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A young woman, young man, and jealous king take center stage in the highly anticipated musical family adventure, Journey to Bethlehem. The trailer for the film has already gained massive popularity online, with 12.5 million views across YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. Adam Anders, renowned for his work on Glee and The Prom, makes his directorial debut in this unique retelling of the story of Mary and Joseph, featuring 12 original songs and a star-studded cast.

Follow a young woman carrying an unimaginable responsibility, a young man torn between love and honor, and a jealous king who will stop at nothing to keep his crown in the newly released trailer for the musical family adventure, Journey to Bethlehem. Released courtesy of Affirm Films, this new footage from Journey to Bethlehem has already seen huge popularity online, amassing 3.3 million views on YouTube, and 12.5 million across YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok, indicating that many...

James Denton will star alongside his son, Sheppard Denton, in Hallmark‘s “Perfect Harmony,” a new original moving premiering in the fall on Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. Sherri Saum will also star.

In, “Perfect Harmony,” Denton portrays Jack Chandeller while Saum plays Barrett Woodword. When thier mutual friends, Naomi (Julia Benson) and Simon (Peter Benson), are ready to tie the knot, they ask the duo to be Best Man and Maid of Honor.

“Barrett is a buttoned-up college professor. Jack on the other hand, is a laid-back, former pop star. They have been like oil and water since they met 10 years prior but, to support Naomi and Simon, they agree to set aside their differences,” the movie’s description reads. “At the engagement party, Barrett is horrified to learn Jack’s plan for party music was nothing more than a playlist. She guilts him into performing but he insists she join him on stage,...

Six top TV cinematographers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2022 Emmy Awards contenders. They will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Wednesday, May 18, at 4:00 p.m. Pt; 7:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Christopher Rosen and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.

RSVP today to our entire ongoing Emmy contenders panel series by clicking here to book your free reservation. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.

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Halo (Paramount+)

Synopsis: Aliens threaten human existence in an epic 26th-century showdown. TV series based on the video game ‘Halo.’

Bio: Karl-Walter Lindenlaub was an Emmy nominee for “Houdini.” Other projects have included “Independence Day,” “The Princess Diaries,” “The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian,...

Exclusive: Rich Sommer (The Dropout), Lauren Lindsey Donzis (Punky Brewster), Jayma Mays (United States of Al), Bentley Green (Snowfall), Angel Laketa Moore (Atypical) and Bailey Gavulic (Fear The Walking Dead) are set as series regulars in CBS comedy pilot Rust Belt News. Additionally, Jeff Blitz (American Auto) has been tapped to direct and executive produce the single-camera comedy pilot from The Simpsons writer and The Mindy Project exec producer Matt Warburton.

Written by Warburton, the project is set in a small Ohio town where the local newspaper goes out of business, leaving the ambitious, angsty reporters of the high school newspaper as the only people left to report on scandals, dig up corruption, and generally polish the rust off this rust-belt community.

2022 CBS Pilots & Series Orders

Sommer will play Caleb, a jaded former journalist whose love of writing is reignited when he is recruited by Mack to help start an underground newspaper.

The Scott Foley-led drama “The Big Leap” has been canceled after just one season at Fox, Variety has learned.

A modern tale about second chances, chasing your dreams and taking back what’s yours,”The Big Leap” revolves around a group of diverse, down-on-their-luck characters attempting to change their lives by participating in a potentially life-ruining reality dance show featuring a modern reimagining of “Swan Lake.”

“The Big Leap” starred Scott Foley, Teri Polo, Piper Perabo, Simone Recasner, Kevin Daniels, Ser’Darius Blain, Jon Rudnitsky, Mallory Jansen and Anna Grace Barlow.

The drama from creator/executive producer Liz Heldens, director/executive producer Jason Winer and executive producer Sue Naegle premiered as part of Fox’s fall lineup. It averaged a 0.4 rating among the advertiser-coveted adults 18-49 demographic and 2.8 million multiplatform viewers throughout its 11-episode run in Nielsen’s Live + Same Day data, which counts a week’s worth of delayed viewing where available.

Exclusive: Jason Winer (The Big Leap) has been tapped to direct Disney+’s upcoming The Santa Clause limited series starring Tim Allen. The Modern Family alum will also executive produce through his Small Dog Picture Co. the series, which comes from Last Man Standing creator Jack Burditt.

In the Disney+ series, Scott Calvin (Allen) is on the brink of his 65th birthday and realizing that he can’t be Santa forever. He’s suddenly starting to lose his Santa magic, and more importantly, he’s got a family who could benefit from a life in the normal world, especially his two kids who have grown up at the North Pole. With a lot of elves, children, and family to please, Scott sets out to find a suitable replacement Santa while preparing his family for a new adventure in a life south of the pole.

2022 Disney+ Pilots & Series Orders

Winer and...

Exclusive: NBC’s Grand Crew announced the addition of Grasie Mercedes to the cast in a series-regular role. She’ll portray Fay, a recently divorced transplant to Los Angeles who becomes fast friends with the regulars at Eastside Cru.

