A woman who was working as a development executive for filmmaker John Ridley has filed a lawsuit alleging that her job was terminated in 2022 after she raised issues of pay inequality since she’s Asian American. Asta Jonasson filed the suit, which named Ridley, ABC, and that network’s parent company, Disney, as co-defendants, in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday, The Hollywood Reporter reports.
The complaint, obtained by Rolling Stone, focuses on Jonasson’s time working for Ridley’s International Famous Players Radio Picture Corp., which THR says started...
The complaint, obtained by Rolling Stone, focuses on Jonasson’s time working for Ridley’s International Famous Players Radio Picture Corp., which THR says started...
- 4/3/2024
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Disney has been hit with a new lawsuit from a development executive over allegations that she was underpaid because she’s an Asian American woman.
Asta Jonasson, in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, claims she was discriminated against by director John Ridley, whose production house has an overall deal with Disney through ABC Studios. She says she was fired in retaliation for issuing a complaint about unequal pay on the basis of her gender and race.
The lawsuit comes on the heels of Disney facing growing legal woes over allegations of pay discrimination against women described in a class action filed in 2019. The case cleared a major hurdle last year when a judge certified a class of employees, who work across the company’s movie production arm, record labels, theme parks and home distribution subsidiaries, among various other units including broadcast and research and development.
Asta Jonasson, in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, claims she was discriminated against by director John Ridley, whose production house has an overall deal with Disney through ABC Studios. She says she was fired in retaliation for issuing a complaint about unequal pay on the basis of her gender and race.
The lawsuit comes on the heels of Disney facing growing legal woes over allegations of pay discrimination against women described in a class action filed in 2019. The case cleared a major hurdle last year when a judge certified a class of employees, who work across the company’s movie production arm, record labels, theme parks and home distribution subsidiaries, among various other units including broadcast and research and development.
- 4/3/2024
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: With the almost impossible-to-believe Post Office scandal bedecking the front of every national newspaper this week, the writer of the ITV smash drama about the saga has said it “tapped into” frustrations with the “politics of the moment.”
Gwyneth Hughes, who penned the Toby Jones-starring four-parter, said the team has been “blown away” and “completely surprised” by the cut-through and media attention generated by Mr Bates vs The Post Office, as she detailed the legal quagmire and years of gaining people’s trust they went through to get the show from inception to screen. She was speaking in the hours before a motion attempting to speedily put the scandal right was debated by dozens of lawmakers in parliament.
About a week ago, most of the British public probably hadn’t heard of what is broadly considered the greatest miscarriage of justice in the nation’s history, but now...
Gwyneth Hughes, who penned the Toby Jones-starring four-parter, said the team has been “blown away” and “completely surprised” by the cut-through and media attention generated by Mr Bates vs The Post Office, as she detailed the legal quagmire and years of gaining people’s trust they went through to get the show from inception to screen. She was speaking in the hours before a motion attempting to speedily put the scandal right was debated by dozens of lawmakers in parliament.
About a week ago, most of the British public probably hadn’t heard of what is broadly considered the greatest miscarriage of justice in the nation’s history, but now...
- 1/9/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Blumhouse Productions has been one of the biggest names in horror for several years now, putting out movies like The Invisible Man, The Black Phone, M3GAN, the recent Halloween sequel trilogy, and the Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and The Purge franchises, among many others. October 6th saw the theatrical release of their Exorcist sequel The Exorcist: Believer, which is meant to be the first entry in a trilogy… and the poor reception that movie got from movie-goers and critics alike wasn’t exactly what Universal and Peacock were hoping for when they forked over around $400 million for the rights to distribute that trilogy. But Blumhouse’s luck turned around three weeks later. That’s when their video game adaptation Five Nights at Freddy’s (read our review Here) reached theatres – and that movie has officially become their highest-grossing production!
Blumhouse’s previous record holder was the M. Night Shyamalan thriller Split, which...
Blumhouse’s previous record holder was the M. Night Shyamalan thriller Split, which...
- 11/27/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The bold decision to release Five Nights at Freddy’s in theaters and on Peacock on the very same day is paying off big time for Universal and Blumhouse, as the gateway horror movie is performing extremely well on both fronts. In the wake of smashing box office records and passing $135 million in theaters, Five Nights is also breaking records for Peacock.
