie Paxson as Fairy Godmother, China Anne McClain as Uma, Jedidiah Goodacre as Chad, Anna Cathcart as Dizzy, Dan Payne as Beast, Bobby Moynihan as Dude the Dog and Cheyenne Jackson as Hades.
The late Cameron Boyce was one of the main cast members in the “Descendants” franchise, playing Carlos, the son of Cruella de Vil. He later reprised the character for the animated shorts “Descendants: Wicked World” and later on in the sequels “Descendants 2” and “Descendants 3.” On...
- 3/13/2021
- by Antonio Ferme
- Variety Film + TV
YouTube personality Jojo Siwa will star in the movie adaptation of the book “Bounce.”
Paramount Pictures won the rights to the novel following a competitive bidding war. Will Smith and James Lassiter will produce through their Overbrook Entertainment banner, alongside Caleeb Pinkett.
Based on the book by Megan Shull, “Bounce” is a heartwarming story about a teenage girl who wishes she could trade her family for a new one on Christmas Eve. Her wish is granted and she finds herself “bouncing” into the lives of other girls and living Christmas Day on repeat — learning the value of family, finding your voice and the power of love.
Josann McGibbon will adapt the script. The studio is currently looking for a director.
While she broke onto the scene as one of Abby Lee Miller’s students on two seasons of “Dance Moms,” Siwa’s big break came with her debut single, “Boomerang.
Paramount Pictures won the rights to the novel following a competitive bidding war. Will Smith and James Lassiter will produce through their Overbrook Entertainment banner, alongside Caleeb Pinkett.
Based on the book by Megan Shull, “Bounce” is a heartwarming story about a teenage girl who wishes she could trade her family for a new one on Christmas Eve. Her wish is granted and she finds herself “bouncing” into the lives of other girls and living Christmas Day on repeat — learning the value of family, finding your voice and the power of love.
Josann McGibbon will adapt the script. The studio is currently looking for a director.
While she broke onto the scene as one of Abby Lee Miller’s students on two seasons of “Dance Moms,” Siwa’s big break came with her debut single, “Boomerang.
- 6/24/2020
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
Disney Channel’s premiere of the musical Descendants 3 drew 8.4 million total viewers in Live+3 ratings to rank as the top show across all of television on Friday night. It also was cable’s highest-rated program since 2017’s Descendants 2 in several key young demos.
The threequel — which was dedicated to the memory of its star Cameron Boyce, who died last month — ranked No. 1 on Saturday in every demo Disney Channel tracks. Per Nielsen, it was the top-rated telecast on all of cable in two years among kids 6-11, tweens 9-14, girls 6-11 and girls 9-14.
In July 2017, Descendants 2 premiered to 8.6 million total viewers for Disney Channel and 21 million across six Disney-owned networks including ABC in L+3. The original Descendants did even better for its July 2015 bow. All three pics in the franchise soared in L+3 over Live+same day.
Revolving around...
The threequel — which was dedicated to the memory of its star Cameron Boyce, who died last month — ranked No. 1 on Saturday in every demo Disney Channel tracks. Per Nielsen, it was the top-rated telecast on all of cable in two years among kids 6-11, tweens 9-14, girls 6-11 and girls 9-14.
In July 2017, Descendants 2 premiered to 8.6 million total viewers for Disney Channel and 21 million across six Disney-owned networks including ABC in L+3. The original Descendants did even better for its July 2015 bow. All three pics in the franchise soared in L+3 over Live+same day.
Revolving around...
- 8/8/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Disney Channel has set 8 p.m. Friday, August 2, for the premiere of its music-fueled telefilm threequel Descendants 3. The original cast returns as does director Kenny Ortega, who also helmed the High School Musical movies in the 2000s.
Descendants 3 unfolds on “Vk Day” as fair-minded the Villain Kids cross the barrier and return to their birthplace, the Isle of the Lost, to bring four deserving Villain Kids to the coveted Auradon Prep in a land where they have a chance at success, happiness and fulfillment. But it’s Mal who knows she must resolve to close the barrier to the Isle of the Lost permanently, fearing that nemeses Uma (China Anne McClain) and Hades (franchise newcomer Cheyenne Jackson) will wreak vengeance on her new home, the idyllic kingdom now ruled by her beloved King Ben. Despite her decision, an unfathomable dark force still threatens the people of Auradon, and...
Descendants 3 unfolds on “Vk Day” as fair-minded the Villain Kids cross the barrier and return to their birthplace, the Isle of the Lost, to bring four deserving Villain Kids to the coveted Auradon Prep in a land where they have a chance at success, happiness and fulfillment. But it’s Mal who knows she must resolve to close the barrier to the Isle of the Lost permanently, fearing that nemeses Uma (China Anne McClain) and Hades (franchise newcomer Cheyenne Jackson) will wreak vengeance on her new home, the idyllic kingdom now ruled by her beloved King Ben. Despite her decision, an unfathomable dark force still threatens the people of Auradon, and...
- 5/31/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Disney Channel’s Descendants 3 just got more villainous. The cable net said today that Cheyenne Jackson is set to play Hades, the underworld ruler from Disney’s 1997 toon Hercules, rounding out the cast of the telepic threequel set for 2019.
Production on the live-action musical; is set to begin shortly, Disney Channel said. Watch the “Who Is Hades?” announcement video below.
Jackson, an American Horror Story player for the past few seasons who also appears in the upcoming Paramount Network comedy American Woman,
He is the latest franchise newcomer to join the cast along with Jadah Marie as Dr. Facilier’s daughter Celia, Jamal Sims as Dr. Facilier and Christian Convery and Luke Roessler as Smee’s sons Squeaky and Squirmy, respectively.
Returning Villain Kids Dove Cameron as Maleficent’s daughter Mal, Cameron Boyce as Cruella de Vil’s son Carlos, Sofia Carson as the Evil Queen’s daughter Evie,...
