Exclusive: NBCUniversal’s Bravo New Zealand has ordered a reality show set in the country’s top ski resort, while streamer Hayu has picked up Season 4 of The Circus.
Snow Crew shot at the Cornet Peak and The Remarkables resorts following a young, charismatic crew across the winter 2022 season.
The action follows the crew as they welcome a new season of guests and manage thousands of people on the mountains each day. According to the synopsis, “It’s work hard and play harder for the crew, juggling with the highs and lows of life on the slopes, where the weather can change on a dime, and you can expect the unexpected.” The crew hail from New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the UK, and work under boss Nigel.
The series comes from Wonder Street and Stripe Studios, the pair that makes Bravo New Zealand unscripted show The Circus, which is now...
Snow Crew shot at the Cornet Peak and The Remarkables resorts following a young, charismatic crew across the winter 2022 season.
The action follows the crew as they welcome a new season of guests and manage thousands of people on the mountains each day. According to the synopsis, “It’s work hard and play harder for the crew, juggling with the highs and lows of life on the slopes, where the weather can change on a dime, and you can expect the unexpected.” The crew hail from New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the UK, and work under boss Nigel.
The series comes from Wonder Street and Stripe Studios, the pair that makes Bravo New Zealand unscripted show The Circus, which is now...
- 5/3/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Netflix has put Bandidos, a thriller series about an underwater heist, into production.
The drama follows the story of Miguel (Alfonso Dosal) and accomplice Lilí (Ester Expósito), who are joined by a group of bandits as they attempt to retrieve treasure from an underwater grave of a Spanish galleon that sunk in the Gulf of Mexico during the War of Independence. However, they’re not the only ones after the bounty.
Shot in Spanish, the series also stars Juan Pablo Medina, Mabel Cadena, Nicolás Furtado, Andrés Baida, Andrea Chaparro, Juan Pablo Fuentes and Bruno Bichir among others.
Pablo Tébar is writer and showrunner on the series, which our sources say will feature a “massive underwater heist.” We understand the action will occur in several different settings, however.
Rambo: Last Blood and Get the Gringo director Adrian Grunberg is the director.
The series is set to launch in 2024. It marks...
The drama follows the story of Miguel (Alfonso Dosal) and accomplice Lilí (Ester Expósito), who are joined by a group of bandits as they attempt to retrieve treasure from an underwater grave of a Spanish galleon that sunk in the Gulf of Mexico during the War of Independence. However, they’re not the only ones after the bounty.
Shot in Spanish, the series also stars Juan Pablo Medina, Mabel Cadena, Nicolás Furtado, Andrés Baida, Andrea Chaparro, Juan Pablo Fuentes and Bruno Bichir among others.
Pablo Tébar is writer and showrunner on the series, which our sources say will feature a “massive underwater heist.” We understand the action will occur in several different settings, however.
Rambo: Last Blood and Get the Gringo director Adrian Grunberg is the director.
The series is set to launch in 2024. It marks...
- 4/28/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Christine Holder and Mark Holder are no longer executive producers of the new CBS drama series East New York, from Warner Bros Television.
The studio would not comment, but according to sources, the duo was let go after Wbtv conducted an investigation into allegations against Christine Holder involving inappropriate advances toward a crew member.
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Sources close to Christine Holder indicate that she has been struggling with mental health issues that likely played a key role in her behavioral problems, though I hear that was never brought up during Wbtv’s probe that led to her and Mark Holder’s termination last week. Christine Holder, a mother of four, is said to be undergoing treatment.
The studio would not comment, but according to sources, the duo was let go after Wbtv conducted an investigation into allegations against Christine Holder involving inappropriate advances toward a crew member.
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Sources close to Christine Holder indicate that she has been struggling with mental health issues that likely played a key role in her behavioral problems, though I hear that was never brought up during Wbtv’s probe that led to her and Mark Holder’s termination last week. Christine Holder, a mother of four, is said to be undergoing treatment.
- 10/25/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS has given full season orders to its three freshman dramas — “East New York,” “So Help Me Todd,” and “Fire Country.”
“CBS is off to a tremendous start this season, said Kelly Kahl, president of CBS Entertainment. “We are thrilled to have the three most watched new series, each with their own unique settings, characters and storylines. These dramas are elevating our already successful lineup, resonating with diverse audiences both on-air and on streaming, and continuing to grow each week.”
“We thank the talented casts, executive producers and their incredible writing and production teams for bringing these shows to life,” Kahl added. “Additional kudos to our CBS programming teams for shepherding these series to success. We are delighted to give them well deserved full season orders.”
According to Nielsen’s Live+7 data as of Oct. 16, “Fire Country” is averaging 8.3 million viewers per episode, while “East New York” is at 7.4 million per episode.
“CBS is off to a tremendous start this season, said Kelly Kahl, president of CBS Entertainment. “We are thrilled to have the three most watched new series, each with their own unique settings, characters and storylines. These dramas are elevating our already successful lineup, resonating with diverse audiences both on-air and on streaming, and continuing to grow each week.”
“We thank the talented casts, executive producers and their incredible writing and production teams for bringing these shows to life,” Kahl added. “Additional kudos to our CBS programming teams for shepherding these series to success. We are delighted to give them well deserved full season orders.”
According to Nielsen’s Live+7 data as of Oct. 16, “Fire Country” is averaging 8.3 million viewers per episode, while “East New York” is at 7.4 million per episode.
- 10/19/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Click here to read the full article.
CBS is wasting little time in locking down its trio of first-year scripted shows.
The network has extended the orders for East New York, Fire Country and So Help Me Todd after promising starts for all three. CBS is calling the extensions “full season orders,” though it hasn’t set episode counts for the trio. In the era of shorter season orders, a full run can mean anything from 15 or 16 episodes to the once-standard 22.