Deadline reports this week that Five Nights at Freddy’s “has become Peacock’s most-watched film or series ever in its first five days on the streaming platform.”
The films Five Nights at Freddy’s surpassed to claim that record include Halloween Ends and The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which is no small accomplishment to say the least.
“The company is also touting Five Nights at Freddy’s as the most-watched entertainment title across all genres since its debut and the biggest opening ever for a film on Peacock through five days,...
Deadline reports this week that Five Nights at Freddy’s “has become Peacock’s most-watched film or series ever in its first five days on the streaming platform.”
The films Five Nights at Freddy’s surpassed to claim that record include Halloween Ends and The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which is no small accomplishment to say the least.
“The company is also touting Five Nights at Freddy’s as the most-watched entertainment title across all genres since its debut and the biggest opening ever for a film on Peacock through five days,...
- 11/1/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
Five Nights at Freddy’s is spooking up a record on Peacock.
The horror film, which opened in theaters and debuted on the streamer on October 27, has become Peacock’s most-watched film or series ever in its first five days on the streaming platform.
It surpasses Halloween Ends, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Bel-Air and The Best Man: The Final Chapters for the honor, according to NBCUniversal.
The company is also touting Five Nights at Freddy’s as the most-watched entertainment title across all genres since its debut and the biggest opening ever for a film on Peacock through five days.
As is typical, NBCUniversal did not release actual data to support this. The film may appear on the Nielsen streaming charts next month, depending on how well it holds up against other streaming properties in its first few weeks.
The film follows Mike (Josh Hutcherson), a troubled young man caring for...
The horror film, which opened in theaters and debuted on the streamer on October 27, has become Peacock’s most-watched film or series ever in its first five days on the streaming platform.
It surpasses Halloween Ends, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Bel-Air and The Best Man: The Final Chapters for the honor, according to NBCUniversal.
The company is also touting Five Nights at Freddy’s as the most-watched entertainment title across all genres since its debut and the biggest opening ever for a film on Peacock through five days.
As is typical, NBCUniversal did not release actual data to support this. The film may appear on the Nielsen streaming charts next month, depending on how well it holds up against other streaming properties in its first few weeks.
The film follows Mike (Josh Hutcherson), a troubled young man caring for...
- 10/31/2023
- by Katie Campione
- Deadline Film + TV
Torchwood alumni Peter Capaldi and Cush Jumbo team up to solve a mystery in Criminal Record, an Apple TV+ crime thriller that will debut Friday, Jan. 12, 2024 (with its first two episodes of eight).
On the aforementioned Doctor Who offshoot, Capaldi (who of course once headlined Doctor Who itself) played Permanent Secretary John Frobisher, while Jumbo (whose recent TV credits include The Good Wife) played Home Office assistant Lois Habiba.
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On the aforementioned Doctor Who offshoot, Capaldi (who of course once headlined Doctor Who itself) played Permanent Secretary John Frobisher, while Jumbo (whose recent TV credits include The Good Wife) played Home Office assistant Lois Habiba.
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- 10/3/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
It’s not news that the stage giant Cherry Jones – a five-time Tony Award nominee and two-time winner for “The Heiress” in 1995 and “Doubt” in 2005 – is also an Emmy Awards darling. She’s been nominated for Emmys four times and won three of them: as drama supporting actress for “24” in 2009, as drama guest actress in 2019 for “The Handmaid’s Tale” and drama guest again in 2020 for “Succession” – becoming in 2020 the only person in the category to win in consecutive years for two different shows.
But Jones looks poised to further elevate her Emmy profile this year as a potential triple threat in a trio of different categories and genres. She is among the favorites to crack the lineup of nominees for comedy series guest actress for an episode of the Peacock comedy “Poker Face” as well as qualify for her second drama guest nomination for “Succession” in the role of Nan Pierce,...
But Jones looks poised to further elevate her Emmy profile this year as a potential triple threat in a trio of different categories and genres. She is among the favorites to crack the lineup of nominees for comedy series guest actress for an episode of the Peacock comedy “Poker Face” as well as qualify for her second drama guest nomination for “Succession” in the role of Nan Pierce,...
- 4/4/2023
- by Ray Richmond
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: After several actresses expressed frustration on Twitter this week about the cost of self-tape auditions, SAG-AFTRA weighed in Friday lambasting casting offices for cashing in on the process by offering rental facilities for actors.