Production on the live-action musical; is set to begin shortly, Disney Channel said. Watch the “Who Is Hades?” announcement video below.
Jackson, an American Horror Story player for the past few seasons who also appears in the upcoming Paramount Network comedy American Woman,
He is the latest franchise newcomer to join the cast along with Jadah Marie as Dr. Facilier’s daughter Celia, Jamal Sims as Dr. Facilier and Christian Convery and Luke Roessler as Smee’s sons Squeaky and Squirmy, respectively.
Returning Villain Kids Dove Cameron as Maleficent’s daughter Mal, Cameron Boyce as Cruella de Vil’s son Carlos, Sofia Carson as the Evil Queen’s daughter Evie,...
- 5/21/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
With the third installment of Disney’s Descendents about to commence filming, it has been revealed that Thomas Doherty and Sarah Jeffrey will back to reprise their roles in the feature.
The highly-anticipated third movie in a trilogy about the teenage sons and daughters of Disney’s most infamous villains will see Jeffrey return as the Beautiful and prim Audrey, the daughter of Princess Aurora (Sleeping Beauty).
Related: Descendants 2 Interviews with Thomas Doherty, Booboo Stewart and Kenny Ortega.
Thomas Doherty and Dylan Playfair will reprise their roles as Harry and Gil, members of Uma’s pirate crew, joining Dove Cameron as Mal, Cameron Boyce as Carlos, Sofia Carson as Evie, Booboo Stewart as Jay, Mitchell Hope as King Ben and China Anne McClain as Uma.
Directed by Emmy® and DGA Award-winning Kenny Ortega, Descendants 3 is written by Sara Parriott and Josann McGibbon who, with Kenny Ortega and Wendy Japhet,...
The highly-anticipated third movie in a trilogy about the teenage sons and daughters of Disney’s most infamous villains will see Jeffrey return as the Beautiful and prim Audrey, the daughter of Princess Aurora (Sleeping Beauty).
Related: Descendants 2 Interviews with Thomas Doherty, Booboo Stewart and Kenny Ortega.
Thomas Doherty and Dylan Playfair will reprise their roles as Harry and Gil, members of Uma’s pirate crew, joining Dove Cameron as Mal, Cameron Boyce as Carlos, Sofia Carson as Evie, Booboo Stewart as Jay, Mitchell Hope as King Ben and China Anne McClain as Uma.
Directed by Emmy® and DGA Award-winning Kenny Ortega, Descendants 3 is written by Sara Parriott and Josann McGibbon who, with Kenny Ortega and Wendy Japhet,...
- 4/23/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Sarah Jeffery will return to Descendants 3 as Audrey in the Disney Channel threequel, and Thomas Doherty and Dylan Playfair also will be back to reprise their roles.
Directed by Emmy-winning Kenny Ortega, Descendants 3 is the third movie in a trilogy about the teenage sons and daughters most infamous villains. It’s set to begin production next month for a 2019 premiere.
Jeffery originated the fan-favorite role of Audrey, the daughter of Princess Aurora, in 2015’s Descendants. The character is referenced in last year’s sequel, although she does not appear.
Doherty and Playfair return to reprise their roles as Harry and Gil, each members of Uma’s pirate crew in Descendants 3, joining Dove Cameron as Mal, Cameron Boyce as Carlos, Sofia Carson as Evie, Booboo Stewart as Jay, Mitchell Hope as King Ben and China Anne McClain as Uma.
Sara Parriott and Josann McGibbon who penned the screenplays for the first two Descendants movies,...
Directed by Emmy-winning Kenny Ortega, Descendants 3 is the third movie in a trilogy about the teenage sons and daughters most infamous villains. It’s set to begin production next month for a 2019 premiere.
Jeffery originated the fan-favorite role of Audrey, the daughter of Princess Aurora, in 2015’s Descendants. The character is referenced in last year’s sequel, although she does not appear.
Doherty and Playfair return to reprise their roles as Harry and Gil, each members of Uma’s pirate crew in Descendants 3, joining Dove Cameron as Mal, Cameron Boyce as Carlos, Sofia Carson as Evie, Booboo Stewart as Jay, Mitchell Hope as King Ben and China Anne McClain as Uma.
Sara Parriott and Josann McGibbon who penned the screenplays for the first two Descendants movies,...
- 4/20/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
When Sara Parriott and Josann McGibbon first teamed up 32 years ago, the door had just started to crack open for female film writers.
“We came at the right time, it was right when women writers were coming into vogue,” McGibbon said. “It was the time of ‘Thelma and Louise’ and there was two of us — a blonde and a brunette and it all fell into place.”
Parriott and McGibbon’s latest project, “Descendants 2,” premieres Friday night on Disney Channel, as well as ABC, Freeform, Disney Xd and Lifetime. It’s now a key franchise for Disney, and the latest career twist for Parriott and McGibbon, who now boast one of the longest-running writing partnerships in all of Hollywood.
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The duo initially chose film over TV because “we felt in success we could still...
“We came at the right time, it was right when women writers were coming into vogue,” McGibbon said. “It was the time of ‘Thelma and Louise’ and there was two of us — a blonde and a brunette and it all fell into place.”
Parriott and McGibbon’s latest project, “Descendants 2,” premieres Friday night on Disney Channel, as well as ABC, Freeform, Disney Xd and Lifetime. It’s now a key franchise for Disney, and the latest career twist for Parriott and McGibbon, who now boast one of the longest-running writing partnerships in all of Hollywood.
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- 7/21/2017
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
The Disney Channel Original Movie "The Descendants" is set to get a sequel.
In an announcement today by Disney Channels Worldwide Cco Gary Marsh, the company confirmed that "Descendants 2" will begin production this summer for a 2017 premiere.
Kenny Ortega will return as director, executive producer and choreographer on the sequel which will continue the story of the teenage sons and daughters of Disney’s most infamous villains.
