Tokyo Vice is back from quite a lengthy hiatus. And despite the nearly two-year gap between seasons — one that saw a full rebrand for streamer Max — things pick up pretty much exactly where they left off.
Series executive producer and director Alan Poul, who helmed the first two episodes, suggests the handling of the pair will probably soften the blow for viewers. “The premiere is like episode nine of season one, a direct continuation,” Poul says of the two-part Feb. 8 premiere. “The second episode is really the start of the new storylines.”
Tokyo Vice has been a bizarre culmination of interests for Poul. The prolific TV producer (Tales of the City, My So-Called Life, Six Feet Under, The Eddy) and director (Big Love, Swingtown, The Newsroom) has been speaking Japanese since he spent time in the country as a teenage foreign exchange student. He doubled down in college, pursuing an...
Series executive producer and director Alan Poul, who helmed the first two episodes, suggests the handling of the pair will probably soften the blow for viewers. “The premiere is like episode nine of season one, a direct continuation,” Poul says of the two-part Feb. 8 premiere. “The second episode is really the start of the new storylines.”
Tokyo Vice has been a bizarre culmination of interests for Poul. The prolific TV producer (Tales of the City, My So-Called Life, Six Feet Under, The Eddy) and director (Big Love, Swingtown, The Newsroom) has been speaking Japanese since he spent time in the country as a teenage foreign exchange student. He doubled down in college, pursuing an...
- 2/9/2024
- by Mikey O'Connell
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Emmy-nominated director Lesli Links Glatter has directed some of the best shows on TV. If you watch TV, you've seen her work on shows such as The West Wing, Gilmore Girls, True Blood, and Homeland.
She's an executive producer and director for HBO Max's upcoming series about Candy Montgomery, the woman who brutally killed her friend Betty Gore with an ax in 1970s Texas.
We caught up with Lesli to talk about the series, what makes it different from its predecessors, and why the crime can be viewed as a great American tragedy.
Hi, Lesli. How are you?
Hi Carissa. Good. So nice to meet you. I love the name TV Fanatic.
We are definitely fanatics about TV. It suits us very well.
Fantastic. So nice to meet you.
You too. Looking at your filmography, I see so many shows that benefited from a woman's touch in the director's chair,...
She's an executive producer and director for HBO Max's upcoming series about Candy Montgomery, the woman who brutally killed her friend Betty Gore with an ax in 1970s Texas.
We caught up with Lesli to talk about the series, what makes it different from its predecessors, and why the crime can be viewed as a great American tragedy.
Hi, Lesli. How are you?
Hi Carissa. Good. So nice to meet you. I love the name TV Fanatic.
We are definitely fanatics about TV. It suits us very well.
Fantastic. So nice to meet you.
You too. Looking at your filmography, I see so many shows that benefited from a woman's touch in the director's chair,...
- 4/26/2023
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Magnum P.I. has added a new (yet familiar!) face as it moves into its new home on NBC.
TVLine has learned exclusively that Michael Rady (Chicago Med, Timeless) will recur during Season 5 of the island drama as Detective Chris Childs of the Honolulu Pd. He will make his debut in the Season 5 premiere (date Tbd).
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TVLine has learned exclusively that Michael Rady (Chicago Med, Timeless) will recur during Season 5 of the island drama as Detective Chris Childs of the Honolulu Pd. He will make his debut in the Season 5 premiere (date Tbd).
More from TVLineConstance Wu Says Fresh Off the Boat Producer's On-Set Abuse Prompted Her Tweets About the Show's RenewalQuantum Leap Recap: Ben's Latest Leap Packs an Emotional PunchThe Voice Recap: Mandy Moore's 'Candy' Recipe Gets a Dramatic Revamp in Night 5 of the Blinds...
- 10/3/2022
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Rosario Dawson and Lana Parrilla are boarding the upcoming SXSW Linda Goldstein Knowlton directed documentary Split At The Root, as EPs.
The pic is schedule to play in the Austin, TX festival’s Documentary Spotlight section.
Split at the Root follows the emotional journey of mothers separated from their children at the U.S. border and the grassroots initiative that, against all odds, reunites those families. When a Guatemalan mother seeking asylum was separated from her kids under the Zero Tolerance Policy, a Facebook post by a mom in Queens coalesced into a movement as thousands of like-minded women across the U.S. refused to stand by quietly. Immigrant Families Together was born – a rapid response group committed to doing what the government couldn’t – or wouldn’t do: reunite parents with their children separated by the Zero Tolerance Policy.
Producers for Split at the Root include Emmy Award-nominated...
The pic is schedule to play in the Austin, TX festival’s Documentary Spotlight section.
Split at the Root follows the emotional journey of mothers separated from their children at the U.S. border and the grassroots initiative that, against all odds, reunites those families. When a Guatemalan mother seeking asylum was separated from her kids under the Zero Tolerance Policy, a Facebook post by a mom in Queens coalesced into a movement as thousands of like-minded women across the U.S. refused to stand by quietly. Immigrant Families Together was born – a rapid response group committed to doing what the government couldn’t – or wouldn’t do: reunite parents with their children separated by the Zero Tolerance Policy.
Producers for Split at the Root include Emmy Award-nominated...
- 2/10/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Rlje Films just released The Mortuary Collection on DVD for an Srp of $27.97 and Blu-ray for an Srp of $28.96. Written and directed by Ryan Spindell (“50 States of Fright,” The Babysitter Murders), The Mortuary Collection stars Clancy Brown (The Shawshank Redemption, Thor: Ragnarok), Caitlin Custer (“Teen Wolf,” “Swingtown”), Christine Kilmer (“Hollywood,” “Shameless”), and Jacob Elordi (The Kissing Booth franchise, “Euphoria”). Set in the phantasmagorical town of Raven’s End, nothing is as …
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- 5/4/2021
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
Watch the Short Film We All Scream: "A neglected young boy with a sweet tooth gets more than he bargained for when he receives a special visit from the mysterious ice cream man, Mr. Sweetie, in the deliciously diabolical horror short We All Scream, directed by Chris Lofing and Travis Cluff and written by Jener Dasilva. After leaving audiences melting in terror at ScreamFest, Indie Short Fest, Telluride Horror Show, the Popcorn Frights Film Festival (as part of Nightstream), and Cinequest, this high-concept horror short is available for viewing today!"
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Behind-the-Scenes Trailer for the Making of The Mortuary Collection: "Rlje Films just released The Mortuary Collection on DVD for an Srp of $27.97 and Blu-ray for an Srp of $28.96.
Written and directed by Ryan Spindell, The Mortuary Collection stars Clancy Brown, Caitlin Custer, Christine Kilmer, and Jacob Elordi.
Set in the phantasmagorical town of Raven's End, nothing is as it seems.
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Behind-the-Scenes Trailer for the Making of The Mortuary Collection: "Rlje Films just released The Mortuary Collection on DVD for an Srp of $27.97 and Blu-ray for an Srp of $28.96.
Written and directed by Ryan Spindell, The Mortuary Collection stars Clancy Brown, Caitlin Custer, Christine Kilmer, and Jacob Elordi.
Set in the phantasmagorical town of Raven's End, nothing is as it seems.
- 5/4/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
The newly released DVD and Blu-ray of The Mortuary Collection features commentary, in-depth conversations and 14 extensive behind-the-scenes segments that include Cinematography, Costumes, Art Department, Locations, Props, Hair & Make-Up, Special Effects, Sound, Stunts, and Visual Effects of The Mortuary Collection. Here’s a Behind-the-Scenes Trailer:
Rlje Films just released The Mortuary Collection on DVD for an Srp of $27.97 and Blu-ray for an Srp of $28.96.