The comedy, from the Brooklyn Nine-Nine duo of writer-producer Phil Augusta Jackson and co-creator/executive producer Dan Goor, follows a group of young L.A. professionals navigating the ups and downs of life and love. When they’re ready to unpack it all, they meet at their favorite local bar for a “wine down.”

Jackson will write and executive produce. Mo Marable will direct and co-executive produce the pilot. Dan Goor will executive produce.

Previously announced cast includes Nicole Byer, Justin Cunningham, Aaron Jennings, Echo Kellum and Carl Tart.

Mercedes is a Dominican American actress, writer and producer from New York currently based in Los Angeles. Most recently she served as...

Following the first wave of cancelations since the spread of the deadly 'Covid-19' virus, more TV series have been killed off, including shows from Netflix, Hulu, CBS, ABC, Fox, A&e, USA, Pop TV, Starz, CBS All Access, History, Paramount and a whole lot more:

Canceled Series

ABC

American Housewife

Rebel

Mixed-ish

For Life

The Baker and the Beauty, 1 season

Single Parents, 2 seasons

Bless This Mess, 2 seasons

Emergence, 1 season

Schooled, 2 seasons

Kids Say the Darndest Things, 1 season

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., 7 seasons

Strahan, Sara and Keke, 2 seasons

United We Fall, 1 season

Stumptown, 1 season

Adult Swim

The Venture Bros., 7 seasons

Amazon

Bosch, 7 seasons

Goliath, 4 seasons

Utopia, 1 season

AMC

NOS4A2, 2 seasons

The Walking Dead, 11 seasons

Better Call Saul, 6 seasons

The Walking Dead: World Beyond, 2 seasons

CBS

The Unicorn

All Rise

Criminal Minds, 15 seasons

God Friended Me, 2 seasons

Carol's Second Act, 1 season

Man With a Plan, 4 seasons

Broke, 1 season

Tommy, 1 season

CBS All Access

Interrogation,...

Natalia Anderson will direct the ABC single-camera comedy pilot “Maggie,” Variety has learned exclusively.

Anderson started out as a director and producer on the CBS comedy series “Life in Pieces,” directing multiple episodes. Other TV directing credits for Anderson include “Black-ish,” “Single Parents,” “Brews Brothers,” “Grown-ish,” “American Housewife,” and “Perfect Harmony.” She previously worked at Brownstone Productions under Elizabeth Banks. During her time at the company, she worked on projects including both “Pitch Perfect” and “Pitch Perfect 2.”

She is repped by WME.

“Maggie” stars Rebecca Rittenhouse and is based on the short film of the same name by Tim Curcio. It revolves around a young woman who tries to cope with life while coming to terms with her abilities as a psychic. She can see everyone’s future, but her present is a mess.

Along with Rittenhouse, the show stars David Del Rio, Chris Elliot, Ray Ford, and Leonardo Nam.

Mira, Royal Detective – Disney Junior

Throughout Season 1 of the excellent animated Indian imbibed series Mira, Royal Detective, children both young and old have learned, danced, sang and followed and solved the clues with the young detective. Inspired by the cultures and customs of India, the series follows the brave and resourceful Mira, a young girl who travels throughout the fictional land of Jalpur solving mysteries for her friends, family and extended community.

Now get ready because season 2, which looks to be even more, is set to begin on April 5th on Disney Junior and DisneyNOW, with new episodes every Monday for eight consecutive weeks.

Season two will include an episode highlighting the Eid al-Fitr holiday debuting Monday, May 3 (5:00 p.m. Edt), and episodes celebrating the festivals of Teej and Dasara, as well as four extended-length music- and dance-filled specials. Not only that, season one of the series will begin streaming on Disney+ on Friday,...

Exclusive: Rizwan Manji (Schitt’s Creek) and Ari Afsar (Hamilton) have joined the cast of Netflix comedy Wedding Season. They will star alongside Suraj Sharma (Life Of Pi) and Pallavi Sharda (Tom & Jerry), as Deadline previously revealed.

Written by Shiwani Srivastava and directed by Tom Dey (Shanghai Noon), the film follows two Indian-Americans who pretend to date in order to survive a summer of weddings, but find themselves falling for each other as they struggle to balance who they are with who their parents want them to be.

Shooting is scheduled to start in April in Toronto. Swati Shetty is producing for her Samosa Stories banner with Brian Grazer and Ron Howard for Imagine Entertainment, alongside Tony Hernandez and John Hodges for Emily In Paris outfit Jax Media. Ryan M. Murphy and John Rhodes are executive producers.

Manji will next be seen in James Gunn’s HBO Max series...

It’s officially official: Paramount+ is exhuming Frasier from the TV graveyard, ordering a revival of the Emmy-winning sitcom. And while Kelsey Grammer is confirmed to reprise his titular role in the sequel series, sources tell TVLine there are no deals in place yet for his co-stars David Hyde Pierce (Niles) Jane Leeves (Daphne) and Peri Gilpin (Roz) to return.