“Casting offices charging actors for the creation and production of audition tapes is taking our industry in the wrong direction,” according to a statement. “It is an optical and ethical disaster. Actors are already faced with undue financial pressures in their pursuit of work. Casting offices running production and audition services runs counter to the principles of fairness and equity in our industry and the practice should be discouraged.”
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“Casting offices charging actors for the creation and production of audition tapes is taking our industry in the wrong direction,” according to a statement. “It is an optical and ethical disaster. Actors are already faced with undue financial pressures in their pursuit of work. Casting offices running production and audition services runs counter to the principles of fairness and equity in our industry and the practice should be discouraged.”
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- 3/4/2023
- by Lynette Rice and David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Avatar: The Way of Water dominated the 21st annual Ves Awards tonight, swimming away with nine trophies at the Beverly Hilton. See the full winners list below.
James Cameron’s smash sequel came into the Visual Effects Society’s ceremony with a record 14 nominations. That shattered the old Ves Awards mark for films, set by — no big surprise here — the original Avatar, which amassed 11 noms in 2010. It also won the society’s marquee award that night ahead of a VFX win at the Oscars.
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James Cameron’s smash sequel came into the Visual Effects Society’s ceremony with a record 14 nominations. That shattered the old Ves Awards mark for films, set by — no big surprise here — the original Avatar, which amassed 11 noms in 2010. It also won the society’s marquee award that night ahead of a VFX win at the Oscars.
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- 2/16/2023
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: C. Henry Chaisson, writer of Keri Russell-fronted film Antlers and Apple series Servant, is turning Nick Cutter’s underwater thriller The Deep into a series for Amazon.
The book is in development with Amazon Studios with Lost and Five Days at Memorial exec producer Carlton Cuse exec producing alongside Bosch exec producers Henrik Bastin and Melissa Aouate.
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Set in the near future, The Deep centers on a research station at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, where a...
The book is in development with Amazon Studios with Lost and Five Days at Memorial exec producer Carlton Cuse exec producing alongside Bosch exec producers Henrik Bastin and Melissa Aouate.
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Set in the near future, The Deep centers on a research station at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, where a...
- 12/19/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
In Gold Derby’s recent discussion with several television cinematographers, as part of our Meet the Experts panel, several directors of photography dished about what made them want to work behind the camera as well as projects that they would love to work on. The cinematographers we talked to included Natalie Kingston (“Black Bird”), Arnau Valls Colomer (“The English”), Ramsey Nickell (“Five Days at Memorial”) and Caleb Heymann (“Stranger Things”).
You can watch the television cinematographers group panel above with the people behind these four projects. Click on each person’s name above to be taken to each exclusive video interview.
Colomer became fascinated with the film industry when he started taking photography lessons at age 16. His instructor introduced him to a film school that had just opened in Barcelona and the idea that he could actually do this got stuck in Colomer’s brain. After taking classes at the Barcelona school,...
You can watch the television cinematographers group panel above with the people behind these four projects. Click on each person’s name above to be taken to each exclusive video interview.
Colomer became fascinated with the film industry when he started taking photography lessons at age 16. His instructor introduced him to a film school that had just opened in Barcelona and the idea that he could actually do this got stuck in Colomer’s brain. After taking classes at the Barcelona school,...
- 11/11/2022
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
Now that you've seen Five Days at Memorial Season 1 Episode 5, you know the extent of the horror that befell patients, visitors, and staff in the days after Katrina.
It's also the right time to get insight into the central players, Dr. Anna Pou, Susan Mulderick, and Dr. Horace Baltz.
Vera Farmiga, Cherry Jones, and Robert Pine share their thoughts on doing the characters justice and helping the audience connect with the real people they portrayed.
First up, we had a brief conversation with Vera and Cherry together, and they spoke about the responsibility they felt to get it right.
Starting with you, Vera, you're playing a cherished doctor who was forced to make impossible decisions during an absolute unthinkable situation. How did you feel to walk in her shoes, if only to tell that story?
Vera: I felt an enormous responsibility to get it right because I think that the...
It's also the right time to get insight into the central players, Dr. Anna Pou, Susan Mulderick, and Dr. Horace Baltz.
Vera Farmiga, Cherry Jones, and Robert Pine share their thoughts on doing the characters justice and helping the audience connect with the real people they portrayed.