The first film was the No. 1 cable television movie of 2015 and the fifth highest-rated original movie ever on U.S. cable TV in total viewers.
All the key cast will return, with China Anne McClain joining the cast as Uma, the daughter of Ursula. Casting will be announced soon for new characters including the progeny of villains Captain Hook and Gaston.
Sara Parriott and Josann McGibbon penned the script with several key crew members from the first are also returning.
Source: Disney Channel...
In an announcement today by Disney Channels Worldwide Cco Gary Marsh, the company confirmed that "Descendants 2" will begin production this summer for a 2017 premiere.
Kenny Ortega will return as director, executive producer and choreographer on the sequel which will continue the story of the teenage sons and daughters of Disney’s most infamous villains.
The first film was the No. 1 cable television movie of 2015 and the fifth highest-rated original movie ever on U.S. cable TV in total viewers.
All the key cast will return, with China Anne McClain joining the cast as Uma, the daughter of Ursula. Casting will be announced soon for new characters including the progeny of villains Captain Hook and Gaston.
Sara Parriott and Josann McGibbon penned the script with several key crew members from the first are also returning.
Source: Disney Channel...
- 6/10/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
The Writers Guild of America has just announced the nominations for their annual awards for Best Screenplays (by writers who are guild signatories). That’s right, before you get nervous thinking that your favorite may have been left off the list, you must remember that the WGA is the group that is not all-inclusive and leaves out several of the top contenders each year due to them not being part of the guild or not following their very specific rules. For this reason, you won’t see Inside Out, The Hateful Eight, and Ex Machina in the Original Screenplay category or Room, Brooklyn, or Anomalisa in the Adapted screenplay category.
Taking a look at what’s left over for the nominations, we find many that were expected to make a showing, including Spotlight and Bridge of Spies for Original Screenplay, though they apparently had to sink to really low depths...
Taking a look at what’s left over for the nominations, we find many that were expected to make a showing, including Spotlight and Bridge of Spies for Original Screenplay, though they apparently had to sink to really low depths...
- 1/6/2016
- by Jeff Beck
- We Got This Covered
The Writers Guild of America announced some of its nominees for its 2015 awards on Thursday, including television, new media, and radio, and among the TV nominees are series both new and old, and all beloved.
In the comedy series category, freshman Netflix show "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" scored a nomination for best series, as well as an overall best new series nod. "The Last Man on Earth" also landed in that latter category, and was singled out for its pilot episode writing, too.
On the drama side of the equation, lauded "Breaking Bad" spinoff "Better Call Saul" also got best series and best new series nominations, in addition to a an episode writing nod. Newly-minted Emmy winner "Game of Thrones" also scored a best drama citation, as well as an episodic writing nomination.
The full list of nominees released this week are below. Nominations in the theatrical and documentary categories will...
In the comedy series category, freshman Netflix show "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" scored a nomination for best series, as well as an overall best new series nod. "The Last Man on Earth" also landed in that latter category, and was singled out for its pilot episode writing, too.
On the drama side of the equation, lauded "Breaking Bad" spinoff "Better Call Saul" also got best series and best new series nominations, in addition to a an episode writing nod. Newly-minted Emmy winner "Game of Thrones" also scored a best drama citation, as well as an episodic writing nomination.
The full list of nominees released this week are below. Nominations in the theatrical and documentary categories will...
- 12/3/2015
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
Little Darlings
Nick Fink ("Glee"), Katie Chang ("Bling Ring"), Brandon Mychal Smith ("You're the Worst"), Eliza Bennett ("Nanny McPhee") and Taylor Dearden ("Breaking Bad") are set to star in MTV's new dark half-hour comedy pilot "Little Darlings".
The story follows two unlikely friends named Jules (Bennett) and Ophelia (Dearden) who take justice into their own hands and kick ass on their college campus. Fink will play a charming and intellectual art major, Smith a whip-smart law student and Ophelia's co-worker, and Chang as Jules' sorority president and Bff. [Source: The Live Feed]
Atlanta
FX has ordered a first season of former "Community" actor and rapper Donald Glover's half-hour comedy series "Atlanta". Glover, Dianne McGunigle and Paul Simms will serve as executive producers on the series which airs next year.
Brian Tyree Henry, Lakeith Lee Stanfield and Zazie Beetz also star in the series which revolves around two cousins on their way up through the Atlanta rap scene.
Nick Fink ("Glee"), Katie Chang ("Bling Ring"), Brandon Mychal Smith ("You're the Worst"), Eliza Bennett ("Nanny McPhee") and Taylor Dearden ("Breaking Bad") are set to star in MTV's new dark half-hour comedy pilot "Little Darlings".
The story follows two unlikely friends named Jules (Bennett) and Ophelia (Dearden) who take justice into their own hands and kick ass on their college campus. Fink will play a charming and intellectual art major, Smith a whip-smart law student and Ophelia's co-worker, and Chang as Jules' sorority president and Bff. [Source: The Live Feed]
Atlanta
FX has ordered a first season of former "Community" actor and rapper Donald Glover's half-hour comedy series "Atlanta". Glover, Dianne McGunigle and Paul Simms will serve as executive producers on the series which airs next year.
Brian Tyree Henry, Lakeith Lee Stanfield and Zazie Beetz also star in the series which revolves around two cousins on their way up through the Atlanta rap scene.
- 10/15/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
In a move that should surprise absolutely no one, Disney Channel is pursuing a follow-up to its monster hit musical Descendants.
RelatedDescendants Stars on Twist Ending, Sequel Ideas: ‘Mal’s Story Isn’t Over’
The network has ordered a sequel script from Sara Parriott and Josann McGibbon, who wrote the first film. The announcement was made Thursday.
