Showtime is developing a horror series based on Scott Thomas’ novel “Kill Creek” with “Doctor Strange” director Scott Derrickson to executive produce and direct.
Thomas is writing the adaptation himself, while also serving as an executive producer, along with “Underground” co-creator Misha Green. Green currently serves as writer and showrunner on HBO’s upcoming drama series, “Lovecraft Country,” from Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions, J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot and Wbtv.
In “Kill Creek,” Sam McGarver and three fellow masters of the macabre reluctantly agree to spend Halloween night in one of the country’s most infamous haunted houses, their presence awakens an entity that will torment and threaten to make them a part of Kill Creek’s bloody legacy.
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The novel was honored as the American Library Association’s Horror...
Thomas is writing the adaptation himself, while also serving as an executive producer, along with “Underground” co-creator Misha Green. Green currently serves as writer and showrunner on HBO’s upcoming drama series, “Lovecraft Country,” from Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions, J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot and Wbtv.
In “Kill Creek,” Sam McGarver and three fellow masters of the macabre reluctantly agree to spend Halloween night in one of the country’s most infamous haunted houses, their presence awakens an entity that will torment and threaten to make them a part of Kill Creek’s bloody legacy.
Also Read: 'Fear the Walking Dead' Alum Kim Dickens to Star in Showtime Pilot 'Queen Fur'
The novel was honored as the American Library Association’s Horror...
- 8/23/2018
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
In today’s roundup, Melissa Rosenberg signs an overall deal with Warner Bros. Television, while Kim Dickens joins the pilot for “Queen Fur” at Showtime.
First Looks
BBC America has released initial photos for upcoming five-part series “Dynasties,“ presented by Sir David Attenborough (“Blue Planet II,” “Planet Earth II“) and executive produced by Mike Gunton (“Planet Earth II“). The series will focus on one family within a species per episode, including lions on the savannahs of Kenya’s Masai Mara and painted wolves on the floodplains of the great Zambezi river in Zimbabwe.
Casting
Kim Dickens (“Fear the Walking Dead“) will star in the hour-long drama pilot “Queen Fur” for Showtime. Michael Mosley (“Seven Seconds“), Jon Foster (“Like Father“), Joshua Mikel (“The Walking Dead“), Keith Machekanyanga (“Timeless“), and Spencer Howell (“Ithaca“) have also joined previously announced star Lily Mae Harrington (“Some Freaks“). Harrington plays Macy Dunleavy, a high school dropout...
First Looks
BBC America has released initial photos for upcoming five-part series “Dynasties,“ presented by Sir David Attenborough (“Blue Planet II,” “Planet Earth II“) and executive produced by Mike Gunton (“Planet Earth II“). The series will focus on one family within a species per episode, including lions on the savannahs of Kenya’s Masai Mara and painted wolves on the floodplains of the great Zambezi river in Zimbabwe.
Casting
Kim Dickens (“Fear the Walking Dead“) will star in the hour-long drama pilot “Queen Fur” for Showtime. Michael Mosley (“Seven Seconds“), Jon Foster (“Like Father“), Joshua Mikel (“The Walking Dead“), Keith Machekanyanga (“Timeless“), and Spencer Howell (“Ithaca“) have also joined previously announced star Lily Mae Harrington (“Some Freaks“). Harrington plays Macy Dunleavy, a high school dropout...
- 8/22/2018
- by Tara Bitran
- Variety Film + TV
Kim Dickens has booked her first gig since she was written off Fear the Walking Dead, the AMC zombie series on which she played the lead, Madison Clark. Dickens will star in a Showtime drama pilot called Queen Fur, Deadline reports.
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- 8/22/2018
- by Liam Mathews
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Kim Dickens has signed on to star in Showtime’s new drama pilot “Queen Fur,” the network announced Wednesday.
Lily Mae Harrington (“Some Freaks”), Michael Mosley (“Seven Seconds”), Jon Foster (“Like Father”), Joshua Mikel (“The Walking Dead”), Keith Machekanyanga (“Timeless”) and Spencer Howell have also been cast.