First up, we had a brief conversation with Vera and Cherry together, and they spoke about the responsibility they felt to get it right.
Starting with you, Vera, you're playing a cherished doctor who was forced to make impossible decisions during an absolute unthinkable situation. How did you feel to walk in her shoes, if only to tell that story?
Vera: I felt an enormous responsibility to get it right because I think that the...
- 8/26/2022
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
As a disabled person for whom going to the hospital is already a terrifying experience, “Five Days at Memorial” triggered me. It took several weeks to get over watching all eight episodes of the Apple TV+ limited series, an adaptation of Sheri Fink’s nonfiction investigation “Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital.” The book and the TV show focus on the doctors and patients stranded at Memorial Medical Center during Hurricane Katrina. When the floodwaters receded in 2005, 45 dead bodies were discovered in the hospital’s basement, with allegations that at least two patients were euthanized.
“Five Days” is based on a book about doctors’ experiences, but those experiences hinge on questions surrounding euthanasia and the disabled. Presenting disabled people in emergencies as nameless characters stuck in some kind of moral gray area tells us that if you’re disabled, “first do no harm” does not apply.
“Five Days” is based on a book about doctors’ experiences, but those experiences hinge on questions surrounding euthanasia and the disabled. Presenting disabled people in emergencies as nameless characters stuck in some kind of moral gray area tells us that if you’re disabled, “first do no harm” does not apply.
- 8/26/2022
- by Kristen Lopez
- Indiewire
Designing maternity wear for a fake pregnancy is one thing, but it’s a whole different story when said fake pregnancy takes place in 18th-century Russia. That was the challenge costume designer Sharon Long was presented with for Season 2 of “The Great,” in which Catherine (Elle Fanning) is pregnant for eight of the 10 episodes.
“What we did was we we started off with the pregnancy corsets, so we decided to do her realistically,” Long tells Gold Derby at our Meet the Experts: Costume Designers panel (watch the exclusive video interview above). “So women at the time would have carried on wearing a corset, and there’s sort of a lace-sided corset so that you can extend them as as as the woman gets more and more pregnant. But the because Elle’s pregnancy wasn’t real, it meant that she was wearing a kind of prosthetic bump. And the only...
“What we did was we we started off with the pregnancy corsets, so we decided to do her realistically,” Long tells Gold Derby at our Meet the Experts: Costume Designers panel (watch the exclusive video interview above). “So women at the time would have carried on wearing a corset, and there’s sort of a lace-sided corset so that you can extend them as as as the woman gets more and more pregnant. But the because Elle’s pregnancy wasn’t real, it meant that she was wearing a kind of prosthetic bump. And the only...
- 8/10/2022
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
At last year’s Emmys, Gillian Anderson became a two-time winner when she added a shiny new statuette for “The Crown” (Drama Supporting Actress) next to her 1997 trophy for “The X-Files” (Drama Actress). Now, the versatile performer could add two more Emmy Awards to her mantel thanks to the one-two punch of appearing on “The Great” (Comedy Guest Actress) and starring on “The First Lady” (Movie/Limited Actress).
On Hulu’s period comedy series, Anderson takes on the role of Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp in the second season, the mother of Elle Fanning‘s Catherine the Great. Joanna is a German socialite who specializes in arranging marriages, and she comes to Russia with “sinister intentions” after learning of her daughter’s coup attempt. However, things soon take a turn for the dramatic when she begins flirting with Catherine’s ex-husband, the ousted Emperor Peter (Nicholas Hoult).
Anderson appears on two...
On Hulu’s period comedy series, Anderson takes on the role of Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp in the second season, the mother of Elle Fanning‘s Catherine the Great. Joanna is a German socialite who specializes in arranging marriages, and she comes to Russia with “sinister intentions” after learning of her daughter’s coup attempt. However, things soon take a turn for the dramatic when she begins flirting with Catherine’s ex-husband, the ousted Emperor Peter (Nicholas Hoult).
Anderson appears on two...
- 6/30/2022
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Dakota Johnson is speaking out about portrayals of her three-generation Hollywood legacy.
Johnson, the daughter of Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson and granddaughter of Tippi Hedren, opened up about her family’s first reaction to watching biopic “The Girl,” based on Hedren’s tortured working relationship with Alfred Hitchcock, who used emotionally manipulative and physically distressing methods to elicit the performance he wanted.