Written and directed by Ryan Spindell (“50 States of Fright,” The Babysitter Murders), The Mortuary Collection stars Clancy Brown (The Shawshank Redemption, Thor: Ragnarok), Caitlin Custer (“Teen Wolf,” “Swingtown”), Christine Kilmer (“Hollywood,”“Shameless”), and Jacob Elordi (The Kissing Booth franchise,“Euphoria”).
Set in the phantasmagorical town of Raven’s End, nothing is as it seems…. In The Mortuary Collection, a misguided young girl takes refuge in a decrepit old mortuary. There she meets Montgomery Dark, an eccentric undertaker with more than a few skeletons in his closet.
Rlje Films just released The Mortuary Collection on DVD for an Srp of $27.97 and Blu-ray for an Srp of $28.96.
Written and directed by Ryan Spindell (“50 States of Fright,” The Babysitter Murders), The Mortuary Collection stars Clancy Brown (The Shawshank Redemption, Thor: Ragnarok), Caitlin Custer (“Teen Wolf,” “Swingtown”), Christine Kilmer (“Hollywood,”“Shameless”), and Jacob Elordi (The Kissing Booth franchise,“Euphoria”).
Set in the phantasmagorical town of Raven’s End, nothing is as it seems…. In The Mortuary Collection, a misguided young girl takes refuge in a decrepit old mortuary. There she meets Montgomery Dark, an eccentric undertaker with more than a few skeletons in his closet.
- 4/30/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
CBS All Access is rounding out the cast for Season 2 of its original anthology series Why Women Kill. Lana Parrilla (The Tax Collector), B.K. Cannon (Sin City Saints) Jordane Christie (The Haunting of Hill House), Matthew Daddario (Shadowhunters) and Veronica Falcón (Queen of the South) join previously announced Allison Tolman and Nick Frost in the series that hails from Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry, Imagine Television Studios and CBS Studios.
This season of the dark comedy features a new ensemble cast and storylines set in 1949 that will explore what it means to be beautiful, the hidden truth behind the facades people present to the world, the effects of being ignored and overlooked by society, and finally, the lengths one woman will go in order to finally belong.
Parrilla will play Rita, the sardonic wife to the wealthy and evil Carlo Castillo. As she waits for her elderly husband to die,...
This season of the dark comedy features a new ensemble cast and storylines set in 1949 that will explore what it means to be beautiful, the hidden truth behind the facades people present to the world, the effects of being ignored and overlooked by society, and finally, the lengths one woman will go in order to finally belong.
Parrilla will play Rita, the sardonic wife to the wealthy and evil Carlo Castillo. As she waits for her elderly husband to die,...
- 10/29/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Here’s a unique flick, unlike nearly any other film now at your multiplex (or single screens or drive-ins down south). That’s mainly because it’s a mix of several film genres (if it were a meal would it be a stew or a petite buffet). It’s a coming of age story since it’s about a young man leaving his midwestern hometown for college in sunny ‘Cal. And he meets “the girl” and begins a romance, so it’s a love story. Like the fifty-plus-year-old flick of that name, things don’t go…smoothly, so it’s a “tear-jerker”. Oh, did I mention that this college kid is a real guy? Yup, it’s a biography and a musical one at that since he’s a singer. Actually he’s one of the most popular contemporary Christian singers of the last couple of decades, so this movie...
- 3/13/2020
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Steve Miller will place his biggest hits alongside a slew of previously unreleased tracks on a new box set, Welcome to the Vault, out October 11th via Sailor/Capitol/UMe.
The three-disc, one DVD collection will span Miller’s six-decade career and boast 38 previously unreleased recordings including demos, rehearsals, outtakes and live performances. The set will also feature five recently rediscovered Steve Miller Band tracks recorded in the Sixties and Seventies. To accompany the box set announcement, Miller shared an alternate version of his 1976 Number One single “Rock ‘N Me.
The three-disc, one DVD collection will span Miller’s six-decade career and boast 38 previously unreleased recordings including demos, rehearsals, outtakes and live performances. The set will also feature five recently rediscovered Steve Miller Band tracks recorded in the Sixties and Seventies. To accompany the box set announcement, Miller shared an alternate version of his 1976 Number One single “Rock ‘N Me.
- 6/12/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
“What would you risk for a chance to have it all?”
It seems like Renee Zellweger has been out of the spotlight for awhile, but she’s about to make a comeback with a new Netflix series that she stars in called What/If. The series is a social thriller anthology drama series which also stars Jane Levy and Blake Jenner.
The series was created by Revenge and Swingtown creator Mike Kelley, and it “explores the ripple effects of what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things. Each season will tackle a different morality tale inspired by culturally consequential source material, and the power of a single fateful decision to change the trajectory of an entire life.”
The series was directed by Phillip Noyce, and it’s set to premiere on May 24th. I also included some photos for you to see below the trailer.
It seems like Renee Zellweger has been out of the spotlight for awhile, but she’s about to make a comeback with a new Netflix series that she stars in called What/If. The series is a social thriller anthology drama series which also stars Jane Levy and Blake Jenner.
The series was created by Revenge and Swingtown creator Mike Kelley, and it “explores the ripple effects of what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things. Each season will tackle a different morality tale inspired by culturally consequential source material, and the power of a single fateful decision to change the trajectory of an entire life.”
The series was directed by Phillip Noyce, and it’s set to premiere on May 24th. I also included some photos for you to see below the trailer.
- 4/24/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Netflix has released a teaser for its upcoming anthology series “What/If” — and from the looks of it, everyone is just a pawn in Renée Zellweger’s chess game.
“What if I made you an offer too extraordinary to refuse?” Zellweger says in the teaser. “For anything, and anyone, to be yours for the taking. The players are all arranged. What would you risk for a chance to have it all?”
She’s later shown dangling a pawn and then dropping it, revealing a board of toppled-over chess pieces.
Premiering May 24, “What/If” stars Zellweger as Anne, described as a mysterious woman who makes a lucrative but dubious offer to a cash-strapped pair of San Francisco newlyweds. The 10-episode neo-noir social thriller explores what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things, with each season looking at a different tale of morality, per Netflix.
Also Read: Renee Zellweger's Judy Garland Biopic Finds Home With Ld Entertainment,...
“What if I made you an offer too extraordinary to refuse?” Zellweger says in the teaser. “For anything, and anyone, to be yours for the taking. The players are all arranged. What would you risk for a chance to have it all?”
She’s later shown dangling a pawn and then dropping it, revealing a board of toppled-over chess pieces.
Premiering May 24, “What/If” stars Zellweger as Anne, described as a mysterious woman who makes a lucrative but dubious offer to a cash-strapped pair of San Francisco newlyweds. The 10-episode neo-noir social thriller explores what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things, with each season looking at a different tale of morality, per Netflix.
Also Read: Renee Zellweger's Judy Garland Biopic Finds Home With Ld Entertainment,...
- 4/23/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Netflix has set May 24 for the premiere of What/If, its social thriller anthology drama series starring Renée Zellweger, Jane Levy and Blake Jenner, from Revenge and Swingtown creator Mike Kelley.
Written by Kelley, What/If explores the ripple effects of what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things. Each season will tackle a different morality tale inspired by culturally consequential source material, and the power of a single fateful decision to change the trajectory of an entire life.
