Exclusive: iHeartRadio, FlynnPictureCo., Psychopia Pictures and UpperRoom Productions have defied the pandemic to complete production on There Be Monsters, a 10-part narrative sci-fi thriller podcast. Starring are Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker‘s John Boyega and American Crime: The Assassination of Gianni Versace‘s Darren Criss. There Be Monsters is produced by Beau Flynn of FlynnPictureCo., Dan Bush of Psychopia Pictures and Boyega’s UpperRoom Productions, and it will be available later this year on the iHeartPodcast Network.
Boyega plays Jack Locke, a mysterious hero with a vendetta who infiltrates a Silicon Valley body hacking startup run by an enigmatic CEO Max Fuller (Criss), whose highly secretive creations promise to enhance human biology in incredible ways. Of course, every drug has a side effect.
iHeartRadio began developing this with the producers in late 2019 as part of its expanding slate of immersive PodFiction audio dramas. As the creative team was...
Boyega plays Jack Locke, a mysterious hero with a vendetta who infiltrates a Silicon Valley body hacking startup run by an enigmatic CEO Max Fuller (Criss), whose highly secretive creations promise to enhance human biology in incredible ways. Of course, every drug has a side effect.
iHeartRadio began developing this with the producers in late 2019 as part of its expanding slate of immersive PodFiction audio dramas. As the creative team was...
- 8/3/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s TV News Roundup, Starz announced the premiere date for its upcoming series “P-Valley” and Hulu released a trailer for “Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi.”
Casting
Audible has announced Diane Kruger will narrate Gayle Forman’s first Audible original, “The End of my Heart,” Variety has exclusively learned. “The End of my Heart” is a fictional, audio-only tale of an intergenerational mother-daughter relationship and a secret that, if exposed, could threaten to take away everything they have. The audible original is set to be released on June 25.
Dates
Starz has announced that its upcoming series “P-Valley” will premiere on July 12 at 8 p.m. Self-adapted by playwright Katori Hall from her play “Pussy Valley,” the series follows the community that builds around a strip club in the Mississippi Delta. Each of the eight episodes will be directed by a woman. The series comes from Chernin Entertainment. Watch the teaser below.
Casting
Audible has announced Diane Kruger will narrate Gayle Forman’s first Audible original, “The End of my Heart,” Variety has exclusively learned. “The End of my Heart” is a fictional, audio-only tale of an intergenerational mother-daughter relationship and a secret that, if exposed, could threaten to take away everything they have. The audible original is set to be released on June 25.
Dates
Starz has announced that its upcoming series “P-Valley” will premiere on July 12 at 8 p.m. Self-adapted by playwright Katori Hall from her play “Pussy Valley,” the series follows the community that builds around a strip club in the Mississippi Delta. Each of the eight episodes will be directed by a woman. The series comes from Chernin Entertainment. Watch the teaser below.
- 5/20/2020
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Tony Revolori (Spider-Man: Far From Home), Georgia King (Vice Principals) and John Stamos (Fuller House) have signed to recur opposite Ep/co-writer Darren Criss and Kether Donohue in Quibi’s Royalties.
Production is underway in Los Angeles on Royalties, a satirical take on the oft-untold story of songwriters behind the world’s biggest hits. It follows the ascent of a ragtag songwriting duo – Sara (Donohue) and Pierce (Criss) – as they navigate the strange and hilarious challenges of creating a truly great song, week after week.
Each episode will feature real-life entertainment personalities portraying fictitious (and ridiculous) music stars, along with original songs penned by Criss.
No details were provided about the roles for Revolori, King or Stamos.
Criss is co-writing and executive-producing the series with longtime collaborators Nick and Matt Lang, fellow co-founders of YouTube’s Team Starkid. Berman, Hend Baghdady, Joe Earley and Ricky Rollins also executive produce.
Revolori...
Production is underway in Los Angeles on Royalties, a satirical take on the oft-untold story of songwriters behind the world’s biggest hits. It follows the ascent of a ragtag songwriting duo – Sara (Donohue) and Pierce (Criss) – as they navigate the strange and hilarious challenges of creating a truly great song, week after week.
Each episode will feature real-life entertainment personalities portraying fictitious (and ridiculous) music stars, along with original songs penned by Criss.
No details were provided about the roles for Revolori, King or Stamos.
Criss is co-writing and executive-producing the series with longtime collaborators Nick and Matt Lang, fellow co-founders of YouTube’s Team Starkid. Berman, Hend Baghdady, Joe Earley and Ricky Rollins also executive produce.
Revolori...
- 9/4/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Clueless and Fast Times at Ridgemont High director Amy Heckerling in on board to direct all episodes of Quibi’s musical comedy series Royalties.
Heckerling has signed on to helm all ten episodes of the show, which starts filming this week in La.
The series stars The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story’s Darren Criss and You’re the Worst’s Kether Donohue and is produced by Fox’s Gail Berman-led SideCar.
Royalties is a satirical take on the oft-untold story of songwriters behind the world’s biggest hits. It follows the ascent of a ragtag songwriting duo – Sara (Donohue) and Pierce (Criss) – as they navigate the strange and hilarious challenges of creating a truly great song, week after week.
Each episode will feature real-life entertainment personalities portraying fictitious (and ridiculous) music stars, along with original songs penned by Criss.
Criss is co-writing and executive-producing the series...
Heckerling has signed on to helm all ten episodes of the show, which starts filming this week in La.
The series stars The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story’s Darren Criss and You’re the Worst’s Kether Donohue and is produced by Fox’s Gail Berman-led SideCar.