“We sat at HBO, my family, and watched that movie together,” Johnson recalled to Vanity Fair of watching Sienna Miller portray Hedren in the 2012 film. “It was one of those moments where you’re just like, How could you not have warned us? We’re in a room with some execs. Maybe this warranted a little conversation beforehand?”
As for her grandmother’s reaction, Johnson added, “You look over and you see a woman who’s just been reminded of everything she went through, and it was heartbreaking.
Johnson, the daughter of Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson and granddaughter of Tippi Hedren, opened up about her family’s first reaction to watching biopic “The Girl,” based on Hedren’s tortured working relationship with Alfred Hitchcock, who used emotionally manipulative and physically distressing methods to elicit the performance he wanted.
“We sat at HBO, my family, and watched that movie together,” Johnson recalled to Vanity Fair of watching Sienna Miller portray Hedren in the 2012 film. “It was one of those moments where you’re just like, How could you not have warned us? We’re in a room with some execs. Maybe this warranted a little conversation beforehand?”
As for her grandmother’s reaction, Johnson added, “You look over and you see a woman who’s just been reminded of everything she went through, and it was heartbreaking.
- 6/29/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
The most unsettling aspect of Apple TV+’s newest limited series is that it’s based on actual events.
The streamer on Wednesday released a first look at Five Days at Memorial, based on journalist Sheri Fink’s 2013 book of the same name, which takes viewers inside a New Orleans hospital in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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The streamer on Wednesday released a first look at Five Days at Memorial, based on journalist Sheri Fink’s 2013 book of the same name, which takes viewers inside a New Orleans hospital in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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- 6/22/2022
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
Apple TV+ has set global premiere dates for Five Days at Memorial, its limited series from John Ridley and Carlton Cuse, and darkly comic thriller series Bad Sisters, starring Sharon Horgan.
The first three episodes of Five Days at Memorial will launch August 12, followed by a new one every Friday through September 16. Bad Sisters will begin with its two episodes on August 19, followed by new eps on Fridays through October 14.
The streamer also released a first-look image from Five Days and four new pics from Bad Sisters; check them out them below.
Written by EPs Oscar winner Ridley and Emmy winner Cuse, Five Days at Memorial chronicles the impact of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath on a New Orleans hospital. When the floodwaters rose, power failed and heat soared, exhausted caregivers at Memorial Medical Center were forced to make decisions that would follow them for years to come. Vera Farmiga,...
The first three episodes of Five Days at Memorial will launch August 12, followed by a new one every Friday through September 16. Bad Sisters will begin with its two episodes on August 19, followed by new eps on Fridays through October 14.
The streamer also released a first-look image from Five Days and four new pics from Bad Sisters; check them out them below.
Written by EPs Oscar winner Ridley and Emmy winner Cuse, Five Days at Memorial chronicles the impact of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath on a New Orleans hospital. When the floodwaters rose, power failed and heat soared, exhausted caregivers at Memorial Medical Center were forced to make decisions that would follow them for years to come. Vera Farmiga,...
- 6/15/2022
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
“It was a great surprise,” costume designer Sharon Long admits about her recent win at the Costume Designers Guild Awards for her work on the second season of Hulu’s acclaimed comedy “The Great” for the episode “Five Days.” “I went to the award ceremony actually because it’s the first time I’ve been nominated for an award, so I thought I better go. I couldn’t turn that one down,” she smiles. Watch our exclusive video interview above.
“The Great” returned for an even more outrageous second season late last year to virtually unanimous “huzzahs” from critics, scoring a staggering 100 “fresh” rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Elle Fanning stars as the titular Catherine the Great in the genre-bending Russian royalty satire, who after initiating a coup against husband Peter (Nicholas Hoult) at the end of season 1, embarks on the show’s sophomore season pregnant with their child, while dealing...
“The Great” returned for an even more outrageous second season late last year to virtually unanimous “huzzahs” from critics, scoring a staggering 100 “fresh” rating at Rotten Tomatoes. Elle Fanning stars as the titular Catherine the Great in the genre-bending Russian royalty satire, who after initiating a coup against husband Peter (Nicholas Hoult) at the end of season 1, embarks on the show’s sophomore season pregnant with their child, while dealing...
- 5/10/2022
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
First production to receive backing is Netflix’s ‘1899’ by ‘Dark’ creators.