Phillip Noyce directs the series, which is produced by Page Fright, Atlas Entertainment and Compari Entertainment in association with Warner Bros Television.
Kelley and Melissa Loy executive produce via Page Fright, along with Alex Gartner and Charles Roven via Atlas Entertainment and Robert Zemeckis and Jack Rapke via Compari Entertainment. Jackie Levine of Compari Entertainment serves as co-executive producer.
Watch the date announcement/teaser above and some first-look photos below.
Written by Kelley, What/If explores the ripple effects of what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things. Each season will tackle a different morality tale inspired by culturally consequential source material, and the power of a single fateful decision to change the trajectory of an entire life.
Phillip Noyce directs the series, which is produced by Page Fright, Atlas Entertainment and Compari Entertainment in association with Warner Bros Television.
Kelley and Melissa Loy executive produce via Page Fright, along with Alex Gartner and Charles Roven via Atlas Entertainment and Robert Zemeckis and Jack Rapke via Compari Entertainment. Jackie Levine of Compari Entertainment serves as co-executive producer.
Watch the date announcement/teaser above and some first-look photos below.
- 4/23/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
“Smash” alum Jack Davenport is set to star opposite “Elementary” actress Lucy Liu on the dark comedic drama series “Why Women Kill” via CBS All Access, a spokesperson for CBS told TheWrap on Friday.
The series shares the same creator as “Desperate Housewives,” with Marc Cherry of Imagine Television Studios and CBS TV Studios at the helm.
Taking place across three decades, the series follows the lives of three women: a ’60s housewife (Ginnifer Goodwin), an ’80s socialite (Liu) and a lawyer in 2018 (Kirby Howell-Baptiste). As each woman deals with infidelity in their marriages, the series examines how the roles of women have changed while their reactions to betrayal haven’t.
Davenport will play Karl, seen in 1982. Karl is described as handsome, well-mannered and “endlessly amused by his wife” Simone (Liu), whose extravagance he indulges. “He knows he’s a supporting player in his wife’s life, but happy to play his part,...
The series shares the same creator as “Desperate Housewives,” with Marc Cherry of Imagine Television Studios and CBS TV Studios at the helm.
Taking place across three decades, the series follows the lives of three women: a ’60s housewife (Ginnifer Goodwin), an ’80s socialite (Liu) and a lawyer in 2018 (Kirby Howell-Baptiste). As each woman deals with infidelity in their marriages, the series examines how the roles of women have changed while their reactions to betrayal haven’t.
Davenport will play Karl, seen in 1982. Karl is described as handsome, well-mannered and “endlessly amused by his wife” Simone (Liu), whose extravagance he indulges. “He knows he’s a supporting player in his wife’s life, but happy to play his part,...
- 3/22/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Former Smash star Jack Davenport is set as a lead opposite Lucy Liu in CBS All Access’ Why Women Kill, a darkly comedic drama from Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry, Imagine Television Studios and CBS TV Studios.
Created by Cherry, Why Women Kill details the lives of three women living in three different decades: a housewife in the ‘60s (Ginnifer Goodwin), a socialite in the ‘80s (Liu) and a lawyer in 2018 (Kirby Howell-Baptiste), each dealing with infidelity in their marriages. The series will examine how the roles of women have changed but how their reaction to betrayal has not.
Davenport will play Karl. Seen in 1982. Karl is handsome, well-bred and “endlessly amused by his wife,” Simone (Liu), whose extravagance he indulges. He knows he’s a supporting player in his wife’s life but happy to play his part. Karl is devastated and defeated when Simone uncovers a part...
Created by Cherry, Why Women Kill details the lives of three women living in three different decades: a housewife in the ‘60s (Ginnifer Goodwin), a socialite in the ‘80s (Liu) and a lawyer in 2018 (Kirby Howell-Baptiste), each dealing with infidelity in their marriages. The series will examine how the roles of women have changed but how their reaction to betrayal has not.
Davenport will play Karl. Seen in 1982. Karl is handsome, well-bred and “endlessly amused by his wife,” Simone (Liu), whose extravagance he indulges. He knows he’s a supporting player in his wife’s life but happy to play his part. Karl is devastated and defeated when Simone uncovers a part...
- 3/22/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Tyler Ross (The Killing), Derek Smith (Grey’s Anatomy), Nana Ghana (White Rabbit), Monique Kim (Looks That Kill) and Marissa Cuevas are set to recur on What/If, Netflix’s social thriller anthology drama series starring Renée Zellweger, Jane Levy and Blake Jenner, from Revenge and Swingtown creator Mike Kelley.
The series is written by Kelley, directed by Phillip Noyce and produced by Page Fright, Atlas Entertainment and Compari Entertainment in association with Warner Bros Television.
What/If explores the ripple effects of what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things. The first season focuses on a mysterious woman’s lucrative but dubious offer to a cash-strapped pair of San Francisco newlyweds.
Executive producing the series are Kelley, who also showruns, and Melissa Loy via Page Fright, Alex Gartner and Charles Roven via Atlas Entertainment and Robert Zemeckis and Jack Rapke via Compari Entertainment. Jackie Levine of...
The series is written by Kelley, directed by Phillip Noyce and produced by Page Fright, Atlas Entertainment and Compari Entertainment in association with Warner Bros Television.
What/If explores the ripple effects of what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things. The first season focuses on a mysterious woman’s lucrative but dubious offer to a cash-strapped pair of San Francisco newlyweds.
Executive producing the series are Kelley, who also showruns, and Melissa Loy via Page Fright, Alex Gartner and Charles Roven via Atlas Entertainment and Robert Zemeckis and Jack Rapke via Compari Entertainment. Jackie Levine of...
- 12/21/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has set Medal of Honor, an eight-episode original docuseries honoring eight recipients of the military’s highest award for valor, from James Moll (The Last Days) and his Allentown Productions and Robert Zemeckis’ Compari Entertainment, a division of Zemeckis’ ImageMovers. The series launches globally November 9 on Netflix; watch the trailer above.
The Medal of Honor has been bestowed upon fewer than 3,600 Americans since Abraham Lincoln signed it into law in 1861. In each episode of the docuseries, family members and brothers-in-arms recall the extraordinary odds faced by the servicemen, and through intense recreations and archival footage, viewers get inside their minds to uncover how they handled what many have described as “the worst day of their lives.”
Medal of Honor is produced by Allentown Productions and Compari Entertainment. Moll executive produces with Compari Entertainment’s Zemeckis, Jack Rapke and Jacqueline Levine, and Brandon Birtell.
Moll’s documentary work has earned...
The Medal of Honor has been bestowed upon fewer than 3,600 Americans since Abraham Lincoln signed it into law in 1861. In each episode of the docuseries, family members and brothers-in-arms recall the extraordinary odds faced by the servicemen, and through intense recreations and archival footage, viewers get inside their minds to uncover how they handled what many have described as “the worst day of their lives.”
Medal of Honor is produced by Allentown Productions and Compari Entertainment. Moll executive produces with Compari Entertainment’s Zemeckis, Jack Rapke and Jacqueline Levine, and Brandon Birtell.
Moll’s documentary work has earned...
- 10/4/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Glee alum Samantha Ware, Juan Castano, Keith Powers and Saamer Usmani have joined the cast of What/If, Netflix’s social thriller anthology drama series What/If starring Renée Zellweger, Jane Levy and Blake Jenner, from Revenge and Swingtown creator Mike Kelley. The series is written by Kelley, directed by Phillip Noyce and produced by Page Fright, Atlas Entertainment and Compari Entertainment in association with Warner Bros Television.