The pickups for the three shows come as little surprise, as Fire Country, East New York and So Help Me Todd are the three most watched rookie network shows of the 2022-23 season so far. The Jerry Bruckheimer-produced Fire Country drew 8.26 million viewers over seven days for its series debut. East New York is averaging 7.37 million over its first two episodes — and is the top-rated new series (and No.
CBS is wasting little time in locking down its trio of first-year scripted shows.
The network has extended the orders for East New York, Fire Country and So Help Me Todd after promising starts for all three. CBS is calling the extensions “full season orders,” though it hasn’t set episode counts for the trio. In the era of shorter season orders, a full run can mean anything from 15 or 16 episodes to the once-standard 22.
The pickups for the three shows come as little surprise, as Fire Country, East New York and So Help Me Todd are the three most watched rookie network shows of the 2022-23 season so far. The Jerry Bruckheimer-produced Fire Country drew 8.26 million viewers over seven days for its series debut. East New York is averaging 7.37 million over its first two episodes — and is the top-rated new series (and No.
- 10/19/2022
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Caitlin Mehner (Dopesick), Darien Sills-Evans (Superior Donuts), and C.S. Lee (Dexter) have joined the cast of CBS’ fall drama East New York in recurring roles.
Mehner portrays Corinne Moynahan, Killian’s (Kevin Rankin) girlfriend. She likes that Killian is protective but chafes when he gets overbearing. Corinne has been working in restaurants for years, both front-of-the-house and back-of-the-house, and is driven to become more independent.
Fall Premiere Dates For New & Returning TV Series On Broadcast, Cable & Streaming
Sills-Evans portrays Deputy Mayor Raymond Sharpe, the polished and intuitive councilman native to East New York.
Lee portrays Desk Sergeant Jimmy Kee. Jimmy keeps order and decorum in the precinct. He doesn’t tolerate slobs or loudmouths — whether cops or civilians.
Co-written by William Finkelstein and Mike Flynn and directed by Mike Robin, the project centers on Regina Haywood (Amanda Warren), the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, an impoverished,...
Mehner portrays Corinne Moynahan, Killian’s (Kevin Rankin) girlfriend. She likes that Killian is protective but chafes when he gets overbearing. Corinne has been working in restaurants for years, both front-of-the-house and back-of-the-house, and is driven to become more independent.
Fall Premiere Dates For New & Returning TV Series On Broadcast, Cable & Streaming
Sills-Evans portrays Deputy Mayor Raymond Sharpe, the polished and intuitive councilman native to East New York.
Lee portrays Desk Sergeant Jimmy Kee. Jimmy keeps order and decorum in the precinct. He doesn’t tolerate slobs or loudmouths — whether cops or civilians.
Co-written by William Finkelstein and Mike Flynn and directed by Mike Robin, the project centers on Regina Haywood (Amanda Warren), the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, an impoverished,...
- 9/15/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
The network upfronts are once again front-and-center for the television industry as major players gather in New York May 16-19 for the springtime ritual of presenting programming plans for the upcoming TV season.
The business has changed markedly in the three years since industry insiders last gathered in person at Radio City Music Hall, Carnegie Hall and the like. The pandemic accelerated television’s embrace of on-demand streaming platforms and direct-to-consumer distribution models.
But broadcast TV still has its sway — just look at the list of top performing series on the largest SVOD platforms.
As content chiefs outline their plans for the 2022-2023 television season, here is a running list of new drama and comedy series orders handed out by ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and the CW. This post will be updated throughout upfront week.
ABC Drama
Alaska (20th Television)
Logline: After a reporter is “cancelled” she reinvents herself and...
The business has changed markedly in the three years since industry insiders last gathered in person at Radio City Music Hall, Carnegie Hall and the like. The pandemic accelerated television’s embrace of on-demand streaming platforms and direct-to-consumer distribution models.
But broadcast TV still has its sway — just look at the list of top performing series on the largest SVOD platforms.
As content chiefs outline their plans for the 2022-2023 television season, here is a running list of new drama and comedy series orders handed out by ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and the CW. This post will be updated throughout upfront week.
ABC Drama
Alaska (20th Television)
Logline: After a reporter is “cancelled” she reinvents herself and...
- 5/15/2022
- by William Earl
- Variety Film + TV
CBS is changing focus.
After brutally slaying a good portion of their comedy lineup and Magnum Pi, the network announced three drama pickups.
They've picked up none of the comedies they had under consideration.
The best news of the day by a long margin is that CBS formally picked up Fire Country (formerly known as Cal Fire) from CBS Studios.
This series has been exciting our readers since it was first announced, and we couldn't agree more. This one comes from Seal Team's Max Thieriot, who co-wrote the story and serves as an executive producer.
It's co-written by executive producers Tony Phelan & Joan Rater. Other EPs include James Strong (pilot only), David Grae, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, and KristieAnne Reed (Jerry Bruckheimer Television)
The official logline is: Seeking redemption and a shortened prison sentence, young convict Bode Donovan joins a firefighting program that returns him to his small Northern California hometown,...
After brutally slaying a good portion of their comedy lineup and Magnum Pi, the network announced three drama pickups.
They've picked up none of the comedies they had under consideration.
The best news of the day by a long margin is that CBS formally picked up Fire Country (formerly known as Cal Fire) from CBS Studios.
This series has been exciting our readers since it was first announced, and we couldn't agree more. This one comes from Seal Team's Max Thieriot, who co-wrote the story and serves as an executive producer.