The German federal states of Berlin and Brandenburg are investing €13m annually to develop the region as an international hub for digital film and TV production.
Administered by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, its first investment has been made in Dark creators Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar 1899 for Netflix. The eight-part mystery series began shooting at a custom-built virtual production studio called Dark Bay on the Studio Babelsberg lot yesterday (May 3). The studio has been set up by Friese and bo Odar’s own company Dark Ways with Studio Babelsberg and backing from Netflix.
The German federal states of Berlin and Brandenburg are investing €13m annually to develop the region as an international hub for digital film and TV production.
Administered by Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, its first investment has been made in Dark creators Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar 1899 for Netflix. The eight-part mystery series began shooting at a custom-built virtual production studio called Dark Bay on the Studio Babelsberg lot yesterday (May 3). The studio has been set up by Friese and bo Odar’s own company Dark Ways with Studio Babelsberg and backing from Netflix.
- 5/4/2021
- by Martin Blaney
- ScreenDaily
Adepero Oduye has been tapped as a lead opposite Vera Farmiga in Five Days at Memorial, Apple TV+’s limited series from John Ridley, Carlton Cuse and ABC Signature. The project reunites 12 Years a Slave co-star Oduye with the Oscar-winning movie’s writer Ridley.
Written by Ridley and Cuse based on the acclaimed nonfiction book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Sheri Fink, Five Days at Memorial chronicles the first five days in a New Orleans hospital after Hurricane Katrina made landfall. When the floodwaters rose, the power failed and the heat climbed, exhausted caregivers were forced to make life-and-death decisions that haunted them for years to come.
Oduye will star as Karen Wynn, the nurse manager of the hospital’s intensive care unit and the head of its ethics committee. Farmiga plays Dr. Anna Pou, the doctor on duty at Memorial when the storm hit.
Written by Ridley and Cuse based on the acclaimed nonfiction book by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Sheri Fink, Five Days at Memorial chronicles the first five days in a New Orleans hospital after Hurricane Katrina made landfall. When the floodwaters rose, the power failed and the heat climbed, exhausted caregivers were forced to make life-and-death decisions that haunted them for years to come.
Oduye will star as Karen Wynn, the nurse manager of the hospital’s intensive care unit and the head of its ethics committee. Farmiga plays Dr. Anna Pou, the doctor on duty at Memorial when the storm hit.
- 4/8/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
British actress Shivaani Ghai (Dominion) is set for a major recurring role on the second season of the CW’s Batwoman. She will join new lead Javicia Leslie in the superhero series when it returns in January.
Ghai will play Safiyah, the fiercely protective ruler of a small community on the island of Coryana. A woman with as many enemies as aliases, she is compassionate and charismatic with both physical and psychological prowess. She is beloved by her people and will stop at nothing to protect what’s hers. No one goes unnoticed by Safiyah, specifically when it comes to those who have encountered the Desert Rose.
As previously announced, Leslie will play new character Ryan Wilder who is about to become Batwoman, succeeding Ruby Rose’s Kate Kane. Batwoman premiered last fall as the first superhero series in television history to feature an avowed LGBTQ character as the central character.
Ghai will play Safiyah, the fiercely protective ruler of a small community on the island of Coryana. A woman with as many enemies as aliases, she is compassionate and charismatic with both physical and psychological prowess. She is beloved by her people and will stop at nothing to protect what’s hers. No one goes unnoticed by Safiyah, specifically when it comes to those who have encountered the Desert Rose.
As previously announced, Leslie will play new character Ryan Wilder who is about to become Batwoman, succeeding Ruby Rose’s Kate Kane. Batwoman premiered last fall as the first superhero series in television history to feature an avowed LGBTQ character as the central character.
- 9/10/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Sky Studios, the production arm of Comcast’s European pay-tv operator Sky, has taken a minority stake in The Lighthouse. The drama series production outfit was founded last fall by Hilary Salmon, Radford Neville and Nick Betts – three of the U.K.’s most experienced television professionals.
Salmon, former head of drama for BBC Studios, has developed and produced many hit dramas, including “Luther,” “Three Girls,” “MotherFatherSon,” “Rillington Place” and “Silent Witness.” Prior to this she was executive producer on both the BAFTA award-winning series “Criminal Justice,” and the multi-Emmy winning U.S. reversion of the show for HBO – “The Night Of.” Salmon has also co-produced other shows with HBO, including “Five Days” and “House of Saddam,” which won a Grierson Award.