What/If explores the ripple effects of what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things. Each season will tackle a different morality tale inspired by culturally consequential source material, and the power of a single fateful decision to change the trajectory of an entire life.
Ware will play Angela, Castano will portray Marcos, Powers is Todd and Usmani will play Avery.
Ware is best known for her series regular role of Jane Hayward in the final season of Glee. In the past...
What/If explores the ripple effects of what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things. Each season will tackle a different morality tale inspired by culturally consequential source material, and the power of a single fateful decision to change the trajectory of an entire life.
Ware will play Angela, Castano will portray Marcos, Powers is Todd and Usmani will play Avery.
Ware is best known for her series regular role of Jane Hayward in the final season of Glee. In the past...
- 9/4/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Suburgatory alumna Jane Levy has been cast opposite Renée Zellweger in What/If, a social thriller anthology drama series for Netflix from Revenge and Swingtown creator Mike Kelley.
Written by Kelley, directed by Phillip Noyce and produced by Page Fright, Atlas Entertainment and Compari Entertainment, a division of Robert Zemeckis’ ImageMovers, in association with Warner Bros. Television, What/If explores the ripple effects of what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things. Each season will tackle a different morality tale inspired by culturally consequential source material, and the power of a single fateful decision to change the trajectory of an entire life.
Levy will play Lisa in the 10-episode series.
What/If was created by Kelley and further developed into a series by Kelley and his producing partner Melissa Loy and Atlas Entertainment’s Alex Gartner. Kelley serves as creator, writer, showrunner and executive producer. Kelley and Loy executive...
Written by Kelley, directed by Phillip Noyce and produced by Page Fright, Atlas Entertainment and Compari Entertainment, a division of Robert Zemeckis’ ImageMovers, in association with Warner Bros. Television, What/If explores the ripple effects of what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things. Each season will tackle a different morality tale inspired by culturally consequential source material, and the power of a single fateful decision to change the trajectory of an entire life.
Levy will play Lisa in the 10-episode series.
What/If was created by Kelley and further developed into a series by Kelley and his producing partner Melissa Loy and Atlas Entertainment’s Alex Gartner. Kelley serves as creator, writer, showrunner and executive producer. Kelley and Loy executive...
- 8/22/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has given a 10-episode order to drama series “What/If” toplined by Renee Zellweger.
The series revolves around “the ripple effects of what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things,” per Netflix. The project hails from showrunner Mike Kelley (“Revenge”) and producer Robert Zemeckis for Warner Bros. TV. The concept calls for each season to tackle a different morality tale “inspired by culturally consequential source material,” per Netflix.
Kelley created the series and will serve as writer and exec producer along with Zemeckis, Melissa Loy, Alex Gartner, Charles Roven, and Jack Rapke. Jackie Levine of Zemeckis’ Compari Entertainment banner will serve as co-exec producer.
Zellweger is an Oscar winner for 2003’s “Cold Mountain.” She was also Oscar-nommed for 2002’s “Chicago” and 2001’s “Bridget Jones’ Diary.”
Kelley is coming off a four-season run of the ABC drama “Revenge,” which ran from 2011-2015. He also created the critically praised 2008 CBS drama “Swingtown.
The series revolves around “the ripple effects of what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things,” per Netflix. The project hails from showrunner Mike Kelley (“Revenge”) and producer Robert Zemeckis for Warner Bros. TV. The concept calls for each season to tackle a different morality tale “inspired by culturally consequential source material,” per Netflix.
Kelley created the series and will serve as writer and exec producer along with Zemeckis, Melissa Loy, Alex Gartner, Charles Roven, and Jack Rapke. Jackie Levine of Zemeckis’ Compari Entertainment banner will serve as co-exec producer.
Zellweger is an Oscar winner for 2003’s “Cold Mountain.” She was also Oscar-nommed for 2002’s “Chicago” and 2001’s “Bridget Jones’ Diary.”
Kelley is coming off a four-season run of the ABC drama “Revenge,” which ran from 2011-2015. He also created the critically praised 2008 CBS drama “Swingtown.
- 8/17/2018
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Renée Zellweger has been cast to star in Netflix’s new drama series “What/If,” the streamer announced Friday.
The 10-episode anthology series will explore what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things, and each season will look at a different morality tale. Zellweger will play a woman named Anne, though further details about the character have not yet been announced.
“Revenge” and “Swingtown” creator Mike Kelley will act as showrunner and write the series. He will also executive produce with Melissa Loy for Page Fright, Alex Gartner, Charles Roven for Atlas Entertainment, Robert Zemeckis, and Jack Rapke for Compari Entertainment. Jackie Levine of Compari Entertainment will be co-executive producer.
The role marks the “Bridget Jones” alum and Academy Award winner’s first major foray into television since her acting debut in the 1992 made-for-tv movie “A Taste for Killing” on USA.
The Hollywood Reporter was first to report the news.
The 10-episode anthology series will explore what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things, and each season will look at a different morality tale. Zellweger will play a woman named Anne, though further details about the character have not yet been announced.
“Revenge” and “Swingtown” creator Mike Kelley will act as showrunner and write the series. He will also executive produce with Melissa Loy for Page Fright, Alex Gartner, Charles Roven for Atlas Entertainment, Robert Zemeckis, and Jack Rapke for Compari Entertainment. Jackie Levine of Compari Entertainment will be co-executive producer.
The role marks the “Bridget Jones” alum and Academy Award winner’s first major foray into television since her acting debut in the 1992 made-for-tv movie “A Taste for Killing” on USA.
The Hollywood Reporter was first to report the news.
- 8/17/2018
- by Ashley Boucher
- The Wrap
Add another Oscar winner who is headed to television.
Renee Zellweger has been tapped to star in Netflix's straight-to-series anthology What/If. The drama, which has been greenlighted for 10 episodes, is described as a social thriller that explores the ripple effects of what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things. Each season will tackle a different morality tale inspired by culturally consequential source material and the power of a single fateful decision to change the trajectory of an entire life.
Mike Kelley, who created ABC's Revenge and CBS' Swingtown, came up with the idea for the project and will serve ...
Renee Zellweger has been tapped to star in Netflix's straight-to-series anthology What/If. The drama, which has been greenlighted for 10 episodes, is described as a social thriller that explores the ripple effects of what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things. Each season will tackle a different morality tale inspired by culturally consequential source material and the power of a single fateful decision to change the trajectory of an entire life.
Mike Kelley, who created ABC's Revenge and CBS' Swingtown, came up with the idea for the project and will serve ...
- 8/17/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Steve Miller has led many musical lives. First he was the guitar-wielding Space Cowboy who blew minds with the blues in the psychedelic San Fransisco of the late ’60s. Then he morphed into the laid-back Joker, crackin’ wise amid the slightly more self-serious singer/songwriters of the early ’70s. He graduated to full scale arena rocker in the middle of the decade with amped-up hits like “Rock ‘N Me” and “Take the Money and Run,” and by the ’80s songs like “Abracadabra” made him a video star on a nascent MTV. Now the icon is looking back on his remarkable musical journey with Ultimate Hits,...
- 9/13/2017
- by Jordan Runtagh
- PEOPLE.com
Please welcome our newest celebrity blogger, Miriam Shor!
Shor currently stars in the TV Land series Younger alongside Sutton Foster and Hilary Duff. Other notable television credits include appearances on Jessica Jones, The Good Wife, My Name Is Earl and a main role on the 2008 CBS drama Swingtown.