Descendants follows four children of Disney villains — Maleficent’s daughter Mal (Dove Cameron), Evil Queen’s daughter Evie (Sofia Carson), Jafar’s son Jay (Booboo Stewart) and Cruella de Vil’s son Carlos (Cameron Boyce) — as they decide whether they want to...
RelatedDescendants Stars on Twist Ending, Sequel Ideas: ‘Mal’s Story Isn’t Over’
The network has ordered a sequel script from Sara Parriott and Josann McGibbon, who wrote the first film. The announcement was made Thursday.
Descendants follows four children of Disney villains — Maleficent’s daughter Mal (Dove Cameron), Evil Queen’s daughter Evie (Sofia Carson), Jafar’s son Jay (Booboo Stewart) and Cruella de Vil’s son Carlos (Cameron Boyce) — as they decide whether they want to...
- 10/15/2015
- TVLine.com
Disney Channel has made it official — formally putting a Descendants sequel in development by commissioning a script by the original movie’s screenwriters, Sara Parriott and Josann McGibbon, who will also serve as executive producers on the project, tentatively titled Descendants 2. Disney’s live-action, music-filled hit Descendants, a modern-day coming-of-age adventure about the teenage sons and daughters of Disney’s most infamous villains, stars Dove Cameron as Mal…...
- 10/15/2015
- Deadline TV
Still singing "rotten to the core"? Well, get ready for more! It's official: Descendants 2 is happening! Disney Channel announced on Thursday that a sequel script to their latest hit original movie has been commissioned from Sarah Parriott and Josann McGibbon, the first movie's screenwriters. No plot details have been released, and a premiere date has yet to be announced. "By almost every measure—domestically and globally—Descendants has already become one of the biggest entertainment properties of the year and we're eager to delve deeper into the unfolding mythology of Auradon and Isle of the Lost," Gary Marsh, President and Chief Creative Office, Disney,...
- 10/15/2015
- E! Online
The Disney Channel’s new original movie “Descendants” brings together the children of many iconic Disney characters, no easy feat for screenwriters Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriot. The writing duo behind “Runaway Bride” and the USA series “The Starter Wife” starring Debra Messing were approached to take on a story surrounding Disney’s second generation and relished the opportunity to re-imagine their favorite childhood characters 20 years later. In the TV movie, the sons and daughters of four classic Disney villains — Jafar from “Aladdin,” Cruella De Vil from “101 Dalmations,” the Evil Queen from “Snow White” and Maleficent from “Sleeping Beauty” —...
- 7/31/2015
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
The Tony and Emmy winner will play the classic Sleeping Beauty villain in Disney Channel’s live-action original movie Descendants. Kristin Chenoweth (Rio 2, Glee) will embody Maleficent, who butts horns with her daughter Mal (Dove Cameron). Directed by Kenny Ortega, the tale is set in a present-day idyllic kingdom where the benevolent teenaged son of the King and Queen (Beast and Belle from Disney’s Beauty And The Beast) is poised to take the throne. His first proclamation: offer a chance at redemption to the trouble-making offspring of Maleficent, Cruella De Vil, the Evil Queen and Jafar who have been imprisoned on a forbidden island with all the other villains, sidekicks, evil step-mothers and step-sisters. The cast also includes Booboo Stewart, Sofia Carson, Cameron Boyce and Mitchell Hope. Written by Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott, the pic is set to begin production next month for a 2015 premiere. Related: Disney Channel...
- 5/1/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Meet the offspring of Cruella De Vil, Maleficent, the Evil Queen and Jafar. Disney Channel has ordered to production Descendants, its first live-action original movie tapping into Disney’s vault of classic fairytale characters. Directed by High School Musical helmer and choreographer Kenny Ortega in his return to Disney Channel, the contemporary adventure-comedy revolves around the progeny of some of Disney’s most evil villains, introducing a modern generation of teenagers who question the evil that’s always been in their hearts. Casting is underway, overseen by High School Musical casting directors Natalie Hart and Jason La Padura, with production slated to begin in the spring for a 2015 premiere on Disney Channel. “We mined Disney’s treasure trove of stories and developed a new, comedic approach to the fabled characters everyone knows and loves,” said Gary Marsh, President and Chief Creative Officer of Disney Channels Worldwide. “The result is...
- 12/12/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
TBS and TNT announced on Wednesday that they are about to become the first national networks to live stream on-air content across multiple platforms 24/7.
The networks made the announcement during TNT and TBS's annual upfront presentation in New York, noting that their content will be streamed through their websites and a pair of newly created apps: Watch TNT and Watch TBS.
"Starting this summer, subscribers will be able to watch TBS and TNT live –- anytime, anywhere, on multiple devices," Steve Koonin, president of Turner Entertainment Networks, told the upfront audience. Additional platforms for TBS and TNT's live streaming will be added by the end of the year.
TNT's coverage of the NBA games, TBS's coverage of Major League Baseball and both network's coverage of the Ncaa will be available for live streaming as well.
Audiences will soon have the opportunity to watch some new content from some...
The networks made the announcement during TNT and TBS's annual upfront presentation in New York, noting that their content will be streamed through their websites and a pair of newly created apps: Watch TNT and Watch TBS.
"Starting this summer, subscribers will be able to watch TBS and TNT live –- anytime, anywhere, on multiple devices," Steve Koonin, president of Turner Entertainment Networks, told the upfront audience. Additional platforms for TBS and TNT's live streaming will be added by the end of the year.
TNT's coverage of the NBA games, TBS's coverage of Major League Baseball and both network's coverage of the Ncaa will be available for live streaming as well.
Audiences will soon have the opportunity to watch some new content from some...