It's co-written by executive producers Tony Phelan & Joan Rater. Other EPs include James Strong (pilot only), David Grae, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, and KristieAnne Reed (Jerry Bruckheimer Television)
The official logline is: Seeking redemption and a shortened prison sentence, young convict Bode Donovan joins a firefighting program that returns him to his small Northern California hometown,...
- 5/12/2022
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
CBS has ordered three new drama shows for the 2022-2023 broadcast season. According to sources, the network has decided not to move forward with any of its four comedy pilots.
The network has picked up the police drama “East New York,” the firefighter drama “Fire Country” (formerly known as “Cal Fire”), and legal drama “So Help Me Todd.” The comedies “Rust Belt News,” “Unplanned in Akron,” “Sober Companion,” and “The Hug Machine” have been passed over.
“East New York” follows Regina Haywood (Amanda Warren), the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, a working-class neighborhood at the edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy her creative methods of serving and protecting in the midst of social upheaval and the early seeds of gentrification.
The cast also includes Kevin Rankin, Jimmy Smits, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Richard Kind, Elizabeth Rodriguez,...
The network has picked up the police drama “East New York,” the firefighter drama “Fire Country” (formerly known as “Cal Fire”), and legal drama “So Help Me Todd.” The comedies “Rust Belt News,” “Unplanned in Akron,” “Sober Companion,” and “The Hug Machine” have been passed over.
“East New York” follows Regina Haywood (Amanda Warren), the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, a working-class neighborhood at the edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy her creative methods of serving and protecting in the midst of social upheaval and the early seeds of gentrification.
The cast also includes Kevin Rankin, Jimmy Smits, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Richard Kind, Elizabeth Rodriguez,...
- 5/12/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
CBS has given series orders to three of its five drama pilots, Max Thieriot’s Fire Country (fka Cal Fire); East New York, headlined by Amanda Warren and Jimmy Smits; and So Help Me Todd (fka Untitled Mother & Son Legal Drama), starring Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin. CBS is not commenting beyond that, but I hear all three series are for fall.
True Lies, ordered as an off-cycle pilot, also had been rumored for a series order, likely for midseason. I hear negotiations between CBS and 20th Television continue, and the project is still very much alive.
Not going forward are CBS’ remaining drama pilot, Early Edition, a reimagining of the Kyle Chandler series which had been cooling off, as well as all of CBS’ comedy pilots/presentations. The network this year opted for all presentation orders to comedy projects to its own studio, CBS Studios, while the one comedy from an outside studio, Warner Bros. TV’s Rust Bell News, was a full pilot.
New Series On Broadcast Networks In 2022-23: Photo Gallery
I hear CBS brass were very happy with their crop of drama pilots this season, considered to be one of the strongest in years, while the group of comedy pilots did not produce any standouts.
With CBS also canceling three current comedy series — United States of Al, B Positive and How We Roll — the network will have the fewest half-hour series on the schedule in awhile. CBS five years ago trimmed down its two-hour Monday comedy block to one hour, more recently consisting of The Neighborhood and Bob Hearts Abishola. CBS may now do the same with the Thursday two-hour block.
I hear So Help Me Todd, which has comedic overtones, may join the lineup behind the 8 Pm comedy block, anchored by flagship Young Sheldon and possibly featuring breakout hit Ghosts.
2022 CBS Pilots & Series Orders
So Help Me Todd has been one of the Cinderella stories of the 2022 broadcast season. Taking a big blow early on when the female lead was recast, with Marcia Gay Harden replacing Geena Davis opposite Skylar Astin, the pilot hung in there in the middle of the pack and had a big finish with strong testing results, I hear.
Here are details about CBS’ newly picked up scripted series:
East New York
EPs/W: William Finkelstein, Mike Flynn
EP/D: Michael M. Robin (Skyemac Productions)
EPs: Christine Holder, Mark Holder (Wonder Street)
Co-ep: Andrew Maher (Skyemac)
Studio: Warner Bros. Television
Logline: Regina Haywood is the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, a working-class neighborhood at the edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy her creative methods of serving and protecting in the midst of social upheaval and the early seeds of gentrification.
Cast: Amanda Warren, Kevin Rankin, Jimmy Smits, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Richard Kind, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Lavel Schley and Olivia Luccardi
Fire Country (formerly known as “Cal Fire”)
EPs/Teleplay Written by/Story Co-Written by: Tony Phelan & Joan Rater
EP/Story Co-Written by: Max Thieriot
EP/D: James Strong (pilot only)
EP: David Grae
EPs: Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman and KristieAnne Reed (Jerry Bruckheimer Television)
Studio: CBS Studios
Logline: Seeking redemption and a shortened prison sentence, young convict Bode Donovan joins a firefighting program that returns him to his small Northern California hometown, where he and other inmates work alongside elite firefighters to extinguish massive blazes across the region. Inspired by Max Thieriot’s experiences growing up in northern California fire country.
Cast: Max Thieriot, Billy Burke, Kevin Alejandro, Diane Farr, Stephanie Arcila, Jordan Calloway, Jules Latimer
So Help Me Todd (formerly known as “Untitled Mother/Son Legal Drama”)
EP/Writer: Scott Prendergast
EPs/Showrunners: Liz Kruger, Craig Shapiro
EP/D: Amy York Rubin (pilot only)
EPs: Dr. Phil McGraw, Jay McGraw, Julia Eisenman (Stage 29 Productions)
Studio: CBS Studios
Logline: Despite their opposing personalities, a talented but directionless P.I. who is the black sheep of his family begrudgingly agrees to work as the in-house investigator for his overbearing mother, a successful attorney reeling from the recent dissolution of her marriage.
Cast: Marcia Gay Harden, Skylar Astin, Madeline Wise, Tristen J. Winger, Inga Schlingmann and Rosa Arredondo...