“Having spent over 20 years of my creative life on the Paramount lot, both producing shows and performing in several, I’d like to congratulate Paramount+ on its entry into the streaming world,” said Grammer in a statement. “I gleefully anticipate...

Exclusive: We have just learned that Elizabeth Faith Ludlow and Rizwan Manji will play the respective recurring characters of Keeya and Jamil on James Gunn’s upcoming HBO Max series Peacemaker. Their character descriptions are being kept under wraps in the Suicide Squad spinoff show, which focuses on John Cena’s title mercenary: a guy who believes in peace at any cost — no matter how many people he has to kill to get it.

Ludlow is best known for her portrayal of Arat in AMC’s The Walking Dead. This fall, she will be seen in the HBO Max series Equal. She also can be seen in Netflix’s Another Life, which has completed production of Season 2 and is in post-production. Ludlow is represented by A3 Artists Agency and Tassell Talent Group.

Manji recently starred in NBC’s Perfect Harmony opposite Bradley Whitford. Rizwan heavily recurred on The Magicians, as well as Mr.

Following the first wave of  TV series cancelations, since the deliberate spread of the deadly 'Covid-19' virus, more series have been killed off, including shows from Netflix, Hulu, CBS, ABC, Fox, A&e, USA, Pop TV, Starz, CBS All Access, History, Paramount and a whole lot more:

Canceled Series

ABC

The Baker and the Beauty, 1 season

Single Parents, 2 seasons

Bless This Mess, 2 seasons

Emergence, 1 season

Schooled, 2 seasons

Kids Say the Darndest Things, 1 season

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., 7 seasons

Strahan, Sara and Keke, 2 seasons

United We Fall, 1 season

Stumptown, 1 season

Adult Swim

The Venture Bros., 7 seasons

Amazon

Bosch, 7 seasons

Goliath, 4 seasons

Utopia, 1 season

AMC

NOS4A2, 2 seasons

The Walking Dead, 11 seasons

Better Call Saul, 6 seasons

The Walking Dead: World Beyond, 2 seasons

CBS

Criminal Minds, 15 seasons

God Friended Me, 2 seasons

Carol's Second Act, 1 season

Man With a Plan, 4 seasons

Broke, 1 season

Tommy, 1 season

CBS All Access

Interrogation,...

Dennis Quaid is set to star in a film at MGM and LightWorkers called “On a Wing and a Prayer” that’s based on the true story of a passenger who successfully landed a plane after the pilot died mid-flight.

“On a Wing and a Prayer” is a faith-based family film that will see Quaid reuniting with director Sean McNamara, who previously worked with the actor on “Soul Surfer.” McNamara is also directing Quaid in the upcoming Ronald Reagan biopic “Reagan.” Brian Egeston (“Perfect Harmony”) wrote the script.

In the film, Quaid will play Doug White, who in 2009 was flying on a private King Air plane when the pilot suddenly died, forcing White to communicate with air traffic controllers and find a way to safely land the plane and rescue his family that was aboard.

“On a Wing and a Prayer” is produced by Roma Downey and Autumn Bailey-Ford. Mark Burnett...

Two-time Golden Globe nominee and SAG Ensemble winner Dennis Quaid will star in MGM and LightWorkers’ faith-based family drama, On a Wing and a Prayer. The pic marks the actor’s third reteaming with filmmaker Sean McNamara after Soul Surfer and the upcoming biopic Reagan in which Quaid plays the title role as the 40th U.S. President. On a Wing and a Prayer will be released through MGM’s distribution and marketing joint venture United Artists Releasing.

After a small-town pilot dies unexpectedly while flying the plane, passenger Doug White (Quaid) is forced to land the plane safely in order to save his entire family. Based on an astonishing true story, On a Wing and a Prayer follows one man’s harrowing journey to save his family from insurmountable danger.

Brian Egeston (Perfect Harmony) wrote the screenplay which is being produced by Roma Downey and Autumn Bailey-Ford. Mark Burnett will executive produce the project.

“Anne With an E” (Netflix)

Final Episode Jan. 3 “Harvey Girls Forever!” (Netflix)

Final episode Jan. 10 “Limetown” (Facebook Watch)

Canceled Jan. 16 “Sorry for Your Loss” (Facebook Watch)

Canceled Jan. 16 “The Ranch” (Netflix)

Final episode Jan. 24 “Flirty Dancing” (Fox)

Final episode Jan. 25 “Star Wars Resistance” (Disney Channel)

Final episode Jan. 26 “Arrow” (The CW)

Final episode Jan. 28 “Homicide Hunter” (ID)

Final episode Jan. 29 “The Good Place” (NBC)

Final episode Jan. 30 “New Looney Tunes” (Boomerang)

Final episode Jan. 30 “Bojack Horseman” (Netflix)

Final episode Jan. 31 “Soundtrack” (Netflix)

Canceled Jan. 31 “Spinning Out” (Netflix)

Canceled Feb. 3 “Ray Donovan” (Showtime)

Canceled Feb. 4 “If Loving You Is Wrong” (OWN)

Canceled Feb. 5 “Power” (Starz)

Final episode Feb. 9 “Shimmer and Shine” (Nick Jr.)