- 5/15/2013
- by Jaimie Etkin
- Huffington Post
We already know TNT is bringing Sean Bean, Eric Dane, and the mind of Frank Darabont back to our TVs, but at today’s Turner Upfront, TNT and TBS announced some more big names developing potential shows for the networks — including Steven Spielberg, Sylvester Stallone, Steve Carell, Jamie Foxx, Elizabeth Banks, Diablo Cody, Denis Leary, Dick Wolf, and Nicholas Sparks. The loglines:
TNT Scripted Series:
• Portal House: This project is the story of a group of young scientists who, while investigating what they believe to be a haunted house, stumble upon a portal into the time-space continuum. Things then take...
TNT Scripted Series:
• Portal House: This project is the story of a group of young scientists who, while investigating what they believe to be a haunted house, stumble upon a portal into the time-space continuum. Things then take...
- 5/15/2013
- by Mandi Bierly
- EW - Inside TV
Here are a few - very few - promo pics from Desperate Housewives January 16th episode, "I'm Still Here".
"I'm Still Here" - Lynette feels her mother, Stella (Polly Bergen), is marrying Frank (Larry Hagman) - an abrasive and obnoxious man - for all the wrong reasons and tries to talk her out of it. Meanwhile, Susan tries to befriend a curmudgeonly man during her dialysis sessions who has given up on ever finding a kidney donor, Bree runs into Keith's ex-girlfriend and learns some shocking news about his past, Carlos becomes concerned when he learns about Gaby's obsession with her doll, Bob and Lee hire a non-maternal Renee to decorate their newly adopted girl's bedroom, and Paul has other plans in store for Beth when he books a trip for the two of them at a remote cabin in the woods, on "Desperate Housewives," Sunday, January 16 (9:00-10:01 p.
"I'm Still Here" - Lynette feels her mother, Stella (Polly Bergen), is marrying Frank (Larry Hagman) - an abrasive and obnoxious man - for all the wrong reasons and tries to talk her out of it. Meanwhile, Susan tries to befriend a curmudgeonly man during her dialysis sessions who has given up on ever finding a kidney donor, Bree runs into Keith's ex-girlfriend and learns some shocking news about his past, Carlos becomes concerned when he learns about Gaby's obsession with her doll, Bob and Lee hire a non-maternal Renee to decorate their newly adopted girl's bedroom, and Paul has other plans in store for Beth when he books a trip for the two of them at a remote cabin in the woods, on "Desperate Housewives," Sunday, January 16 (9:00-10:01 p.
- 12/30/2010
- by Jon Lachonis
- TVovermind.com
Debra Messing is making a return to half-hour comedy with a starring role in ABC's pilot "Wright vs. Wrong."
The Emmy-winning "Will & Grace" alumna also will serve as an executive producer and take up ownership on the single-camera project, from Sony TV and Tantamount.
Penned by actress-writer Stephnie Weir ("MadTV"), "Wrong" centers on Evelyn Wright (Messing), a driven conservative pundit who tries to maintain her public persona despite facing her own vulnerabilities.
Messing will executive producer alongside Tantamount's Mitch Hurwitz, Eric Tannenbaum and Kim Tannenbaum. Weir also will exec produce, with Messing's manager Molly Madden also set to receive a producing credit. Andy Fickman is directing.
Last year, Messing was attached to a comedy project by writers Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott that sparked a bidding war before landing at NBC.
After her eight-year run on NBC's "Grace," which earned her an Emmy, Messing, repped by Gersh, 3 Arts and attorney Rick Genow,...
The Emmy-winning "Will & Grace" alumna also will serve as an executive producer and take up ownership on the single-camera project, from Sony TV and Tantamount.
Penned by actress-writer Stephnie Weir ("MadTV"), "Wrong" centers on Evelyn Wright (Messing), a driven conservative pundit who tries to maintain her public persona despite facing her own vulnerabilities.
Messing will executive producer alongside Tantamount's Mitch Hurwitz, Eric Tannenbaum and Kim Tannenbaum. Weir also will exec produce, with Messing's manager Molly Madden also set to receive a producing credit. Andy Fickman is directing.
Last year, Messing was attached to a comedy project by writers Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott that sparked a bidding war before landing at NBC.
After her eight-year run on NBC's "Grace," which earned her an Emmy, Messing, repped by Gersh, 3 Arts and attorney Rick Genow,...
- 3/3/2010
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Debra Messing is coming back to NBC.
The Peacock is negotiating to pick up a single-camera comedy fronted by the Emmy-winning former Will & Grace star, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show is written by Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriot, who recently worked with Messing as writers/executive producers of USA Network's The Starter Wife miniseries.
The yet-to-be-titled comedy follows Messing as a laid-off CEO who must adjust to becoming a full-time wife and mother.
The pilot started ...
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The Peacock is negotiating to pick up a single-camera comedy fronted by the Emmy-winning former Will & Grace star, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The show is written by Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriot, who recently worked with Messing as writers/executive producers of USA Network's The Starter Wife miniseries.
The yet-to-be-titled comedy follows Messing as a laid-off CEO who must adjust to becoming a full-time wife and mother.
The pilot started ...
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- 4/21/2009
- by Adam Bryant
- TVGuide - Breaking News
NBC is currently in talks to pick up a single-camera comedy which will star by the former "Will & Grace" star Debra Messing. Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott write the project which sparked a bidding war between NBC and ABC. Apparently, at NBC, it is getting a script commitment plus an episodic guarantee for Debra Messing.The untitled comedy which 3 Arts and Ums are producing, has Messing as a laid-off CEO who is unprepared for the task at hand of being a full-time mother and wife as her husband is left as the bread winner for the family. ...
- 4/21/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
NBC is currently in talks to pick up a single-camera comedy which will star by the former "Will & Grace" star Debra Messing. Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott write the project which sparked a bidding war between NBC and ABC. Apparently, at NBC, it is getting a script commitment plus an episodic guarantee for Debra Messing. The untitled comedy which 3 Arts and Ums are producing, has Messing as a laid-off CEO who is unprepared for the task at hand of being a full-time mother and wife as her husband...