Neville was previously managing director of drama at BBC Studios, and prior to this worked as head of production in drama, overseeing international hit series including “Doctor Who...
Salmon, former head of drama for BBC Studios, has developed and produced many hit dramas, including “Luther,” “Three Girls,” “MotherFatherSon,” “Rillington Place” and “Silent Witness.” Prior to this she was executive producer on both the BAFTA award-winning series “Criminal Justice,” and the multi-Emmy winning U.S. reversion of the show for HBO – “The Night Of.” Salmon has also co-produced other shows with HBO, including “Five Days” and “House of Saddam,” which won a Grierson Award.
Neville was previously managing director of drama at BBC Studios, and prior to this worked as head of production in drama, overseeing international hit series including “Doctor Who...
- 4/23/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: BBC Studios drama supremo Hilary Salmon, who has overseen series including Luther and Richard Gere’s MotherFatherSon, is leaving the production arm of the British public broadcaster.
Deadline understands that Salmon, who has been with the BBC for over twenty years, is setting up a drama production company with her former BBC Studios colleagues Nick Betts and Radford Neville
Salmon, Betts, who was previously Director of Scripted at BBC Studios, having joined the BBC in 2007 from NBC Universal, and Neville, who joined the BBC in 2017 from The Crown producer Left Bank, have established The Lighthouse. It is understood that the trio, who are equal partners in the independent venture, will produce scripted series for UK and international broadcasters and streaming platforms. Salmon and Neville will leave BBC Studios at the end of the year.
Salmon, who most recently was boss of BBC Studios’ London drama division,...
Deadline understands that Salmon, who has been with the BBC for over twenty years, is setting up a drama production company with her former BBC Studios colleagues Nick Betts and Radford Neville
Salmon, Betts, who was previously Director of Scripted at BBC Studios, having joined the BBC in 2007 from NBC Universal, and Neville, who joined the BBC in 2017 from The Crown producer Left Bank, have established The Lighthouse. It is understood that the trio, who are equal partners in the independent venture, will produce scripted series for UK and international broadcasters and streaming platforms. Salmon and Neville will leave BBC Studios at the end of the year.
Salmon, who most recently was boss of BBC Studios’ London drama division,...
- 10/21/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon Studios has set Toby Haynes (Doctor Who) to direct Utopia, its nine-episode adaptation of the 2013-14 British drama series.
Written by Gone Girl author and screenwriter Gillian Flynn, Utopia follows a group of young adults who meet online that are mercilessly hunted by a shadowy deep state organization after they come into possession of a near-mythical cult underground graphic novel. Within the comic’s pages, they discover the conspiracy theories that actually might be real and are forced into the dangerous, unique and ironic position of saving the world. The cast is Tba.
Haynes’ directing credits include Doctor Who, Sherlock, Being Human, Black Mirror and the BBC One miniseries Johnathan Strange & Mr Norrell, on which he also was an executive producer. Other UK TV credits include The Musketeers, Spooks and Five Days. He won a 2011 Hugo Award for Doctor Who shorts and has been nominated two others time.
Utopia...
Written by Gone Girl author and screenwriter Gillian Flynn, Utopia follows a group of young adults who meet online that are mercilessly hunted by a shadowy deep state organization after they come into possession of a near-mythical cult underground graphic novel. Within the comic’s pages, they discover the conspiracy theories that actually might be real and are forced into the dangerous, unique and ironic position of saving the world. The cast is Tba.
Haynes’ directing credits include Doctor Who, Sherlock, Being Human, Black Mirror and the BBC One miniseries Johnathan Strange & Mr Norrell, on which he also was an executive producer. Other UK TV credits include The Musketeers, Spooks and Five Days. He won a 2011 Hugo Award for Doctor Who shorts and has been nominated two others time.
Utopia...
- 10/17/2018
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Ready Player One star lines up alongside Johnny Flynn and Michael Palin in Thackeray adaptation.
Vanity Fair, the adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray’s 1848 novel by ITV Studios Global Entertainment, has pre-sold into eight territories at Miptv.
Deals have been struck for Australia (BBC First), New Zealand (Tvnz), Spain (Movistar+), Canada (CBC), the Netherlands (Npo 2), Sweden (Svt), Norway (Nrk) and Finland (Yle).