True Lies, ordered as an off-cycle pilot, also had been rumored for a series order, likely for midseason. I hear negotiations between CBS and 20th Television continue, and the project is still very much alive.
Not going forward are CBS’ remaining drama pilot, Early Edition, a reimagining of the Kyle Chandler series which had been cooling off, as well as all of CBS’ comedy pilots/presentations. The network this year opted for all presentation orders to comedy projects to its own studio, CBS Studios, while the one comedy from an outside studio, Warner Bros. TV’s Rust Bell News, was a full pilot.
New Series On Broadcast Networks In 2022-23: Photo Gallery
I hear CBS brass were very happy with their crop of drama pilots this season, considered to be one of the strongest in years, while the group of comedy pilots did not produce any standouts.
With CBS also canceling three current comedy series — United States of Al, B Positive and How We Roll — the network will have the fewest half-hour series on the schedule in awhile. CBS five years ago trimmed down its two-hour Monday comedy block to one hour, more recently consisting of The Neighborhood and Bob Hearts Abishola. CBS may now do the same with the Thursday two-hour block.
I hear So Help Me Todd, which has comedic overtones, may join the lineup behind the 8 Pm comedy block, anchored by flagship Young Sheldon and possibly featuring breakout hit Ghosts.
2022 CBS Pilots & Series Orders
So Help Me Todd has been one of the Cinderella stories of the 2022 broadcast season. Taking a big blow early on when the female lead was recast, with Marcia Gay Harden replacing Geena Davis opposite Skylar Astin, the pilot hung in there in the middle of the pack and had a big finish with strong testing results, I hear.
Here are details about CBS’ newly picked up scripted series:
East New York
EPs/W: William Finkelstein, Mike Flynn
EP/D: Michael M. Robin (Skyemac Productions)
EPs: Christine Holder, Mark Holder (Wonder Street)
Co-ep: Andrew Maher (Skyemac)
Studio: Warner Bros. Television
Logline: Regina Haywood is the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, a working-class neighborhood at the edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy her creative methods of serving and protecting in the midst of social upheaval and the early seeds of gentrification.
Cast: Amanda Warren, Kevin Rankin, Jimmy Smits, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Richard Kind, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Lavel Schley and Olivia Luccardi
Fire Country (formerly known as “Cal Fire”)
EPs/Teleplay Written by/Story Co-Written by: Tony Phelan & Joan Rater
EP/Story Co-Written by: Max Thieriot
EP/D: James Strong (pilot only)
EP: David Grae
EPs: Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman and KristieAnne Reed (Jerry Bruckheimer Television)
Studio: CBS Studios
Logline: Seeking redemption and a shortened prison sentence, young convict Bode Donovan joins a firefighting program that returns him to his small Northern California hometown, where he and other inmates work alongside elite firefighters to extinguish massive blazes across the region. Inspired by Max Thieriot’s experiences growing up in northern California fire country.
Cast: Max Thieriot, Billy Burke, Kevin Alejandro, Diane Farr, Stephanie Arcila, Jordan Calloway, Jules Latimer
So Help Me Todd (formerly known as “Untitled Mother/Son Legal Drama”)
EP/Writer: Scott Prendergast
EPs/Showrunners: Liz Kruger, Craig Shapiro
EP/D: Amy York Rubin (pilot only)
EPs: Dr. Phil McGraw, Jay McGraw, Julia Eisenman (Stage 29 Productions)
Studio: CBS Studios
Logline: Despite their opposing personalities, a talented but directionless P.I. who is the black sheep of his family begrudgingly agrees to work as the in-house investigator for his overbearing mother, a successful attorney reeling from the recent dissolution of her marriage.
Cast: Marcia Gay Harden, Skylar Astin, Madeline Wise, Tristen J. Winger, Inga Schlingmann and Rosa Arredondo...
- 5/12/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS has ordered three new series for the 2022-23 broadcast season: “East New York,” “So Help Me Todd” and “Fire Country.”
In “East New York,” Amanda Warren stars as Regina Haywood, “the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, a working-class neighborhood at the edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy her creative methods of serving and protecting in the midst of social upheaval and the early seeds of gentrification,” per a logline from the network.
It costars Kevin Rankin, Jimmy Smits, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Richard Kind, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Lavel Schley and Olivia Luccardi.
It’s from writers and executive producers William Finkelstein and Mike Flynn and director and EP Michael M. Robin of Skyemac Productions. Christine Holder and Mark Holder executive produce through Wonder Street. Andrew Maher (Skyemac) is a co-executive producer. The show hails from Warner Bros. Television.
In “East New York,” Amanda Warren stars as Regina Haywood, “the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, a working-class neighborhood at the edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy her creative methods of serving and protecting in the midst of social upheaval and the early seeds of gentrification,” per a logline from the network.
It costars Kevin Rankin, Jimmy Smits, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Richard Kind, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Lavel Schley and Olivia Luccardi.
It’s from writers and executive producers William Finkelstein and Mike Flynn and director and EP Michael M. Robin of Skyemac Productions. Christine Holder and Mark Holder executive produce through Wonder Street. Andrew Maher (Skyemac) is a co-executive producer. The show hails from Warner Bros. Television.
- 5/12/2022
- by Jolie Lash and Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Kevin Rankin (Claws) and Elizabeth Rodriguez (Orange is the New Black) are set as leads opposite Amanda Warren and Jimmy Smits in the CBS police drama pilot East New York.
Co-written by William Finkelstein and Mike Flynn and directed by Mike Robin, the project centers on Regina Haywood (Warren), the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, an impoverished, working-class neighborhood at the eastern edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy her creative methods of serving and protecting during the midst of social upheaval and the early seeds of gentrification.