- 4/21/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
NBC is currently in talks to pick up a single-camera comedy which will star by the former "Will & Grace" star Debra Messing. Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott write the project which sparked a bidding war between NBC and ABC. Apparently, at NBC, it is getting a script commitment plus an episodic guarantee for Debra Messing. The untitled comedy which 3 Arts and Ums are producing, has Messing as a laid-off CEO who is unprepared for the task at hand of being a full-time mother and wife as her husband...
- 4/21/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Debra Messing is back at NBC.
The network is in negotiations to pick up a single-camera comedy toplined by the former "Will & Grace" star and written by Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott.
The project sparked a bidding war between NBC and ABC after interest from several networks. At NBC, it is getting a script commitment plus an episodic guarantee for Messing.
The untitled comedy, to be produced by 3 Arts and Ums, stars Messing as a laid-off CEO who is as ill-prepared to be a full-time wife and mother as her husband is to provide for the family.
McGibbon, Parriott and Messing are exec producing with 3 Arts' Molly Madden, Stephanie Davis and Howard Klein.
The project reunites Messing with McGibbon and Parriott, who penned and exec produced "The Starter Wife," the USA Network miniseries that she toplined. "Wife" earned 10 Emmy nominations and became a series.
Messing received an Emmy nomination for "Wife,...
The network is in negotiations to pick up a single-camera comedy toplined by the former "Will & Grace" star and written by Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott.
The project sparked a bidding war between NBC and ABC after interest from several networks. At NBC, it is getting a script commitment plus an episodic guarantee for Messing.
The untitled comedy, to be produced by 3 Arts and Ums, stars Messing as a laid-off CEO who is as ill-prepared to be a full-time wife and mother as her husband is to provide for the family.
McGibbon, Parriott and Messing are exec producing with 3 Arts' Molly Madden, Stephanie Davis and Howard Klein.
The project reunites Messing with McGibbon and Parriott, who penned and exec produced "The Starter Wife," the USA Network miniseries that she toplined. "Wife" earned 10 Emmy nominations and became a series.
Messing received an Emmy nomination for "Wife,...
- 4/20/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The PGA on Monday announced producers attached to previously announced nominees in feature film and TV categories.
The names had been withheld pending completion of the the PGA's accreditation process.
The accrediting review and a related appeal process is aimed at determining which producers "performed a majority of the producing functions from development through production and post production," officials said.
Winners will be announced at the 19th annual PGA awards, set for Feb. 2 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
A complete list of nominees follows:
The Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures:
The Diving Bell and the Butterly (Miramax)
Kathleen Kennedy, Jon Kilik
Juno (Fox Searchlight)
Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick, Russell Smith
Michael Clayton (Warner Bros.)
Jennifer Fox, Kerry Orent, Sydney Pollack
No Country for Old Men (Miramax/Paramount Vantage)
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Scott Rudin
There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage/Miramax)
Joanne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi
The Producers Guild of America Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
Bee Movie (DreamWorks Animation)
Jerry Seinfeld, Christina Steinberg
Ratatouille (Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation)
Brad Lewis
The Simpsons Movie (20th Century Fox)
James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean, Richard Sakai, Mike Scully
The Producers Guild of America Producer of the Year Award in Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures
Body of War (Phil Donahue Productions/Mobilus Media)
Phil Donahue, Ellen Spiro
Hear and Now (HBO)
Irene Taylor Brodsky
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (The Weinstein Company)
Jim Brown, Michael Cohl, William Eigen
Sicko (The Weinstein Company)
Michael Moore, Meghan O'Hara
White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (HBO)
Steven Okazaki
The David L. Wolper Producer of the Year Award in Long-Form Television
The Bronx is Burning (ESPN)
Joe Davola, Gordon Greisman, Bill Johnson, Mike Tollin
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (HBO)
Clara George, Tom Thayer, Dick Wolf
High School Musical 2 (Disney Channel)
Bill Borden, Barry Rosenbush
Jane Eyre (PBS/BBC)
Phillippa Giles, Diederick Santer
The Starter Wife (USA Network)
Jon Avnet, Josann McGibbon, Marsha Oglesby, Sara Parriott
The Danny Thomas Producer of the Year Award In Episodic Television - Comedy
Entourage (HBO)
Doug Ellin, Stephen Levinson, Julian Farino, Wayne Carmona, Rob Weiss, Denis Biggs, Lori Jo Nemhauser
Extras (HBO)
Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Charles Hanson
The Office (NBC)
Greg Daniels, Kent Zbornak, Marci Klein, Jerry Kupfer, Lorne Michaels, Jeff Richmond
30 Rock (NBC)
Robert Carlock, Tina Fey
Ugly Betty (ABC)
Salma Hayek, James Hayman, Silvio Horta, James Parriott, Marco Pennette, Ben Silverman, Jose Tamez, Teri Weinberg, Alice West
The Norman Felton Producer of the Year Award in Episodic Television - Drama
Dexter (Showtime)
Michael Cuesta, Sara Colleton, John Goldwyn, Robert Lloyd Lewis, Clyde Phillips
Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers, Mark Gordon, Peter Horton, Rob Corn
Heroes (NBC)
Allan Arkush, Greg Beeman, Jim Chory, Dennis Hammer Gerrit van der Meer, Tim Kring
House (Fox)
David Shore, Katie Jacobs, Daniel Sackheim
Lost (ABC)
Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse, Jack Bender, Liz Sarnoff, Drew Goddard
The Sopranos (HBO)
David Chase, Brad Grey, Ilene S.
The names had been withheld pending completion of the the PGA's accreditation process.
The accrediting review and a related appeal process is aimed at determining which producers "performed a majority of the producing functions from development through production and post production," officials said.
Winners will be announced at the 19th annual PGA awards, set for Feb. 2 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
A complete list of nominees follows:
The Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures:
The Diving Bell and the Butterly (Miramax)
Kathleen Kennedy, Jon Kilik
Juno (Fox Searchlight)
Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick, Russell Smith
Michael Clayton (Warner Bros.)