Final episode Feb. 9 “Insatiable” (Netflix)

Canceled Feb. 14 “Mike Tyson Mysteries” (Adult Swim)

Final episode Feb. 16 “Criminal Minds” (CBS)

Final episode Feb. 19 “Fresh off the Boat” (ABC)

Final episode Feb. 21 “High Noon” (ESPN)

Canceled Feb. 25 “Hawaii Five-0” (CBS)

Canceled Feb.

Following the first wave of  TV series cancelations, thanks to the evil, deliberately unleashed 'Covid-19' pandemic virus, affecting both cast and crew, film studios have killed even more series in 2020, including shows from Netflix, Hulu, CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox, A&e, USA, Pop TV, Starz, CBS All Access, History and Paramount:

Canceled Series

ABC

The Baker and the Beauty, 1 season

Single Parents, 2 seasons

Bless This Mess, 2 seasons

Emergence, 1 season

Schooled, 2 seasons

Kids Say the Darndest Things, 1 season

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., 7 seasons

Strahan, Sara and Keke, 2 seasons

United We Fall, 1 season

Stumptown, 1 season

Adult Swim

The Venture Bros., 7 seasons

Amazon

Bosch, 7 seasons

Goliath, 4 seasons

Utopia, 1 season

AMC

NOS4A2, 2 seasons

The Walking Dead, 11 seasons

Better Call Saul, 6 seasons

The Walking Dead: World Beyond, 2 seasons

CBS

Criminal Minds, 15 seasons

God Friended Me, 2 seasons

Carol's Second Act, 1 season

Man With a Plan, 4 seasons

Broke, 1 season

Tommy,...

Exclusive: Adam Anders, the producer of Netflix’s The Prom and the longtime executive music producer of the mutli-award winning series Glee, will make his directorial debut early next year on the Monarch Media, Space + Art Entertainment and Story Collective musical feature Road To Bethlehem.

The project is written by Netflix series I Am Not Okay With This scribe and EP Christy Hall. The film will shoot at the Jerusalem movie set in Utah.

Monarch Media is financing the project, with company principals Steve Barnett and Alan Powell set to produce. Anders will also produce through his Anders Media, Inc. banner, along with Brandt Andersen through his Space + Art Entertainment banner and Stephen Meinen and Ryan Busse through their Story Collective banner. Monarch principal Vicky Patel will executive produce. The film’s original music will be written and produced by Anders, Nikki Anders, and Peer Astrom. Anders and Astrom co-wrote...

Exclusive: Leon (The Temptations) is set for a recurring role opposite Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge on Season 2 of Showtime’s City On A Hill, currently in production. Created, written and executive produced by Chuck MacLean (Boston Strangler) and based on an original idea by Ben Affleck, City on a Hill is set in early 1990s Boston when the city was rife with violent criminals emboldened by local law enforcement agencies in which corruption and racism was the norm, until it suddenly all changed. The drama is a fictional account of what was called the “Boston Miracle.” Leon plays Reverend Isaiah Hughes, a spiritual adviser and activist with deep roots in his community. MacLean and Tom Fontana, who also serves as showrunner, executive produce with Jennifer Todd, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Michael Cuesta, Barry Levinson, Jorge Zamacona and consulting producer James Mangold. Bacon serves as co-executive producer. The role reunites Leon with Tom Fontana,...

Exclusive: Hulu is developing a half-hour dramedy in the world of technology and dating, based on a New Yorker short story from Kate Folk. The author is writing the series with Catastrophe co-creator Sharon Horgan with Modern Family’s Jason Winer exec producing.

The streamer has put Out There into development from 20th Television, where Winer has a deal, in association with Merman and Small Dog Picture Company.

It tells the story of Meg, a lonely and single woman in San Francisco, who thinks she’s found the rarest of unicorns in Roger, a disarmingly handsome, attentive and empathetic man. But she’ll soon discover he’s a blot – a fake man programmed to steal her identity, ruin her reputation and destroy her life.

The half-hour series is set in a world where technology has been weaponized to exploit our deepest fears and desires. It explores intimacy, modern dating and...

ABC has put in development Nate’s, a half-hour multi-camera comedy about a beloved Washington, D.C. bar, from writer Akilah Green (A Black Lady Sketch Show) and 20th Television.

Written by Green, the comedy revolves around Nate’s, a black-owned, Washington, D.C. dive bar that has been serving drinks for the last 10 presidential administrations. This beloved cultural institution serves as a sanctuary for the congressional staffers, Metro workers, Beltway socialites, and other regulars who frequent it.

Green executive produces with 3 Arts’ Katie Newman and Luke Maxwell. 20th Television is the studio.

Green is a lawyer-turned-tv writer who spent several years working as a lobbyist in Washington, D.C. before switching careers. She has written on a number of TV shows including both seasons of HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show, which has received three Emmy nominations, NBC’s Perfect Harmony and specials like The 72nd Primetime Emmys hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.

As the presidential election heats up, ABC is working on a comedy series about a fictional bar in Washington, D.C. where congressional staffers, among others, go to cool off.