The actress and singer has appeared many times on stage — perhaps most notably in an off-Broadway production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, later reprising her role of Yitzhak in the 2001 film adaptation and lending her voice to its Grammy-nominated soundtrack.
Shor, 46, is married to Justin Hagan, and they share two daughters: Iris,...
Shor currently stars in the TV Land series Younger alongside Sutton Foster and Hilary Duff. Other notable television credits include appearances on Jessica Jones, The Good Wife, My Name Is Earl and a main role on the 2008 CBS drama Swingtown.
The actress and singer has appeared many times on stage — perhaps most notably in an off-Broadway production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, later reprising her role of Yitzhak in the 2001 film adaptation and lending her voice to its Grammy-nominated soundtrack.
Shor, 46, is married to Justin Hagan, and they share two daughters: Iris,...
- 9/6/2017
- by Miriam Shor
- PEOPLE.com
Own: Oprah Winfrey Network continues to ramp up its slate with a series green light to an hourlong coming-of-age drama from Moonlight co-writer/executive producer Tarell Alvin McCraney and Warner Horizon Scripted Television, the studio behind the network’s hit drama series Queen Sugar, from Ava DuVernay. The yet-to-be-titled series is created, written and executive produced by McCraney, with Revenge and Swingtown creator Mike Kelley, his producing partner Melissa Loy and…...
- 8/16/2017
- Deadline TV
We're still counting down the days to the Younger Season 3 premiere, and celebrating with our interview of Miriam Shor and Peter Hermann from the Atx Festival this summer. Miram plays Liza's boss, Diana and Peter plays Diana's boss and Liza's potential love interest, Charles.
Much like Molly Bernard and Dan Amboyer, I've been a fan of Miriam Shor's for quite some time, so we began by talking about her work in Gcb and the underrated gem Swingtown.
Leaving Peter Hermann out of the initial conversation meant hearing his voice was a shocking surprise. It's deep and quite lovely in person. Miriam used the term resonant and it was fun watching Peter get a little bit uncomfortable before the real conversation began, and what a conversation it was. I hope you enjoy reading it.
We have to talk about the episode where Charles had his pants situation, which earned a brilliant reaction from Diana.
Much like Molly Bernard and Dan Amboyer, I've been a fan of Miriam Shor's for quite some time, so we began by talking about her work in Gcb and the underrated gem Swingtown.
Leaving Peter Hermann out of the initial conversation meant hearing his voice was a shocking surprise. It's deep and quite lovely in person. Miriam used the term resonant and it was fun watching Peter get a little bit uncomfortable before the real conversation began, and what a conversation it was. I hope you enjoy reading it.
We have to talk about the episode where Charles had his pants situation, which earned a brilliant reaction from Diana.
- 9/27/2016
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
TV vet Grant Show is now a member of The Family, ABC’s midseason drama from Shondaland alum Jenna Bans.
The Family follows the return of a politician’s (Joan Allen) young son who was presumed dead after disappearing over a decade earlier. As the mysterious man is welcomed back into his family, suspicions emerge — is he really who he says he is?
Per our sister site Deadline, Show will recur as Charlie Lang, the Democratic incumbent Governor of Maine who is poised to face off against Allen’s character,...
The Family follows the return of a politician’s (Joan Allen) young son who was presumed dead after disappearing over a decade earlier. As the mysterious man is welcomed back into his family, suspicions emerge — is he really who he says he is?
Per our sister site Deadline, Show will recur as Charlie Lang, the Democratic incumbent Governor of Maine who is poised to face off against Allen’s character,...
- 10/3/2015
- TVLine.com
‘Point of view’ in cinematic storytelling is at the crux of the entire issue of equality and sexism in film. Its influence on popular culture – and, in turn, society as a whole – is routinely underestimated. The fact is that the majority of the narratives we watch on our screens are told from the point of view of white men – making their experience the ‘norm,’ and everything else marginal. This creates a skewed cultural perspective, and leads to a situation that reinforces a pervasive sense of entitlement – if your perspective were the only one regularly represented in the media, you would unconsciously assume it was the most important, too. This is why The Keeping Room is a vital film.
In reality, the perspective of white men is, of course, no more important than any other perspective – particularly considering that that point of view is actually in the minority in global terms.
In reality, the perspective of white men is, of course, no more important than any other perspective – particularly considering that that point of view is actually in the minority in global terms.
- 8/14/2015
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
Can “26-year-old” Sutton Foster learn something about female empowerment from Taylor Swift? That question is raised in a brand-new sneak peek at Younger, TV Land’s promising new original series.
From Sex and the City creator Darren Star and premiering March 31, Younger follows 40-year-old Liza (played by two-time Tony winner Foster), a newly single mom who struggles to get back into the working world at such a “ripe” age. When a tattoo artist (The Following‘s Nico Tortorella) convinces her she looks younger than she is, Liza tries to pass for 26 — with the help of a makeover from her Bff...
From Sex and the City creator Darren Star and premiering March 31, Younger follows 40-year-old Liza (played by two-time Tony winner Foster), a newly single mom who struggles to get back into the working world at such a “ripe” age. When a tattoo artist (The Following‘s Nico Tortorella) convinces her she looks younger than she is, Liza tries to pass for 26 — with the help of a makeover from her Bff...
- 12/4/2014
- TVLine.com
PBS Masterpiece Breathless
On 24 August PBS Masterpiece will debut a new British TV show — Breathless. The 60s era medical drama has been variously described as Britain’s answer to Mad Men or ITV’s response to The Hour. Based purely on ratings, the comparisons were off the mark as the show was cancelled after it’s first season in the UK. Nevertheless, PBS hope the show’s all-star cast will entice a healthy audience. Leading the way is Jack Davenport (Swingtown) who plays Otto Powell, a high flying surgeon who performs illegal abortions when he’s off-the-clock. Shaun Dingwall (Doctor Who) is his work place frenemy Dr Charlie Enderbury. Joanna Page (The Syndicate) plays Dingwall’s love interest. The series has been formatted into three, two-hour long episodes that will wrap up on Sunday 7 September.
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On 24 August PBS Masterpiece will debut a new British TV show — Breathless. The 60s era medical drama has been variously described as Britain’s answer to Mad Men or ITV’s response to The Hour. Based purely on ratings, the comparisons were off the mark as the show was cancelled after it’s first season in the UK. Nevertheless, PBS hope the show’s all-star cast will entice a healthy audience. Leading the way is Jack Davenport (Swingtown) who plays Otto Powell, a high flying surgeon who performs illegal abortions when he’s off-the-clock. Shaun Dingwall (Doctor Who) is his work place frenemy Dr Charlie Enderbury. Joanna Page (The Syndicate) plays Dingwall’s love interest. The series has been formatted into three, two-hour long episodes that will wrap up on Sunday 7 September.
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- 8/3/2014
- by Edited by K Kinsella
News
Rob Riggle has joined the cast of The Pro. The NBC comedy pilot stars Rob Lowe as a fallen tennis doubles champion who reunites with his former partner (Riggle) after hitting hard times. I’m watching this one since it comes from out Emmy-winner Todd Holland as a director.
CNN is cutting back on Anderson Cooper. The news channel has pulled from the schedule AC360 Later a “more relaxed” companion series for Cooper’s regular news hour. If you’re not familiar with AC360 Later, that might be because it was infrequently scheduled and would sometimes disappear from the schedule for weeks. Did anyone catch it? Will you miss it?