Produced by Mammoth Screen (Poldark) and Amazon Studios (who produced the upcoming BBC version of King Lear), the series stars Olivia Cooke (Ready Player One) as heroine Becky Sharp, who navigates through the pitfalls of early 19th century British society.
Vanity Fair, the adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray’s 1848 novel by ITV Studios Global Entertainment, has pre-sold into eight territories at Miptv.
Deals have been struck for Australia (BBC First), New Zealand (Tvnz), Spain (Movistar+), Canada (CBC), the Netherlands (Npo 2), Sweden (Svt), Norway (Nrk) and Finland (Yle).
Produced by Mammoth Screen (Poldark) and Amazon Studios (who produced the upcoming BBC version of King Lear), the series stars Olivia Cooke (Ready Player One) as heroine Becky Sharp, who navigates through the pitfalls of early 19th century British society.
- 4/9/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Ready Player One star lines up alongside Johnny Flynn and Michael Palin in Thackeray adaptation.
Vanity Fair, the adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray’s 1848 novel by ITV Studios Global Entertainment, has pre-sold into eight territories at Miptv.
Deals have been struck for Australia (BBC First), New Zealand (Tvnz), Spain (Movistar+), Canada (CBC), the Netherlands (Npo 2), Sweden (Svt), Norway (Nrk) and Finland (Yle).
Produced by Mammoth Screen (Poldark) and Amazon Studios (who produced the upcoming BBC version of King Lear), the series stars Olivia Cooke (Ready Player One) as heroine Becky Sharp, who navigates through the pitfalls of early 19th century British society.
Vanity Fair, the adaptation of William Makepeace Thackeray’s 1848 novel by ITV Studios Global Entertainment, has pre-sold into eight territories at Miptv.
Deals have been struck for Australia (BBC First), New Zealand (Tvnz), Spain (Movistar+), Canada (CBC), the Netherlands (Npo 2), Sweden (Svt), Norway (Nrk) and Finland (Yle).
Produced by Mammoth Screen (Poldark) and Amazon Studios (who produced the upcoming BBC version of King Lear), the series stars Olivia Cooke (Ready Player One) as heroine Becky Sharp, who navigates through the pitfalls of early 19th century British society.
- 4/9/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Oscar-nominated actress Janet McTeer has been tapped to star opposite Brendan Gleeson in Churchill at War, HBO Films/BBC Films' follow-up to The Gathering Storm, their much-heralded biopic of Winston Churchill.
Churchill, from Scott Free Prods. and Rainmark Films, picks up where Storm left off and explores how the traits that made Churchill (Gleeson) a great wartime leader during World War II were the same ones that resulted in his ouster within weeks of the war's end. Like Storm, Churchill will provide an intimate look into Churchill's marriage with wife Clemmie (McTeer). In Storm, the role of Clemmie Churchill was played by Vanessa Redgrave.
Thaddeus O'Sullivan is directing Churchill from a script by Hugh Whitemore.
Ridley Scott, Tony Scott and Julie Payne executive produce, while Frank Doelger, Tracey Scoffield and Ann Wingate serve as producers.
McTeer earned a best actress Oscar nomination for her role in 1999's Tumbleweeds. She also is appearing in HBO Films' upcoming As You Like It, Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of the Shakespeare play that debuts in August, and HBO's five-part miniseries Five Days, which premieres in October.
Churchill, from Scott Free Prods. and Rainmark Films, picks up where Storm left off and explores how the traits that made Churchill (Gleeson) a great wartime leader during World War II were the same ones that resulted in his ouster within weeks of the war's end. Like Storm, Churchill will provide an intimate look into Churchill's marriage with wife Clemmie (McTeer). In Storm, the role of Clemmie Churchill was played by Vanessa Redgrave.
Thaddeus O'Sullivan is directing Churchill from a script by Hugh Whitemore.
Ridley Scott, Tony Scott and Julie Payne executive produce, while Frank Doelger, Tracey Scoffield and Ann Wingate serve as producers.
McTeer earned a best actress Oscar nomination for her role in 1999's Tumbleweeds. She also is appearing in HBO Films' upcoming As You Like It, Kenneth Branagh's adaptation of the Shakespeare play that debuts in August, and HBO's five-part miniseries Five Days, which premieres in October.
- 6/19/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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