The network has put into development a multi-cam comedy titled “Nate’s” which hails from 20th Television and “A Black Lady Sketch Show” writer Akilah Green.

“Nate’s” is a half-hour comedy that revolves around Nate’s, a black-owned, Washington, D.C. dive bar that has been serving drinks for the last 10 presidential administrations. This beloved cultural institution serves as a sanctuary for the congressional staffers, Metro workers, Beltway socialites, and other regulars who frequent it.

From the sounds of it the prospective series draws from Green’s personal experiences, given that she is a lawyer-turned-tv writer who spent several years working as a lobbyist in Washington, D.C. before switching careers. Green will serve as the lead writer and...

ABC is heading to Washington for its next comedy project.

The network is developing a multi-camera comedy called Nate’s, from writer Akilah Green and Disney’s 20th Television. The project is set at a Black-owned D.C. dive bar that has been serving drinks for the last 10 presidential administrations and is a sanctuary for congressional staffers, Metro workers, Beltway socialites and other regulars.

It’s territory Green knows: Before moving into television, she was a lawyer and lobbyist in Washington. Her writing credits include HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show, NBC’s Perfect Harmony and September’s Emmy Awards telecast. She’...

ABC is heading to Washington for its next comedy project.

The network is developing a multi-camera comedy called Nate’s, from writer Akilah Green and Disney’s 20th Television. The project is set at a Black-owned D.C. dive bar that has been serving drinks for the last 10 presidential administrations and is a sanctuary for congressional staffers, Metro workers, Beltway socialites and other regulars.

It’s territory Green knows: Before moving into television, she was a lawyer and lobbyist in Washington. Her writing credits include HBO’s A Black Lady Sketch Show, NBC’s Perfect Harmony and September’s Emmy Awards telecast. She’...

During the regular 2018-19 season, NBC launched six new scripted TV shows and four of them were cancelled. Which TV shows will be cancelled or renewed during the 2019-20 television season? Stay tuned.

NBC shows this season (so far): America's Got Talent, America's Got Talent: The Champions, The Blacklist, Blindspot, Bluff City Law, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, Chicago Pd, Council of Dads, Dateline NBC, Ellen's Game of Games, Ellen's Greatest Night of Giveaways, Good Girls, The Good Place, Hollywood Game Night, Indebted, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector, Little Big Shots, Making It, Manifest, New Amsterdam, Perfect Harmony, Songland, Sunnyside, Superstore, This Is Us, The Titan Games, The Voice, The Wall, Will & Grace, World of Dance, and Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist.

There's lots of data that NBC execs look at when deciding whether to renew or cancel...

For standard broadcast fare, it's impressive how innovative NBC has been with not just outside of the box hits but shows about communities you might not often see over the last decade.

One of the channels being known for the hallmarks of American television introduced us to shows like Outsourced (set in India), Sunnyside (a community of immigrants in New York), Perfect Harmony (the South), Superstore (the working-class American Midwest).

It's perhaps in this tradition that NBC is branching out into far-off settings by adding a show about a Syrian refugee who faces marginalization despite his brilliance as a doctor on Transplant Season 1 Episode 1.

This highly relevant tale of a modern-day medical Maguyver of sorts starts off with an emotional wallop of a first episode. The only problem is where the show goes from here.

The show starts out with about three minutes of set-up as we see our protagonist,...

NBC, hot on the heels of CBS and ABC doing same, has released its own Fall TV premiere plan, and it includes actual, autumnal return dates for This Is Us, each and every #OneChicago, and Superstore.

Also locked in — or as “locked in” as anything can be mid-pandemic — for fall are The Voice, Svu and Blacklist; the new, socially distanced comedy Connecting; and the Jane Lynch-hosted Weakest Link.

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Netflix has released the first trailer for Julie and the Phantoms. This new musical series comes from Kenny Ortega, best known as the man behind the High School Musical franchise. In this case, he is heading back to his song and dance roots, this time with a little bit of a genre spin. The show is "about embracing life's ups and downs, following your dreams, and discovering the power of your own voice." But it also involves ghosts.

The trailer opens up with our title character getting ready to give a performance, though she is clearly a bit hesitant to do so. We quickly come to find she has suffered a great personal loss with her mom passing away. Things get supernatural in a hurry as several ghosts pay Julie a visit. Ultimately, they end up helping Julie through her musical journey. It very much has the vibe of a Disney Channel musical,...

“You only live once but you can rock forever,” promises the tagline in the first trailer for Netflix’s Ya musical series Julie and the Phantoms. To which we say…rad.

Julie and the Phantoms is a nine-episode series set to arrive to Netflix on September 10. It follows high schooler Julie (Madison Reyes) struggling to regain her passion for music after the loss of her mother. Thankfully, some rockin’ ghosts from the distant past (1995) will soon arrive to help out. Check out the first full trailer below.

“Why have you been keeping those cute boys a secret?” one character asks. Why indeed, Netflix? This looks to be a charming Ya adventure, which makes sense as it comes from Kenny Ortega – the director and choreographer behind High School Musical. Netflix official description for the series reads:

“High schooler Julie (Madison Reyes) lost her passion for music after her mom died last year.