Jennifer Fox, Kerry Orent, Sydney Pollack
No Country for Old Men (Miramax/Paramount Vantage)
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Scott Rudin
There Will Be Blood (Paramount Vantage/Miramax)
Joanne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi
The Producers Guild of America Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
Bee Movie (DreamWorks Animation)
Jerry Seinfeld, Christina Steinberg
Ratatouille (Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation)
Brad Lewis
The Simpsons Movie (20th Century Fox)
James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean, Richard Sakai, Mike Scully
The Producers Guild of America Producer of the Year Award in Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures
Body of War (Phil Donahue Productions/Mobilus Media)
Phil Donahue, Ellen Spiro
Hear and Now (HBO)
Irene Taylor Brodsky
Pete Seeger: The Power of Song (The Weinstein Company)
Jim Brown, Michael Cohl, William Eigen
Sicko (The Weinstein Company)
Michael Moore, Meghan O'Hara
White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (HBO)
Steven Okazaki
The David L. Wolper Producer of the Year Award in Long-Form Television
The Bronx is Burning (ESPN)
Joe Davola, Gordon Greisman, Bill Johnson, Mike Tollin
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (HBO)
Clara George, Tom Thayer, Dick Wolf
High School Musical 2 (Disney Channel)
Bill Borden, Barry Rosenbush
Jane Eyre (PBS/BBC)
Phillippa Giles, Diederick Santer
The Starter Wife (USA Network)
Jon Avnet, Josann McGibbon, Marsha Oglesby, Sara Parriott
The Danny Thomas Producer of the Year Award In Episodic Television - Comedy
Entourage (HBO)
Doug Ellin, Stephen Levinson, Julian Farino, Wayne Carmona, Rob Weiss, Denis Biggs, Lori Jo Nemhauser
Extras (HBO)
Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Charles Hanson
The Office (NBC)
Greg Daniels, Kent Zbornak, Marci Klein, Jerry Kupfer, Lorne Michaels, Jeff Richmond
30 Rock (NBC)
Robert Carlock, Tina Fey
Ugly Betty (ABC)
Salma Hayek, James Hayman, Silvio Horta, James Parriott, Marco Pennette, Ben Silverman, Jose Tamez, Teri Weinberg, Alice West
The Norman Felton Producer of the Year Award in Episodic Television - Drama
Dexter (Showtime)
Michael Cuesta, Sara Colleton, John Goldwyn, Robert Lloyd Lewis, Clyde Phillips
Grey's Anatomy (ABC)
Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers, Mark Gordon, Peter Horton, Rob Corn
Heroes (NBC)
Allan Arkush, Greg Beeman, Jim Chory, Dennis Hammer Gerrit van der Meer, Tim Kring
House (Fox)
David Shore, Katie Jacobs, Daniel Sackheim
Lost (ABC)
Damon Lindelof, Carlton Cuse, Jack Bender, Liz Sarnoff, Drew Goddard
The Sopranos (HBO)
David Chase, Brad Grey, Ilene S.
- 1/21/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
USA Network has hired Jon Avnet (Fried Green Tomatoes) to direct and executive produce its upcoming miniseries The Starter Wife. NBC Universal Television Studio is producing with executive producers Stephanie Davis, Howard Klein, Sara Parriott, Josann McGibbon and Gigi Levangie Grazer, who wrote the book on which the miniseries is based. Starter will star Debra Messing.
- 9/14/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
USA Network is developing a six-hour miniseries based on the best-selling novel The Starter Wife by Gigi Levangie Grazer. USA has acquired the rights to the novel, which chronicles the life of a Hollywood wife as she faces divorce after years of marriage to a Hollywood studio chief. Scribes Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott, whose credits include the 1999 feature Runaway Bride, have been tapped to write the screenplay adaptation and will executive produce the mini for NBC Universal TV Studio and 3 Arts Entertainment. McGibbon, Parriott, Grazer and 3 Art's Stephanie Davis and Howie Klein will executive produce the project, slated to go before the cameras in the spring.
- 11/15/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
"Runaway Bride" reteams Julia Roberts and Richard Gere with their "Pretty Woman" director Garry Marshall in hopes that the magic of that 1990 triumph will repeat itself. Remarkably, the actors have only gotten better looking with age, and there's no question the chemistry between them still works for a light romantic comedy. But an overcalculated, undernourished screenplay undermines much of the effort.
The stars, along with the momentum of Roberts' success with "Notting Hill" this summer, nearly guarantee good boxoffice for Paramount and Touchstone. How high the grosses go depends on audiences' willingness to tolerate lightheadedness that mistakes itself for lightheartedness.
The problem is that the linchpin holding the story in place in Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott's screenplay is awfully weak. In a way, it resembles a murder mystery in which nobody bothers to discover who killed Reginald in the library with a carving knife.
USA Today columnist Ike Graham (Gere) faces a deadline with no idea of what to write. A brief conversation with a guy in his favorite bar inspires him to write a column about Maggie Carpenter (Roberts), a Maryland woman who is a serial engager. She loves being engaged, but when she stares down a wedding aisle, she always runs away.
The column has a few inaccuracies, and Ike gets fired. So he heads for Hale, Md., on a free-lance assignment to cover Maggie's fourth attempt at marital bliss, thoroughly convinced that she will bolt again and it will somehow salvage his journalistic reputation.
Naturally, Maggie instantly dislikes the reporter who wants to humiliate her, and from that point, their relationship takes an all-too-predictable path to love.
Marshall and his writers cannot decide how seriously they want to treat their hero's chauvinism or their heroine's neuroses. They certainly don't want Gere to come off as a hardass or Roberts as a fruitcake. Charming eccentricity will do.