The story is set in small town Central Florida where beauty pageants, gun culture, Cuban revolutionaries and Southern hospitality co-exist and collide. Harrington plays Macy Dunleavy, a high school drop out, and Dickens will play her mother, a former beauty queen.
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Mosley will play local gun salesman Todd, Mikel will play his associate Ryan, Foster will play Macy’s older brother Rob, and Machekanyanga will play small-time criminal Ralph.
Eileen Myers (“Masters of Sex”) writes and executive produces. Deb Spera (“Army Wives”) will also executive produce, and Sian Heder...
Lily Mae Harrington (“Some Freaks”), Michael Mosley (“Seven Seconds”), Jon Foster (“Like Father”), Joshua Mikel (“The Walking Dead”), Keith Machekanyanga (“Timeless”) and Spencer Howell have also been cast.
The story is set in small town Central Florida where beauty pageants, gun culture, Cuban revolutionaries and Southern hospitality co-exist and collide. Harrington plays Macy Dunleavy, a high school drop out, and Dickens will play her mother, a former beauty queen.
Also Read: Why Jim Carrey's 'Kidding' Is the Anti-'Breaking Bad'
Mosley will play local gun salesman Todd, Mikel will play his associate Ryan, Foster will play Macy’s older brother Rob, and Machekanyanga will play small-time criminal Ralph.
Eileen Myers (“Masters of Sex”) writes and executive produces. Deb Spera (“Army Wives”) will also executive produce, and Sian Heder...
- 8/22/2018
- by Ashley Boucher
- The Wrap
Fear the Walking Dead alum Kim Dickens has been tapped to star opposite Lily Mae Harrington In Queen Fur, Showtime’s drama pilot from writer Eileen Myers (Masters of Sex). Michael Mosley (Seven Seconds), Jon Foster (Like Father), Joshua Mikel (The Walking Dead), Keith Machekanyanga (Timeless) and Spencer Howell (Ithaca) also have been cast as regulars should the pilot go to series.
Created, written and executive produced by Myers, Queen Fur is set in a small town in Central Florida – a place where beauty pageants, gun culture, Cuban revolutionaries and Southern hospitality co-exist and collide. And at the center of it all is Macy Dunleavy (Harrington) – a curvy, sexy, unapologetic high school dropout who is finding her womanhood and is ready to seize a big opportunity.
Dickens will play Macy’s mom, a former local beauty queen.
Mosley will play Todd, a local gun salesman. Mikel is Ryan, an associate of Todd.
Created, written and executive produced by Myers, Queen Fur is set in a small town in Central Florida – a place where beauty pageants, gun culture, Cuban revolutionaries and Southern hospitality co-exist and collide. And at the center of it all is Macy Dunleavy (Harrington) – a curvy, sexy, unapologetic high school dropout who is finding her womanhood and is ready to seize a big opportunity.
Dickens will play Macy’s mom, a former local beauty queen.
Mosley will play Todd, a local gun salesman. Mikel is Ryan, an associate of Todd.
- 8/22/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Kim Dickens has booked her follow-up role to AMC's Fear the Walking Dead.
More than two months after her shocking exit from the AMC zombie drama, Dickens has been tapped to star in Showtime drama pilot Queen Fur. The Showtime-Sony Pictures TV co-production is set in a small town in Central Florida — a place where beauty pageants, gun culture, Cuban revolutionaries and Southern hospitality co-exist and collide. And at the center of it all is Macy Dunleavy (Lily Mae Harrington, Some Freaks, The Glee Project) — a curvy, sexy, unapologetic high school dropout who is finding her womanhood and ...
More than two months after her shocking exit from the AMC zombie drama, Dickens has been tapped to star in Showtime drama pilot Queen Fur. The Showtime-Sony Pictures TV co-production is set in a small town in Central Florida — a place where beauty pageants, gun culture, Cuban revolutionaries and Southern hospitality co-exist and collide. And at the center of it all is Macy Dunleavy (Lily Mae Harrington, Some Freaks, The Glee Project) — a curvy, sexy, unapologetic high school dropout who is finding her womanhood and ...
- 8/22/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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