The first trailer for All Together Now has arrived online. This is the latest Netflix original movie heading our way this summer. In this case, we have Moana star Auli'i Cravalho leading the cast of director Brett Haley's latest. The streaming service promises this "is a story of finding hope in the darkest of times." Based on the trailer, that seems true, and it looks like this is going to be a bit of a tearjerker as well.

The trailer kicks off with us getting to know our lead character Amber a bit. She's musically inclined and has big dreams. She seems like a normal enough high school kid, taking part in theater and enjoying time with her friends. But we then come to find she has a not-so-normal existence outside of school, as her family has come under difficult times. But a big opportunity is presented to Amber,...

The Netflix feature "All Together Now" is based on Matthew Quick's novel "Sorta Like a Rock Star", directed by Brett Haley, starring Auli’i Cravalho, Rhenzy Feliz, Judy Reyes, Taylor Richardson, C.S. Lee, Anthony Jacques Jr., and Gerald Isaac Waters, streaming August 28. 2020 on Netflix:

"...'Amber Appleton' (Cravalho) remains an optimist even when her personal life is far less stable than it appears on the surface. A musically gifted high school student with aspirations to attend 'Carnegie Mellon', Amber balances her beloved high school drama club helmed by 'Mr. Franks' (Fred Armisen) with working long hours at a donut shop to help support herself and her down-on-her-luck single mom (Justina Machado).

"She also spends time at the local retirement community, giving care and attention to her favorite pessimistic resident (Carol Burnett). When new obstacles present themselves that threaten her dreams, Amber must learn to lean on the strength of her chosen family to move forward.

Another day, another Netflix Ya teen film announced. Clearly the algorithms indicate that this genre does extremely well for the streaming service because they keep greenlighting them hand over fist. What makes this new one slightly more interesting, “All Together Now,” is that it stars Auli’i Cravalho, the star of Disney’s “Moana.” Obviously, Cravalho, an unknown Hawaiian native at the time, played the character in animation, but she also sang many of the now-iconic songs by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Mancina, and Opetaia Foa’i, and as the Oscars that year proved: her voice is fierce and no fucking joke.

Continue reading ‘All Together Now’ Trailer: ‘Moana’ Star Auli’i Cravalho Leads A Netflix Teen Film For Director Brett Haley at The Playlist.

"Think of it as a gift by letting us help you." Netflix has released an official trailer for a small town indie drama titled All Together Now, the latest from acclaimed indie filmmaker Brett Haley. This hasn't shown at any festivals, but it will debut on Netflix in just a few weeks - not much of a wait. The film is about an optimistic high schooler named Amber with musical aspirations who must learn to accept help from her friends to overcome her personal hardships and make it into her dream university. Based on Matthew Quick's novel "Sorta Like a Rock Star," All Together Now is a story of finding hope in the darkest of times. The film stars Auli'i Cravalho as Amber, along with Rhenzy Feliz, Judy Reyes, Justina Machado, Taylor Richardson, C.S. Lee, Anthony Jacques Jr., Gerald Waters, with Fred Armisen and Carol Burnett. I have to...

“Moana” star Auli’i Cravalho’s latest film “All Together Now” adapts Matthew Quick’s novel “Sorta Like a Rock Star” and is a heartwarming, young adult drama about a musically gifted teen who has to overcome poverty and family problems to live out her dreams.

Brett Haley directs the film that’s dropping on Netflix on August 28, and this first trailer for the film really sings.

“The pain that you’re feeling, channel it, put it into your song. That’s what an artist does, and you’re an artist,” Cravalho’s teacher, played by Fred Armisen, says in the trailer.

Also Read: Netflix 'Away' Trailer Sends Hilary Swank on 3-Year Mission to Mars, but There's a Sacrifice (Video)

“All Together Now” tells the story of Amber, who balances singing and acting in her school’s drama club and has aspirations to audition and attend Carnegie Mellon with...

Exclusive: Netflix has come on board to adapt the podcast 36 Questions into a feature film with Hearts Beat Loud helmer Brett Haley on to direct. Chernin Entertainment and Automatik are producing in association with Endeavor Content.

Automatik and Chernin developed the pitch with Endeavor Content, Haley and writer Marc Basch and brought it to Netflix. Chernin signed a first look deal with Netflix in April and this marks one of the first projects they’ll produce since signing the deal.

La La Land producer Fred Berger will produce along with Brian Kavanaugh-Jones through their Automatik banner. Haley and Basch will pen the script.

Plot details are being kept under wraps but sources say it’s a romantic drama set in the music world, based on the hit podcast “36 Questions”, which was produced by Two-Up and was created by Zack Akers and Skip Bronkie. The critically acclaimed 36 Questions featured Hamilton and...