Rankin will play Tommy Killian, a charming and confident detective – but his thoughts on gender relations are in need of updating.
Rodriguez will portray Crystal Morales, an intuitive detective who is not easily intimidated. She closely guards her private life, making her an object of endless speculation.
Co-written by William Finkelstein and Mike Flynn and directed by Mike Robin, the project centers on Regina Haywood (Warren), the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, an impoverished, working-class neighborhood at the eastern edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy her creative methods of serving and protecting during the midst of social upheaval and the early seeds of gentrification.
Rankin will play Tommy Killian, a charming and confident detective – but his thoughts on gender relations are in need of updating.
Rodriguez will portray Crystal Morales, an intuitive detective who is not easily intimidated. She closely guards her private life, making her an object of endless speculation.
- 3/24/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Jimmy Smits, who starred as Det. Bobby Simone on “NYPD Blue” from 1994 to 1998, steps back into uniform as three-star Chief John Suarez for CBS drama pilot “East New York,” TheWrap has learned.
This project reunites Smits with “NYPD Blue” executive producer William Finkelstein and director Mike Robin, who’ll serve as EPs and writers on the pilot.
Amanda Warren of HBO’s “The Leftovers” stars in the pilot as Regina Haywood, the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York’s 74th Precinct, where she leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy new creative methods of serving and protecting.
Smits’ character is described as “a three-star chief whose experience, commanding presence and strong moral center helps oversee the melding of communities and the precincts that serve them.”
The pilot costars Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Richard Kind, Lavel Schley and Olivia Luccardi.
Smits, who is...
This project reunites Smits with “NYPD Blue” executive producer William Finkelstein and director Mike Robin, who’ll serve as EPs and writers on the pilot.
Amanda Warren of HBO’s “The Leftovers” stars in the pilot as Regina Haywood, the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York’s 74th Precinct, where she leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy new creative methods of serving and protecting.
Smits’ character is described as “a three-star chief whose experience, commanding presence and strong moral center helps oversee the melding of communities and the precincts that serve them.”
The pilot costars Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Richard Kind, Lavel Schley and Olivia Luccardi.
Smits, who is...
- 3/23/2022
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Jimmy Smits has signed on to the CBS drama pilot “East New York,” Variety has learned.
Smits joins previously announced series lead Amanda Warren in the pilot, along with fellow cast members Ruben Santiago Hudson, Richard Kind, Lavel Schley, and Olivia Luccardi.
In the pilot, Regina Haywood (Warren) is the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, an impoverished, working-class neighborhood at the eastern edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy her creative methods of serving and protecting during the midst of social upheaval and the early seeds of gentrification.
Smits will star as 3-Star Chief John Suarez, whose experience, commanding presence and strong moral center helps oversee the melding of communities and the precincts that serve them.
The role brings Smits back to the world of broadcast police dramas, after he previously starred in the ABC drama series “NYPD Blue.
Smits joins previously announced series lead Amanda Warren in the pilot, along with fellow cast members Ruben Santiago Hudson, Richard Kind, Lavel Schley, and Olivia Luccardi.
In the pilot, Regina Haywood (Warren) is the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, an impoverished, working-class neighborhood at the eastern edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy her creative methods of serving and protecting during the midst of social upheaval and the early seeds of gentrification.
Smits will star as 3-Star Chief John Suarez, whose experience, commanding presence and strong moral center helps oversee the melding of communities and the precincts that serve them.
The role brings Smits back to the world of broadcast police dramas, after he previously starred in the ABC drama series “NYPD Blue.
- 3/23/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
NYPD Blue alum Jimmy Smits is returning to the cop drama beat, signing on as the male lead opposite Amanda Warren in the CBS hourlong pilot East New York.
Co-written by William Finkelstein and Mike Flynn and directed by Mike Robin, the project centers on Regina Haywood (Warren), the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, an impoverished, working-class neighborhood at the eastern edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy her creative methods of serving and protecting during the midst of social upheaval and the early seeds of gentrification.
Smits will play three-star Chief John Suarez, whose experience, commanding presence and strong moral center helps oversee the melding of communities and the precincts that serve them.
The Emmy-winning actor has a personal connection to the project. Born in Brooklyn, Smits grew up around the East New York...
Co-written by William Finkelstein and Mike Flynn and directed by Mike Robin, the project centers on Regina Haywood (Warren), the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, an impoverished, working-class neighborhood at the eastern edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy her creative methods of serving and protecting during the midst of social upheaval and the early seeds of gentrification.
Smits will play three-star Chief John Suarez, whose experience, commanding presence and strong moral center helps oversee the melding of communities and the precincts that serve them.
The Emmy-winning actor has a personal connection to the project. Born in Brooklyn, Smits grew up around the East New York...
- 3/23/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Ruben Santiago Hudson, Richard Kind, Lavel Schley and Olivia Luccardi have been cast as series regulars opposite Amanda Warren in the CBS drama pilot East New York.
In East New York, co-written by William Finkelstein and Mike Flynn, Regina Haywood (Warren) is the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, an impoverished, working-class neighborhood at the eastern edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy her creative methods of serving and protecting during the midst of social upheaval and the early seeds of gentrification.
Hudson will play Marvin Sandeford who could have become a boss or a detective, but he never wanted to be anything but a street cop. He’s very opinionated and given to quick, intractable judgments, but not without compassion. No one knows as much about East New York as he does.
Kind plays Capt.
In East New York, co-written by William Finkelstein and Mike Flynn, Regina Haywood (Warren) is the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, an impoverished, working-class neighborhood at the eastern edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy her creative methods of serving and protecting during the midst of social upheaval and the early seeds of gentrification.