Vulture talked with Sarah Paulson about the upcoming season of American Horror Story. (Yeah, we’re already talking about next season. Deal with it.) When asked if she’s preparing for her new role the same way Jessica Lange...
Rob Riggle has joined the cast of The Pro. The NBC comedy pilot stars Rob Lowe as a fallen tennis doubles champion who reunites with his former partner (Riggle) after hitting hard times. I’m watching this one since it comes from out Emmy-winner Todd Holland as a director.
CNN is cutting back on Anderson Cooper. The news channel has pulled from the schedule AC360 Later a “more relaxed” companion series for Cooper’s regular news hour. If you’re not familiar with AC360 Later, that might be because it was infrequently scheduled and would sometimes disappear from the schedule for weeks. Did anyone catch it? Will you miss it?
Vulture talked with Sarah Paulson about the upcoming season of American Horror Story. (Yeah, we’re already talking about next season. Deal with it.) When asked if she’s preparing for her new role the same way Jessica Lange...
- 2/10/2014
- by Lyle Masaki
- The Backlot
ITV Breathless Episode One
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AMC and the BBC have enjoyed huge success with Mad Men and The Hour so it wasn’t hugely surprising when ITV decided to jump on the 60s bandwagon with Breathless. The slick looking, smooth talking professionals in Breathless are doctors rather than TV presenters or Ad men but the characters are vaguely familiar. The script is interesting and somewhat controversial with overlapping storylines involving sexual antics and backstreet abortions. The ingredients including the cast were good but somehow the end product was sub-par.
Jack Davenport (Swingtown) is the Don Draper of Breathless and like his American counterpart, he he likes to gawp at people from a distance with an ever-so smug look on his face. Sadly, Davenport doesn’t have the screen presence of Jon Hamm and his redheaded side kick isn’t as colorful as Draper’s.
Cast apart, the whole...
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AMC and the BBC have enjoyed huge success with Mad Men and The Hour so it wasn’t hugely surprising when ITV decided to jump on the 60s bandwagon with Breathless. The slick looking, smooth talking professionals in Breathless are doctors rather than TV presenters or Ad men but the characters are vaguely familiar. The script is interesting and somewhat controversial with overlapping storylines involving sexual antics and backstreet abortions. The ingredients including the cast were good but somehow the end product was sub-par.
Jack Davenport (Swingtown) is the Don Draper of Breathless and like his American counterpart, he he likes to gawp at people from a distance with an ever-so smug look on his face. Sadly, Davenport doesn’t have the screen presence of Jon Hamm and his redheaded side kick isn’t as colorful as Draper’s.
Cast apart, the whole...
- 10/15/2013
- by Edited by K Kinsella
On CBS' summer hit "Under the Dome," Rachelle Lefevre plays Julia, who, like many of the other characters she's played, is fearless.
Julia is a reporter, and like Lefevre's other recent TV roles as doctors, she is a strong, determined woman. This time, however, Lefevre didn't shadow a journalist to inform her character.
"Normally when I am playing a certain profession, I do spend time with cops and doctors," she tells Zap2it from Wilmington, N.C., where the show was shooting. "There is something about playing a journalist, as a solo mission, and it is something one can excel at or be bad at. I was less interested in the skill and more interested in what kind of person becomes a journalist."
Julia is a doctor's wife, or as the audience knows from the show's beginning, a doctor's widow, so Julia would have more money than most print reporters working on a small-town daily.
Julia is a reporter, and like Lefevre's other recent TV roles as doctors, she is a strong, determined woman. This time, however, Lefevre didn't shadow a journalist to inform her character.
"Normally when I am playing a certain profession, I do spend time with cops and doctors," she tells Zap2it from Wilmington, N.C., where the show was shooting. "There is something about playing a journalist, as a solo mission, and it is something one can excel at or be bad at. I was less interested in the skill and more interested in what kind of person becomes a journalist."
Julia is a doctor's wife, or as the audience knows from the show's beginning, a doctor's widow, so Julia would have more money than most print reporters working on a small-town daily.
- 8/5/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
CBS is giving viewers a second chance to experience "Jericho," "Swingtown" and "Wolf Lake."
The network has added all episodes of the three drama to CBS.com for viewing.
“'Jericho, 'Swingtown' and 'Wolf Lake' pushed the boundaries, exploring some of the most popular themes in television today: post-cataclysmic life, the social and cultural mores of a generation, and the supernatural," Jeff Grossman, vice president of content and product strategy for CBS Interactive, said in a statement. "Over the years, fans have told us they'd like to experience these shows again, and through CBS.com, we're able to resurface programming that not only captivated viewers but broke new ground."
"Jericho," starring Skeet Ulrich, Lennie James and Ashley Scott, followed the residents of a Kansas town that is left isolated after a nuclear disaster. "Jericho" was canceled after its first season, but CBS revived the show amid fan outcry and it lasted for another season.
The network has added all episodes of the three drama to CBS.com for viewing.
“'Jericho, 'Swingtown' and 'Wolf Lake' pushed the boundaries, exploring some of the most popular themes in television today: post-cataclysmic life, the social and cultural mores of a generation, and the supernatural," Jeff Grossman, vice president of content and product strategy for CBS Interactive, said in a statement. "Over the years, fans have told us they'd like to experience these shows again, and through CBS.com, we're able to resurface programming that not only captivated viewers but broke new ground."
"Jericho," starring Skeet Ulrich, Lennie James and Ashley Scott, followed the residents of a Kansas town that is left isolated after a nuclear disaster. "Jericho" was canceled after its first season, but CBS revived the show amid fan outcry and it lasted for another season.
- 7/23/2013
- by Chris Harnick
- Huffington Post
Rachelle Lefevre (Boston Legal, Swingtown, Twilight, and A Gifted Man — although none rival her first role on the classic Big Wolf On Campus) has landed the female lead in CBS’ Under The Dome. She will play Julia, an investigative reporter and love interest to Mike Vogel’s Barbie.
The series, based on Stephen King’s novel, premieres June 24th, and also stars Mike Vogel, Dean Norris, Jolene Purdy, Nicholas Strong, Britt Robertson, Alex Kotch, and Natalie Martinez.
The series, based on Stephen King’s novel, premieres June 24th, and also stars Mike Vogel, Dean Norris, Jolene Purdy, Nicholas Strong, Britt Robertson, Alex Kotch, and Natalie Martinez.
- 2/21/2013
- by Andy Greene
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
There are ups and downs in just about every actor’s career. Sometimes you have good luck, sometimes you don’t. For instance, it was terrible luck when the Twilight franchise replaced Victoria actress, Rachelle Lefevre, the one with the wicked curve ball, with Bryce Dallas Howard. And Lefevre’s luck wasn’t so good when CBS cancelled her show, A Gifted Man. I was watching that, thank you very much! The TV gods are smiling now, however. The star was just cast in Under the Dome.
Based upon Stephen King’s novel of the same name, Under the Dome details just what happens to the inhabitants and passers through of a small New England town when they find it is inexplicably enclosed within an impenetrable dome, cutting it off from the rest of the world and trapping those inside.
According to THR, for the upcoming CBS TV series, Lefevre will play Julia,...
Based upon Stephen King’s novel of the same name, Under the Dome details just what happens to the inhabitants and passers through of a small New England town when they find it is inexplicably enclosed within an impenetrable dome, cutting it off from the rest of the world and trapping those inside.