Since her breakout role as the voice behind Disney’s Moana, actress Auli’i Cravalho has popped up in several short-lived TV shows, but now she’s getting her own Netflix movie. Cravalho stars in All Together Now, a forthcoming drama from Hearts Beat Loud director Brett Haley that was formerly titled Sorta Like a Rock Star. Check […]

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The dojo is re-opening this summer: Cobra Kai Seasons 1 and 2, which previously streamed on YouTube, will be available via Netflix starting Friday, Aug. 28. As previously reported, the Karate Kid sequel series is moving to Netflix for its all-new third season, which will launch on a to-be-determined date.

Debuting May 2018, Cobra Kai was a breakout hit for YouTube, notching a Season 2 renewal just days after its premiere. YouTube initially intended to launch Season 3 — which has already been shot — last fall; its decision to ditch original scripted fare in favor of unscripted programming prompted the shift to Netflix.

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Exclusive: Quibi is developing 137 Things My Wife Hates About Me (working title), a multi-camera comedy from Life in Pieces and Perfect Harmony writer Joe Cristalli and Warner Bros Television.

The show follows Danny, who happens upon a list of 137 things his wife Holly hates about him. His mission instantly becomes rectifying every item, for the sake of their marriage. It’s the quintessential love story of our time — filled with unmitigated hate.

Writer-producer Cristalli most recently was a co-producer and writer on the NBC comedy Perfect Harmony, starring Bradley Whitford, which ended its run in January. Before that, he was part of the writing team for four seasons on the CBS comedy Life in Pieces. His other TV credits include Last Man Standing, Raising Hope and How I Met Your Mother. Cristalli began his career on the staff of The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien and later Conan.

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In the wake of the unleashed 'Covid-19' pandemic virus plague, film studios have canceled a slew of TV series, including shows from Netflix, Hulu, CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox, A&e, USA, Pop TV, Starz, CBS All Access, History, Paramount, Syfy, Showtime, Facebook Watch and Freeform:

Canceled Series

Lost in Space (Netflix)

Turn Up Charlie (Netflix)

Osmosis (Netflix)

Mortel (Netflix)

Astronomy Club: The Sketch Show (Netflix)

Marianne (Netflix)

Soundtrack (Netflix)

Spinning Out (Netflix)

Aj and the Queen (Netflix)

Messiah (Netflix)

V Wars (Netflix)

October Faction (Netflix)

Next in Fashion (Netflix)

Cops (Paramount)

Live Pd (A&E)

Tell Me a Story (CBS All Access)

Project Blue Book (History)

Knightfall (History)

The Purge (USA)

Treadstone (USA)

Dare Me (USA)

The Magicians (Syfy)

Vagrant Queen (Syfy)

Reprisal (Hulu)

Harlots (Hulu)

Emergence (ABC)

Single Parents (ABC)

Schooled (ABC)

Bless This Mess (ABC)

Kids Say the Darndest Things (ABC)

Broke (CBS)

Carol's Second Act (CBS)

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If you're looking for a fun comedy about female friendship and hilarious hijinks, we highly suggest Netflix's Desperados. The film follows three pals who embark on an impromptu trip to Mexico in an effort to delete an email one of them sent to her boyfriend. What ensues is a crazy adventure they'll probably never forget. As Anna perfectly put it, "You can't really leave your house right now and travel, but you can watch a movie and pretend that you're having a wild, crazy girl trip in Mexico."

In honor of the film's release, we spoke with the Pitch Perfect alum as part of our new Q&a series, Last Call. Keep reading for more on Anna's time filming, what she's currently binge-watching on Netflix, and the adorable last gift she received from her boyfriend, Michael Johnson.

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Exclusive: Deadline has learned that Get Out star Bradley Whitford and Jane the Virgin‘s Jenna Ortega have boarded the pandemic thriller Songbird, which begins principal photography today.

The movie from former Paramount production chief Adam Goodman and former Disney exec Andrew Sugerman Invisible Narratives, with Catchlight Films and Michael Bay also producing, is the first feature film to shoot in Los Angeles since the Covid-19 lockdown.

Whitford and Ortega have joined previously announced cast Demi Moore, Craig Robinson, Paul Walter Hauser, and Peter Stormare.

Songbird is directed by Adam Mason (Into The Dark), who wrote the script with Simon Boyes (Misconduct).

On the commencement of the union-approved production, Goodman said, “Finding a safe and practical way back into production has not been easy, however, our partnership with the guilds and unions has been a true testament to our great Hollywood community. Throughout the process they were awesome partners...

Exclusive: ABC has bought one of the first projects for the 2020-21 development cycle, and it falls right into the network’s sweet spot on the half-hour side — a family comedy with a unique twist.

The untitled single-camera comedy, from Kapital Entertainment and 20th Century Fox TV, is about two parents, Ted and Mandy, trying to navigate parenthood in L.A. raising a non-binary, gender-fluid child.

Chad Gervich is writing the project based on personal experience, with Perfect Harmony creator/executive producer Lesley Wake Webster supervising.

The two will executive produce with Kapital’s Aaron Kaplan and Dana Honor.

Gervich has an extensive background in reality TV, most recently working on MTV’s Double Shot at Love with DJ Pauly D & Vinny. His writing credits include Cake Wars and Dog with a Blog.