Hudson will play Marvin Sandeford who could have become a boss or a detective, but he never wanted to be anything but a street cop. He’s very opinionated and given to quick, intractable judgments, but not without compassion. No one knows as much about East New York as he does.
Kind plays Capt.
- 3/18/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
“East New York,” the drama pilot currently in the works at CBS, has added four new cast members.
Ruben Santiago Hudson, Richard Kind, Lavel Schley, and Olivia Luccardi have all joined the pilot alongside previously announced series lead Amanda Warren.
In the pilot, Regina Haywood (Warren) is the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, an impoverished, working-class will neighborhood at the eastern edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy her creative methods of serving and protecting during the midst of social upheaval and the early seeds of gentrification.
Hudson has been cast as Marvin Sandeford. Marvin could have become a boss or a detective, but he never wanted to be anything but a street cop. He’s very opinionated and given to quick, intractable judgments, but not without compassion. No one knows as much about East New York as he does.
Ruben Santiago Hudson, Richard Kind, Lavel Schley, and Olivia Luccardi have all joined the pilot alongside previously announced series lead Amanda Warren.
In the pilot, Regina Haywood (Warren) is the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, an impoverished, working-class will neighborhood at the eastern edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy her creative methods of serving and protecting during the midst of social upheaval and the early seeds of gentrification.
Hudson has been cast as Marvin Sandeford. Marvin could have become a boss or a detective, but he never wanted to be anything but a street cop. He’s very opinionated and given to quick, intractable judgments, but not without compassion. No one knows as much about East New York as he does.
- 3/18/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Amanda Warren has been tapped as the lead in the CBS drama pilot East New York.
In East New York, co-written by William Finkelstein and Mike Flynn, Regina Haywood (Warren) is the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, an impoverished, working-class neighborhood at the eastern edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy her creative methods of serving and protecting during the midst of social upheaval and the early seeds of gentrification.
2022 CBS Pilots & Series Orders
For former street cop Regina, sharply dressed and serious about her job, her father and her dog are the only two souls with whom she can be fully vulnerable.
Finkelstein and Flynn executive produce with Mike Robin of Skyemac Productions, Christine Holder and Mark Holder of Wonder Street. Andrew Maher of Skyemac is co-executive producing. Warner Bros. Television is the studio.
In East New York, co-written by William Finkelstein and Mike Flynn, Regina Haywood (Warren) is the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, an impoverished, working-class neighborhood at the eastern edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy her creative methods of serving and protecting during the midst of social upheaval and the early seeds of gentrification.
2022 CBS Pilots & Series Orders
For former street cop Regina, sharply dressed and serious about her job, her father and her dog are the only two souls with whom she can be fully vulnerable.
Finkelstein and Flynn executive produce with Mike Robin of Skyemac Productions, Christine Holder and Mark Holder of Wonder Street. Andrew Maher of Skyemac is co-executive producing. Warner Bros. Television is the studio.
- 3/16/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS police drama pilot “East New York” has cast Amanda Warren (“The Purge”) in the starring role of Regina Haywood, a serious street cop turned deputy inspector.
“East New York,” written by William Finkelstein and Mike Flynn, was given a pilot order last month. No other cast members have been announced.
The pilot’s executive producers are Finkelstein, Flynn, Mike Robin from Skyemac Productions, Christine Holder and Mark Holder from Wonder Street. Andrew Maher from Skyemac is a co-executive producer. Warner Bros. Television is the studio.
“East New York” follows Haywood as she leads a diverse group of detectives and police officers in a working-class community at the eastern edge of Brooklyn, N.Y. Haywood deploys creative methods of doing the job during a time of social upheaval and community tension, and some of her officers are reluctant to follow along.
The pilot is another addition to Finkelstein’s work on police and legal dramas,...
“East New York,” written by William Finkelstein and Mike Flynn, was given a pilot order last month. No other cast members have been announced.
The pilot’s executive producers are Finkelstein, Flynn, Mike Robin from Skyemac Productions, Christine Holder and Mark Holder from Wonder Street. Andrew Maher from Skyemac is a co-executive producer. Warner Bros. Television is the studio.
“East New York” follows Haywood as she leads a diverse group of detectives and police officers in a working-class community at the eastern edge of Brooklyn, N.Y. Haywood deploys creative methods of doing the job during a time of social upheaval and community tension, and some of her officers are reluctant to follow along.
The pilot is another addition to Finkelstein’s work on police and legal dramas,...
- 3/16/2022
- by Sasha Urban
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Seoul Street is adapting Suzanne Park’s bestselling novel Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous for the big screen.
The Sourcebooks Fire novel follows a Korean-American female social media influencer Sunny, who is shipped off to a digital detox summer camp. While her big summer goals are to make Rafael Kim her boyfriend, hit 100,000 followers and have the best last summer of high school, what’s not on her list is accidentally filming a PG-13 cooking video that goes viral (#browniegate). Extremely not on her list: being shipped off to a digital detox farm camp in Iowa for a whole month. She’s traded in her WiFi connection for a butter churn, and if she wants any shot at growing her social media platform this summer, she’ll need to find a way back online. However, as Sunny is forced to disconnect, she makes a connection with an alarmingly cute farm boy.
The Sourcebooks Fire novel follows a Korean-American female social media influencer Sunny, who is shipped off to a digital detox summer camp. While her big summer goals are to make Rafael Kim her boyfriend, hit 100,000 followers and have the best last summer of high school, what’s not on her list is accidentally filming a PG-13 cooking video that goes viral (#browniegate). Extremely not on her list: being shipped off to a digital detox farm camp in Iowa for a whole month. She’s traded in her WiFi connection for a butter churn, and if she wants any shot at growing her social media platform this summer, she’ll need to find a way back online. However, as Sunny is forced to disconnect, she makes a connection with an alarmingly cute farm boy.