Thus, the filmmakers ignore even the most fundamental psychology and treat their characters' hang-ups -- such as the alcoholism of Maggie's father, her flirtation with her best friend's husband and Ike's failure with women -- as comic plot devices.
Nor is there any explanation of why the community of Hale so lovingly embraces the big-city journalist who smeared a local woman. "Runaway Bride" is determined to be a vehicle for its stars, showing little concern for design flaws in the vehicle itself.
Roberts and Gere are clearly enjoying themselves, and audiences may well shrug off the film's shortcomings to join in the good feelings. Marshall and his writers concoct occasional odd moments that satisfy, such as a barbershop quartet that includes the town's mayor, sheriff and the out-of-town journalist or a prenuptial luau that feels perfectly normal in rural Maryland.
The pixilated townsfolk have been seen in countless films and TV shows. But the actors -- including Joan Cusack, Paul Dooley, Christopher Meloni and Laurie Metcalf -- play the cliches with such energy that you can't help an occasional smile. Rita Wilson and Hector Elizondo turn up as Gere's ex-boss (and ex-wife) and her current husband, whose cozy relationship with Gere is never fully explored.
"Runaway Bride" is likable in the way a maiden aunt who lives in another era is likable at family gatherings. If enough activity and good-hearted feelings abound, no one is likely to notice she's a bit dotty.
RUNAWAY BRIDE
Paramount Pictures/Touchstone Pictures
Interscope Communications
in association with Lakeshore Entertainment
Producers:Ted Field, Tom Rosenberg, Scott Kroopf, Robert Cort
Director:Garry Marshall
Writers:Josann McGibbon & Sara Parriott
Executive producers:Ted Tannebaum, David Madden, Gary Lucchesi
Director of photography:Stuart Dryburgh
Production designer:Mark Friedberg
Music:James Newton Howard
Costumer:Albert Wolsky
Editor:Bruce Green
Color/stereo
Cast:
Maggie Carpenter:Julia Roberts
Ike Graham:Richard Gere
Peggy:Joan Cusack
Fisher:Hector Elizondo
Ellie:Rita Wilson
Walter:Paul Dooley
Coach Bob:Christopher Meloni
Mrs. Pressman:Jane Morris
Mrs. Trout:Laurie Metcalf
Running time -- 116 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
The stars, along with the momentum of Roberts' success with "Notting Hill" this summer, nearly guarantee good boxoffice for Paramount and Touchstone. How high the grosses go depends on audiences' willingness to tolerate lightheadedness that mistakes itself for lightheartedness.
The problem is that the linchpin holding the story in place in Josann McGibbon and Sara Parriott's screenplay is awfully weak. In a way, it resembles a murder mystery in which nobody bothers to discover who killed Reginald in the library with a carving knife.
USA Today columnist Ike Graham (Gere) faces a deadline with no idea of what to write. A brief conversation with a guy in his favorite bar inspires him to write a column about Maggie Carpenter (Roberts), a Maryland woman who is a serial engager. She loves being engaged, but when she stares down a wedding aisle, she always runs away.
The column has a few inaccuracies, and Ike gets fired. So he heads for Hale, Md., on a free-lance assignment to cover Maggie's fourth attempt at marital bliss, thoroughly convinced that she will bolt again and it will somehow salvage his journalistic reputation.
Naturally, Maggie instantly dislikes the reporter who wants to humiliate her, and from that point, their relationship takes an all-too-predictable path to love.
Marshall and his writers cannot decide how seriously they want to treat their hero's chauvinism or their heroine's neuroses. They certainly don't want Gere to come off as a hardass or Roberts as a fruitcake. Charming eccentricity will do.
Thus, the filmmakers ignore even the most fundamental psychology and treat their characters' hang-ups -- such as the alcoholism of Maggie's father, her flirtation with her best friend's husband and Ike's failure with women -- as comic plot devices.
Nor is there any explanation of why the community of Hale so lovingly embraces the big-city journalist who smeared a local woman. "Runaway Bride" is determined to be a vehicle for its stars, showing little concern for design flaws in the vehicle itself.
Roberts and Gere are clearly enjoying themselves, and audiences may well shrug off the film's shortcomings to join in the good feelings. Marshall and his writers concoct occasional odd moments that satisfy, such as a barbershop quartet that includes the town's mayor, sheriff and the out-of-town journalist or a prenuptial luau that feels perfectly normal in rural Maryland.
The pixilated townsfolk have been seen in countless films and TV shows. But the actors -- including Joan Cusack, Paul Dooley, Christopher Meloni and Laurie Metcalf -- play the cliches with such energy that you can't help an occasional smile. Rita Wilson and Hector Elizondo turn up as Gere's ex-boss (and ex-wife) and her current husband, whose cozy relationship with Gere is never fully explored.
"Runaway Bride" is likable in the way a maiden aunt who lives in another era is likable at family gatherings. If enough activity and good-hearted feelings abound, no one is likely to notice she's a bit dotty.
RUNAWAY BRIDE
Paramount Pictures/Touchstone Pictures
Interscope Communications
in association with Lakeshore Entertainment
Producers:Ted Field, Tom Rosenberg, Scott Kroopf, Robert Cort
Director:Garry Marshall
Writers:Josann McGibbon & Sara Parriott
Executive producers:Ted Tannebaum, David Madden, Gary Lucchesi
Director of photography:Stuart Dryburgh
Production designer:Mark Friedberg
Music:James Newton Howard
Costumer:Albert Wolsky
Editor:Bruce Green
Color/stereo
Cast:
Maggie Carpenter:Julia Roberts
Ike Graham:Richard Gere
Peggy:Joan Cusack
Fisher:Hector Elizondo
Ellie:Rita Wilson
Walter:Paul Dooley
Coach Bob:Christopher Meloni
Mrs. Pressman:Jane Morris
Mrs. Trout:Laurie Metcalf
Running time -- 116 minutes
MPAA rating: PG...
- 7/26/1999
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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