Wake Webster previously was a co-executive producer on ABC/20th TV’s family comedy Speechless and on...

The recent demise of Katy Keene brought a delayed close to the gruesome and incendiary annual TV tradition known as the cancellation blitzkrieg.

This nerve-wracking period — which traditionally peaks on the second Friday of May ahead of the broadcast network’s upfront presentations — had been elongated this year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Instead of the majority of bubble series learning their fate during a frenetic 24-hour stretch, renewal decisions arrived in fits and starts spread out over the past two months, as the major nets cautiously assessed their needs amid the fluid Covid-19 crisis.

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NBC has canceled the family drama “Council of Dads” after one season.

Series star J. August Richards broke the news in an Instagram post on Thursday. “I want to thank @joanrater and @tvphelan for the willingness to give voice and representation to #gayfamilies, #blacklgbt, #qpoc and the worldwide #lgbtq community by telling the story of Oliver, Peter and Tess Post-Richards,” he wrote in the post, also thanking the show’s fans for watching.

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So that’s a series wrap on @nbccouncilofdads (aka the show has been cancelled)… I want to thank @joanrater and @tvphelan for the willingness to give voice and representation to #gayfamilies, #blacklgbt, #qpoc and the worldwide #lgbtq community by telling the story of Oliver, Peter and Tess Post-Richards… I also want to thank You! Yes, You! I took a big risk and you let me know you have my back… And, in truth,...

NBC has opted not to renew family drama Council of Dads, sources confirm to Deadline. The decision comes two episodes before the end of the drama’s Season 1 run. Co-star J. August Richards revealed the cancellation in an Instagram post, noting that “tonight is my favorite episode of the season!!!” (You can read his message to fans below)

Council of Dads premiered on March 24 following the season finale of This Is Us. It was the second consecutive drama series in the mold of This Is Us launched by NBC that did not go beyond one season, following last season’s The Village. Council of Dads ranks as one of NBC’s lowest rated drama series of the season. It joins fellow freshman NBC series Bluff City Law, Lincoln Rhyme, Perfect Harmony, Indebted and Sunnyside which all have been canceled. The one NBC first-year scripted show to make it to Season 2 is Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist.

With production slowly but surely getting underway on TV shows that were shuttered due to the coronavirus pandemic, NBC has announced its fall schedule.

Unlike Fox and The CW, the network is planning on bringing back much of its original programming later this year, with one new drama joining the fall lineup.

Law & Order: Organized Crime is the Svu spinoff starring Christopher Meloni, and it will be paired with its parent series on Thursday nights.

This will allow the two shows to have natural crossovers in a similar way to the #OneChicago franchise on Wednesday nights.

Chicago Fire, Med, and P.D. will be staying put on Wednesdays, which makes sense.

All three have posted solid ratings, so NBC does not need to do anything with them.

Mondays will see Manifest return in the fall after being banished to midseason for the 2019-20 TV season. This is great news for...

NBC is the latest broadcast network (following CBS, Fox and The CW) to unveil its coronavirus-delayed game plan for the 2020-21 TV season, and, like CBS, the Peacock network is taking a business-as-usual approach

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NBC’s pandemic-era fall slate boasts 16 returning programs, including Sunday Night Football (which kicks off with Cowboys/Rams on Sept. 13), the top-rated This Is Us and its #OneChicago trifecta.

NBC on Monday announced whether there is a future for some of its bubble series on the network.

As expected, the network ordered up a third season of Manifest.

Manifest Season 2 averaged a 1.5 rating in adults 18-49 and 7.7 million viewers overall in live plus seven day Nielsens, with the show's Jan. 6 season premiere growing to a 3.7 in 18-49 and 13.4 million viewers with digital and linear delayed viewing recorded to date.

Manifest improved the Monday 10 p.m. hour by 88% in 18-49 rating versus NBC's regular-program season average in the timeslot prior to Manifest's debut.

After a turbulent but routine flight, the crew and passengers of Flight 828 disembarked to find the world had aged five-and-a-half years and their friends, families and colleagues had given up hope of ever seeing them again.

Now, faced with the impossible, the passengers' dreams of a second chance at life evaporate as they encounter the imminent danger surrounding them,...

Freshman series Indebted, which marked The Nanny star Fran Drescher’s return to network comedy, has been cancelled at NBC.

It joins Bluff City Law and Sunnyside, which have also both now been officially axed.

Indebted, which comes from writer Dan Levy, Sony Pictures Television and Doug Robinson Productions, launched in February and ran for 12 episodes.

Starring Drescher, Adam Pally, Abby Elliott, Steven Weber and Jessy Hodges, the series was centered around young parents Dave and Rebecca, who were ready to reclaim their lives after years of diapers and sleepless nights, but things take an unexpected turn when Dave’s parents show up unannounced and broke.

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It is the latest cancellation at NBC, which earlier this month axed Perfect Harmony and Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for the Bone Collector. Confirmations for Sunnyside and Bluff City Law were also expected.

Bluff City Law, which starred Jimmy Smits as a civil rights lawyer,...