- 3/16/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS has had a busy week of picking up drama pilots.
The network has added East New York, a cop drama from Law & Order and NYPD Blue exec producer William Finkelstein and Big Sky co-exec producer Mike Flynn, to its pilot book.
The series follows Regina Haywood, the newly promoted police captain of East New York, an impoverished, working class neighborhood at the eastern edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy her creative methods of serving and protecting during the midst of social upheaval and the early seeds of gentrification.
2022 CBS Pilots & Series Orders
Finkelstein and Flynn are writing and exec producing. Skyemac Productions’ Mike Robin, exec producer on series including All Rise and Major Crimes, is also exec producing alongside Self Made: Inspired By The Life of Madam C.J Walker exec producers Mark Holder and Christine Holder of Wonder Street.
The network has added East New York, a cop drama from Law & Order and NYPD Blue exec producer William Finkelstein and Big Sky co-exec producer Mike Flynn, to its pilot book.
The series follows Regina Haywood, the newly promoted police captain of East New York, an impoverished, working class neighborhood at the eastern edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy her creative methods of serving and protecting during the midst of social upheaval and the early seeds of gentrification.
2022 CBS Pilots & Series Orders
Finkelstein and Flynn are writing and exec producing. Skyemac Productions’ Mike Robin, exec producer on series including All Rise and Major Crimes, is also exec producing alongside Self Made: Inspired By The Life of Madam C.J Walker exec producers Mark Holder and Christine Holder of Wonder Street.
- 2/10/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: In a competitive situation, Will Yun Lee and Mark and Christine Holder’s Seoul Street has acquired rights to Silver Phoenix author Cindy Pon’s bestselling sci-fi novels Want and sequel Ruse for development as an international television series.
The book series, published by Simon & Schuster under their YA banner Pulse, explores a divided society in near-future Taipei plagued by pollution and class wars. The books center around a diverse group of friends who risk everything to save themselves and their city from collapse.
Search is underway for a writer, with the partners focused on finding an Asian American voice to pen the series.
“It’s an exciting and touching portrayal of love, war, and friendship encapsulated in this incredibly rich and textured world that Cindy has brilliantly created,” said Christine Holder.
Added Lee, “Cindy’s characters leaped off the page from the moment I opened the book. Her...
The book series, published by Simon & Schuster under their YA banner Pulse, explores a divided society in near-future Taipei plagued by pollution and class wars. The books center around a diverse group of friends who risk everything to save themselves and their city from collapse.
Search is underway for a writer, with the partners focused on finding an Asian American voice to pen the series.
“It’s an exciting and touching portrayal of love, war, and friendship encapsulated in this incredibly rich and textured world that Cindy has brilliantly created,” said Christine Holder.
Added Lee, “Cindy’s characters leaped off the page from the moment I opened the book. Her...
- 1/22/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Will Yun Lee and Mark and Christine Holder’s Seoul Street and 04 Entertainment have preemptively nabbed the rights to My Summer in Seoul, bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken’s forthcoming romance novel set in the competitive world of K-Pop, to adapt as a television series. A search is out for a female Asian American writer to pen the adaptation.
The project comes amid a recent rise in the popularity of Korean dramas worldwide that culminated in the success of Squid Game on Netflix, which has become a global phenomenon.
My Summer in Seoul, set to be released later this fall, follows Korean-American Grace Lee as she embarks on a life-changing trip to Seoul working for her uncle’s record label. Her life changes as she begins an internship with one of the biggest Kpop bands in the world. As she builds friendships with the members, and starts to...
The project comes amid a recent rise in the popularity of Korean dramas worldwide that culminated in the success of Squid Game on Netflix, which has become a global phenomenon.
My Summer in Seoul, set to be released later this fall, follows Korean-American Grace Lee as she embarks on a life-changing trip to Seoul working for her uncle’s record label. Her life changes as she begins an internship with one of the biggest Kpop bands in the world. As she builds friendships with the members, and starts to...
- 10/20/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: HBO Max is developing Aloha MotherF**ker, a drama series based on Jason Ryan’s best-selling novel Hell-Bent. Mad Dogs creator Cris Cole will write the adaptation, which comes from Will Yun Lee and Mark and Christine Holder’s Seoul Street.
In Aloha MotherF**ker, When cops fail to find her son’s killers, Renee, a divorced mom in her 40s, heads to Hawaii to start her own investigation. Here she uncovers rampant disorganized crime and systemic corruption within the police and legal system, before inadvertently finding a new place for herself in the world.
The cat-and mouse-thriller is set in 1970s Hawaii, a dream vacation spot but also one of the most brutally violent places in America riddled by mob-style executions, drug smuggling and gang warfare.
Cole executive produces with Soul Street’s Lee and Mark and Christine Holder
British writer-producer Cole is probably best known as the...
In Aloha MotherF**ker, When cops fail to find her son’s killers, Renee, a divorced mom in her 40s, heads to Hawaii to start her own investigation. Here she uncovers rampant disorganized crime and systemic corruption within the police and legal system, before inadvertently finding a new place for herself in the world.
The cat-and mouse-thriller is set in 1970s Hawaii, a dream vacation spot but also one of the most brutally violent places in America riddled by mob-style executions, drug smuggling and gang warfare.
Cole executive produces with Soul Street’s Lee and Mark and Christine Holder
British writer-producer Cole is probably best known as the...
- 10/12/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group has debuted the first four images from Crawlspace, a thriller marking the feature directorial debut of L. Gustavo Cooper, following its acquisition of worldwide rights to the title.