Royalties is a satirical take on the oft-untold story of songwriters behind the world’s biggest hits. It follows the ascent of a ragtag songwriting duo – Sara (Donohue) and Pierce (Criss) – as they navigate the strange and hilarious challenges of creating a truly great song, week after week.
Each episode will feature real-life entertainment personalities portraying fictitious (and ridiculous) music stars, along with original songs penned by Criss.
Criss is co-writing and executive-producing the series...
- 8/28/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: You’re the Worst alumna Kether Donohue is set as the female lead opposite Darren Criss in Royalties, for Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman’s shortform video platform Quibi. The series will be produced by Fox’s Gail Berman-led SideCar.
Royalties is a satirical take on the oft-untold story of songwriters behind the world’s biggest hits. It follows the ascent of a ragtag songwriting duo – Sara (Donohue) and Pierce (Criss) – as they navigate the strange and hilarious challenges of creating a truly great song, week after week.
Each episode will feature real-life entertainment personalities portraying fictitious (and ridiculous) music stars, along with original songs penned by Criss.
Criss is co-writing and executive-producing the series with longtime collaborators Nick and Matt Lang, fellow co-founders of YouTube sensation Team Starkid. Berman, Hend Baghdady, Joe Earley and Ricky Rollins also executive produce.
Donohue received critical acclaim for her portrayal of...
Royalties is a satirical take on the oft-untold story of songwriters behind the world’s biggest hits. It follows the ascent of a ragtag songwriting duo – Sara (Donohue) and Pierce (Criss) – as they navigate the strange and hilarious challenges of creating a truly great song, week after week.
Each episode will feature real-life entertainment personalities portraying fictitious (and ridiculous) music stars, along with original songs penned by Criss.
Criss is co-writing and executive-producing the series with longtime collaborators Nick and Matt Lang, fellow co-founders of YouTube sensation Team Starkid. Berman, Hend Baghdady, Joe Earley and Ricky Rollins also executive produce.
Donohue received critical acclaim for her portrayal of...
- 8/9/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Darren Criss (American Crime Story: The Assassination of Gianni Versace) is set to star in, executive produce and write songs for Royalties, a musical comedy series for Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman’s shortform video platform Quibi. The series will be produced by Fox’s Gail Berman-led SideCar — the company’s first sale since its February launch.
Royalties is a satirical take on the oft-untold story of songwriters behind the world’s biggest hits. It follows the ascent of a ragtag songwriting duo – Sara and Pierce (Criss) – as they navigate the strange and hilarious challenges of creating a truly great song, week after week.
Each episode will feature real-life entertainment personalities portraying fictitious (and ridiculous) music stars, along with original songs penned by Criss.
Criss is co-writing and executive-producing the series with longtime collaborators Nick and Matt Lang, fellow co-founders of YouTube sensation Team Starkid. Berman, Hend Baghdady, Joe Earley...
Royalties is a satirical take on the oft-untold story of songwriters behind the world’s biggest hits. It follows the ascent of a ragtag songwriting duo – Sara and Pierce (Criss) – as they navigate the strange and hilarious challenges of creating a truly great song, week after week.
Each episode will feature real-life entertainment personalities portraying fictitious (and ridiculous) music stars, along with original songs penned by Criss.
Criss is co-writing and executive-producing the series with longtime collaborators Nick and Matt Lang, fellow co-founders of YouTube sensation Team Starkid. Berman, Hend Baghdady, Joe Earley...
- 7/10/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Golden Globe and Emmy winner Darren Criss has signed on to write, produce and star in Quibi’s upcoming musical comedy series “Royalties,” the company announced Wednesday. The series marks the first musical in development at the platform.
“Royalties” is a satirical take on the often untold story of songwriters behind the world’s biggest hits. The show follows the songwriting duo — Sara and Pierce (played by Criss) — as they navigate the challenges of creating a great song week after week.
Criss, who won a Golden Globe and Emmy for his leading role in “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story,” will write the upcoming series with Nick and Matt Lang, fellow co-founders of the musical theatre company Team Starkid. Executive producers for the Quibi original include Criss, Gail Berman, Hend Baghdady, Joe Earley, Matt Lang, Nick Lang and Ricky Rollins. “Royalties” comes from Fox Entertainment’s recently formed content development unit SideCar.
“Royalties” is a satirical take on the often untold story of songwriters behind the world’s biggest hits. The show follows the songwriting duo — Sara and Pierce (played by Criss) — as they navigate the challenges of creating a great song week after week.
Criss, who won a Golden Globe and Emmy for his leading role in “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story,” will write the upcoming series with Nick and Matt Lang, fellow co-founders of the musical theatre company Team Starkid. Executive producers for the Quibi original include Criss, Gail Berman, Hend Baghdady, Joe Earley, Matt Lang, Nick Lang and Ricky Rollins. “Royalties” comes from Fox Entertainment’s recently formed content development unit SideCar.
- 7/10/2019
- by Matt Lopez
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Innovative Artists and Schumacher Management have signed on to rep Glee actress Becca Tobin, who stars as cheerleader Kitty Wilde on the Fox series. It’s her first foray into television. Tobin came aboard for Glee‘s fourth season after performing in Rock Of Ages on Broadway. Jennifer Patredis and Robert Haas of Innovative and Ricky Rollins of Schumacher Management join attorney Derek Kroeger on Tobin’s representation team.
- 2/22/2013
- by JEN YAMATO
- Deadline TV
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