According to THR, for the upcoming CBS TV series, Lefevre will play Julia,...
- 2/20/2013
- by Sasha Nova
- Boomtron
After two tries at doctoring it up for ABC (with Off The Map and A Gifted Man) Twilight star Rachelle Lefevre is now set to give CBS a TV try with its Under The Dome adaptation of Stephen King's sci-fi novel of the same name. According to TV Guide, Lefevre has signed on to star as Julia, an investigative reporter who moves to the small town of Chester Mills, Maine with her doctor husband and becomes trapped within when a clear dome is suddenly placed around the town's borders. Lefevre joins Dean Norris, Mike Vogel, Britt Robertson, Natalie Martinez, Aisha Hinds, Alex Koch, Colin Ford, Nicholas Strong and Jolene Purdy for the cast, and thirteen episodes have been ordered up from CBS. Rachelle Lefevre, who portrayed Victoria in Twilight and The Twilight Saga: New Moon, has also guest-starred in the television series The Deep End, Swingtown, Boston Legal, The Closer,...
- 2/20/2013
- by thetwilightexaminer
- Twilight Examiner
Britt Robertson is the latest actor to fall Under The Dome.
Under The Dome is the 13 episode CBS miniseries based on Stephen King’s massive book of the same name. Robertson joins Alex Koch, Natalie Martinez, and Colin Ford in the ensemble to this point.
Robertson is known for roles in Scream 4, Dan In Real Life, Swingtown, The First Time, The Secret Circle, and Life Unexpected. Robertson will play Angie the waitress. Now we wait for “Barbie” and “Big Jim,” the two decisions that could make or break this adaptation. We’ll find out well before the June 24th premiere date, I’m sure!
Under The Dome is the 13 episode CBS miniseries based on Stephen King’s massive book of the same name. Robertson joins Alex Koch, Natalie Martinez, and Colin Ford in the ensemble to this point.
Robertson is known for roles in Scream 4, Dan In Real Life, Swingtown, The First Time, The Secret Circle, and Life Unexpected. Robertson will play Angie the waitress. Now we wait for “Barbie” and “Big Jim,” the two decisions that could make or break this adaptation. We’ll find out well before the June 24th premiere date, I’m sure!
- 1/28/2013
- by Andy Greene
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
The upcoming science fiction series, Under the Dome is getting more and more attractive. We delivered the update when showrunners hired Natalie Martinez and the new this week is that Britt Robertson now has the same distinction of winning a Stephen King-inspired role.
Natalie Martinez is the tough CSI:ny babe who will play Deputy Linda of Chester’s Mill. When we filled you in on that tidbit we also shared that actor Alex Koch would play Junior Rennie, the son of a local politician and car dealer. Funny how both professions are known for being slightly sleazy.
Rennie is described as being quite “disturbed” and obsessed with a town waitress who can’t wait to leave Chester’s Mill. Guess what. Britt Robertson, from today’s headline, has won the role of Angie, the attractive young waitress and aspiring nurse who Rennie is infatuated with. I can imagine things...
Natalie Martinez is the tough CSI:ny babe who will play Deputy Linda of Chester’s Mill. When we filled you in on that tidbit we also shared that actor Alex Koch would play Junior Rennie, the son of a local politician and car dealer. Funny how both professions are known for being slightly sleazy.
Rennie is described as being quite “disturbed” and obsessed with a town waitress who can’t wait to leave Chester’s Mill. Guess what. Britt Robertson, from today’s headline, has won the role of Angie, the attractive young waitress and aspiring nurse who Rennie is infatuated with. I can imagine things...
- 1/28/2013
- by Sasha Nova
- Boomtron
The Secret Circle‘s Britt Robertson will soon find herself Under the Dome. CBS’ 13-episode drama, based on Stephen King’s 2009 novel, takes place in a New England community that inexplicably finds itself trapped beneath a massive, transparent barrier. The situation soon turns to chaos.
Robertson will play Angie, an attractive young waitress and aspiring nurse who has dreams of escaping her town, Chester’s Mill.
Before playing Circle‘s Cassie, Robertson was Life Unexpected‘s foster kid Lux. Her other TV credits include Law & Order: Svu,...
Robertson will play Angie, an attractive young waitress and aspiring nurse who has dreams of escaping her town, Chester’s Mill.
Before playing Circle‘s Cassie, Robertson was Life Unexpected‘s foster kid Lux. Her other TV credits include Law & Order: Svu,...
- 1/25/2013
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
Magic is back in Storybrooke, but it's not all sunshine and happiness for the "Once Upon a Time" characters, especially Regina, the Evil Queen. In fact, for her, it's a very lonely time, Lana Parrilla told The Huffington Post.
The residents of Storybrooke have their memories back and they're not too happy. "Everyone remembers what happened and knows who she is. She's backed up in a corner," Parrilla said.
In Season 2, "Once Upon A Time" is stepping up its game in all departments, including sets and visual affects, she said.
"I just think everyone is going to be blown away in the second season because we're introducing new characters," Parrilla said. "Everything is bigger, more grand ... Everything is much more elaborate and the storytelling, I think, is more compelling.
"It's going to be a fantastic second season and I hope everyone enjoys it as much as I enjoy filming it,...
The residents of Storybrooke have their memories back and they're not too happy. "Everyone remembers what happened and knows who she is. She's backed up in a corner," Parrilla said.
In Season 2, "Once Upon A Time" is stepping up its game in all departments, including sets and visual affects, she said.
"I just think everyone is going to be blown away in the second season because we're introducing new characters," Parrilla said. "Everything is bigger, more grand ... Everything is much more elaborate and the storytelling, I think, is more compelling.
"It's going to be a fantastic second season and I hope everyone enjoys it as much as I enjoy filming it,...
- 9/27/2012
- by Chris Harnick
- Huffington Post
Fall is a hopeful time for TV viewers. Every new show is an unknown, save for a handful of promos and publicity photos and we're waiting to find out if the show lives up to the promise of a great idea or... withers away to inspire case studies of failure analysis.
There are few obvious trends this year. The New Normal and Partners both feature a gay couple among its lead characters while Arrow and 666 Park Avenue try to capture the Occupy Wall Street zeitgeist that helped make Revenge a hit. But overall, this fall lacks the "me too" quality that so often characterizes a TV season.
The one trend that does stand out this season are strong ideas that don't quite meet their potential in the pilot. Vegas, Last Resort, 666 Park Avenue and The Mindy Project are some of the pilots that left critics hoping that later episodes fix the rough spots.
There are few obvious trends this year. The New Normal and Partners both feature a gay couple among its lead characters while Arrow and 666 Park Avenue try to capture the Occupy Wall Street zeitgeist that helped make Revenge a hit. But overall, this fall lacks the "me too" quality that so often characterizes a TV season.
The one trend that does stand out this season are strong ideas that don't quite meet their potential in the pilot. Vegas, Last Resort, 666 Park Avenue and The Mindy Project are some of the pilots that left critics hoping that later episodes fix the rough spots.
- 9/4/2012
- by LyleMasaki
- The Backlot
When Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen’s Temple Hill Entertainment entered television in 2010 with an overall deal at ABC Studios, the first project the company sold was a new take on a classic literary work with a seasoned showrunner attached as writer. The project, a contemporary twist on The Count of Monte Cristo from a female perspective written by Swingtown creator Mike Kelley, became ABC’s breakout soap Revenge. Now, as the Twilight producer just renewed its deal at ABC Studios, the company’s first project under the new pact is another drama for ABC that reinvents classic public domain literary characters and will be penned by veteran TV writer-producers. The characters are Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn and the writers Jason Richman and David Zabel. The project, which is looking to replicate the success of Revenge, is a mystery adventure that follows the exploits of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn,...
- 8/18/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Kristin Chenoweth is unfortunately out. And another former Gcb star is in. But not as a replacement for her ex-castmate. Allow us to explain:
Days after Chenoweth announced that an on-set injury had forced her to resign from further filming on The Good Wife - following one episode of the actress as a political reporter - TV Line confirms that that Miriam Shor has also been cast as a journalist on Season 4.
However, network sources state that Shor's character is a national news correspondent who feels wasted on the local Chicago market, and will not simply be taking over for Chenoweth.
This role was conceived prior to Chenoweth's mishap and subsequent exit.
Shor starred as Cricket Caruth-Reilly on Gcb and has also appeared on Damages and Swingtown.
The Good Wife Season 4, meanwhile, premieres on September 30.
Days after Chenoweth announced that an on-set injury had forced her to resign from further filming on The Good Wife - following one episode of the actress as a political reporter - TV Line confirms that that Miriam Shor has also been cast as a journalist on Season 4.
However, network sources state that Shor's character is a national news correspondent who feels wasted on the local Chicago market, and will not simply be taking over for Chenoweth.
This role was conceived prior to Chenoweth's mishap and subsequent exit.
Shor starred as Cricket Caruth-Reilly on Gcb and has also appeared on Damages and Swingtown.
The Good Wife Season 4, meanwhile, premieres on September 30.
- 8/15/2012
- by matt@mediavine.com (Matt Richenthal)
- TVfanatic
Is The Good Wife trading one Good Christian Bitch Belle for another?
Miriam Shor, who played business mogul Cricket Caruth-Reilly on ABC’s short-lived soap Gcb, is joining the CBS drama in the recurring role of a reporter, TVLine has learned exclusively.
This comes just days after Shor’s former Gcb co-star Kristin Chenoweth announced that she was cutting short her own arc as reporter covering the a Florrick campaign due to an injury she sustained on the set last month.
Poll | Does Julianna Margulies Deserve to Best Actress Emmy This Year?
Although a source says Shor isn’t replacing...
Miriam Shor, who played business mogul Cricket Caruth-Reilly on ABC’s short-lived soap Gcb, is joining the CBS drama in the recurring role of a reporter, TVLine has learned exclusively.
This comes just days after Shor’s former Gcb co-star Kristin Chenoweth announced that she was cutting short her own arc as reporter covering the a Florrick campaign due to an injury she sustained on the set last month.
Poll | Does Julianna Margulies Deserve to Best Actress Emmy This Year?
Although a source says Shor isn’t replacing...
- 8/15/2012
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
July 22: Actor Orson Bean ("Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman") is 84. Actress Louise Fletcher is 78. Singer Chuck Jackson is 75. Actor Terence Stamp is 74. Game show host Alex Trebek is 72. Singer George Clinton is 71. Singer-actor Bobby Sherman is 69. Actor Danny Glover is 66. Writer-director Paul Schrader is 66. Singer Don Henley is 65. Actor-comedian-director Albert Brooks is 65. Composer Alan Menken ("Little Mermaid," "Little Shop of Horrors") is 63. Musician Al Di Meola is 58. Actor Willem Dafoe is 57. Singer Keith Sweat is 51. Singer Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls is 49. Actor-comedian David Spade is 48. Actor John Leguizamo is 48. Bassist Pat Badger of Extreme is 45. Actor Rhys Ifans is 45. Musician Daniel Jones (Savage Garden) is 39. Singer Rufus Wainwright is 39. Actress Franka Potente ("The Bourne Identity") is 38. Actress Selena Gomez is 20.
July 23: Actress Gloria DeHaven is 87. Radio personality Don Imus is 72. Country singer Tony Joe White is 69. Actor Larry Manetti ("Magnum, P.I.") is 65. Singer David Essex is 65. Singer...
July 23: Actress Gloria DeHaven is 87. Radio personality Don Imus is 72. Country singer Tony Joe White is 69. Actor Larry Manetti ("Magnum, P.I.") is 65. Singer David Essex is 65. Singer...
- 7/19/2012
- by www.huffingtonpost.com
- Huffington Post
Miriam Shor -- chic in a dress, camera-ready makeup and hair, jewelry and heels -- looks visibly relieved when the waiter puts down the breadbasket.
As Cricket in ABC's over-the-top and completely fun "Gcb," airing Sundays, Shor is always pulled together.
"I live in the East Village," Shor tells Zap2it. "Wearing this is like a drag show for me. If I walked in like I normally look, they'd be like, 'Help the homeless lady.' "
She breaks off a small piece of focaccia and says, "I lived half of my life in Italy. A significant portion of the day is about eating. The organizational skills are not that great, but the food is fantastic."
Her parents traveled and were very political. So political that Shor counts her first public performance as singing before people at the age of 2.
"I stood on a table and sang the communist marching song...
As Cricket in ABC's over-the-top and completely fun "Gcb," airing Sundays, Shor is always pulled together.
"I live in the East Village," Shor tells Zap2it. "Wearing this is like a drag show for me. If I walked in like I normally look, they'd be like, 'Help the homeless lady.' "
She breaks off a small piece of focaccia and says, "I lived half of my life in Italy. A significant portion of the day is about eating. The organizational skills are not that great, but the food is fantastic."
Her parents traveled and were very political. So political that Shor counts her first public performance as singing before people at the age of 2.
"I stood on a table and sang the communist marching song...
- 4/16/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Newcomer Elizabeth Henstridge has become the first cast member in the CW’s Mark Schwahn/J.J. Abrams drama pilot Shelter. Produced by Warner Bros TV, Shelter is set at a historic New England summer resort where the new and returning staff attend to the practical, emotional and often comical needs of the guests while navigating friendships, rivalries and romances of their own. British actress Henstridge, repped by Flutie Entertainment and the UK’s Lois Harvey, will play Grace, an overachiever and newly promoted hotel manager at the Shelter Bay, where the show is set. Merle Dandridge and Teri Reeves have been added to the cast of NBC’s drama pilot Chicago Fire starring Jesse Spencer. On Wolf Films and Universal TV’s action-driven drama about the complex and heroic men and women of the Chicago Fire Department, Dandridge will play the team’s humorless boss Kay Fitori. Reeves, repped by Sdb Partners and New Wave,...
- 3/12/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Michael Rady and Kelly McCreary have landed roles in The CW's pilot First Cut. The medical drama focuses on a socially awkward new doctor called Emily who discovers that life at the hospital she joins is no different from her high school. Rady has now joined the cast as surgical resident Micah, TV Line says. Meanwhile, McCreary will play Emily's fellow medical intern Tyra. Rady's previous credits include Swingtown, Greek, (more)...
- 2/23/2012
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
Writer and executive producer Mike Kelley has been around the soapy TV block -- his credits include Swingtown, The O.C., and One Tree Hill. Yet as the head of ABC’s new hit drama, Revenge, the showrunner admits that plotting the series has been tougher than he expected. Video: TCA ABC - Disney Party with 'Revenge' Star Joshua Bowman "I didn’t have any idea frankly when I jumped into this how complicated the serialized nature of this can get,” Kelley tells The Hollywood Reporter. “And as fun as it is to watch, there’s a lot of trickery going on that takes
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- 1/19/2012
- by Jethro Nededog
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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