The film starring Henry Thomas (Midnight Mass), Jennifer Robertson (Schitt’s Creek), Olivia Taylor Dudley (The Magicians) and more follows a family man who must fight for survival, when he finds himself trapped in the crawlspace of a remote Oregon cabin, where ruthless poachers have stashed their fortune.
Jacob D. Wehrman penned the feature, which also stars Bradley Stryker (Let Him Go), Catherine Lough Haggquist (Fifty Shades of Grey) and C. Ernst Harth (To All the Boys: Always and Forever).
Sp Media Group’s Steven Paul and Scott Karol produced, with Alejandro Brugues, Mark Holder, Christine Holder and Andrew Wilson at Wonder Street Entertainment serving as exec producers.
“From the beginning, I saw the movie as fun action/thriller.
The film starring Henry Thomas (Midnight Mass), Jennifer Robertson (Schitt’s Creek), Olivia Taylor Dudley (The Magicians) and more follows a family man who must fight for survival, when he finds himself trapped in the crawlspace of a remote Oregon cabin, where ruthless poachers have stashed their fortune.
Jacob D. Wehrman penned the feature, which also stars Bradley Stryker (Let Him Go), Catherine Lough Haggquist (Fifty Shades of Grey) and C. Ernst Harth (To All the Boys: Always and Forever).
Sp Media Group’s Steven Paul and Scott Karol produced, with Alejandro Brugues, Mark Holder, Christine Holder and Andrew Wilson at Wonder Street Entertainment serving as exec producers.
“From the beginning, I saw the movie as fun action/thriller.
- 9/28/2021
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Vidyut Jammwal, the Indian film star, martial artist and stuntman whose credits include the Commando series and Junglee, has signed with U.S. management and production firm Wonder Street.
Alongside his rising star in India off the back of a string of box office successes, Jammwal also recently made the move into producing with the establishment of his own banner Action Hero Films, as Deadline revealed in an exclusive chat with the actor.
Jammwal is now targeting increasing his profile abroad and will be working with Wonder Street partners Christine Holder and Mark Holder, who will rep him in all areas.
The Wonder Street partners said that “the time has come for Jammwal to reach global audiences”, while the actor told Deadline that he was “excited for this journey”.
Wonder Street has an international client list including Tony Jaa and Dolph Lundgren.
Alongside his rising star in India off the back of a string of box office successes, Jammwal also recently made the move into producing with the establishment of his own banner Action Hero Films, as Deadline revealed in an exclusive chat with the actor.
Jammwal is now targeting increasing his profile abroad and will be working with Wonder Street partners Christine Holder and Mark Holder, who will rep him in all areas.
The Wonder Street partners said that “the time has come for Jammwal to reach global audiences”, while the actor told Deadline that he was “excited for this journey”.
Wonder Street has an international client list including Tony Jaa and Dolph Lundgren.
- 6/22/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Craig Plestis knows a thing or two about Korean formats after finding success with The Masked Singer and I Can See Your Voice.
He now has found his latest Asian format, but this one is a little different – it’s scripted. The founder of Smart Dog Media and ex-NBC alternative chief has struck a deal with CBS Studios to develop W: Two Worlds.
The series, which launched in Korea in 2016, follows a heart surgeon who embarks on a search for her father, a famous comic book artist who disappeared without a trace. While searching his studio for answers, she finds a badly wounded stranger who claims he is not from this world. After saving the stranger’s life, she stumbles upon the realization that he is from the comic book universe created by her father. A portal between worlds allows her to cross over into the virtual world of “W” and back,...
He now has found his latest Asian format, but this one is a little different – it’s scripted. The founder of Smart Dog Media and ex-NBC alternative chief has struck a deal with CBS Studios to develop W: Two Worlds.
The series, which launched in Korea in 2016, follows a heart surgeon who embarks on a search for her father, a famous comic book artist who disappeared without a trace. While searching his studio for answers, she finds a badly wounded stranger who claims he is not from this world. After saving the stranger’s life, she stumbles upon the realization that he is from the comic book universe created by her father. A portal between worlds allows her to cross over into the virtual world of “W” and back,...
- 4/1/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: After action turns in Altered Carbon, Die Another Day and others The Good Doctor co-star Will Yun Lee is stepping up to developing vehicles for himself. He has teamed with Wonder Street partners Christine Holder and Mark Holder to launch Seoul Street. They will create diverse stories for TV and the big screen.
The new venture is developing a series based on a trilogy of Leonard Chang bestselling crime novels, starting with Over the Shoulder. The novels focus on Allen Choice, a Korean American bodyguard who investigates the murder of his childhood friend. The trail exposes dark family secrets about his father that are linked to race, class, and the legacy of the L.A. Riots. The novel was published by HarperCollins and St. Martin’s Press and Seoul Street acquired the trilogy in a competitive situation.
Chang is writing the show. He is currently EP on the FX drama...
The new venture is developing a series based on a trilogy of Leonard Chang bestselling crime novels, starting with Over the Shoulder. The novels focus on Allen Choice, a Korean American bodyguard who investigates the murder of his childhood friend. The trail exposes dark family secrets about his father that are linked to race, class, and the legacy of the L.A. Riots. The novel was published by HarperCollins and St. Martin’s Press and Seoul Street acquired the trilogy in a competitive situation.
Chang is writing the show. He is currently EP on the FX drama...
- 2/9/2021
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: 04 Entertainment has acquired the rights to Nurturing Healing Love: A Mother’s Journey Of Hope and Forgiveness, a memoir by Scarlett Lewis, inspired by the loss of Lewis’ son in the Sandy Hook massacre, for development as a television movie. Law & Order alumna Elisabeth Röhm is attached to star, direct and executive produce.
Per producers, Nurturing Healing Love is inspired by the horrific loss of Lewis’ son, Jesse following an act of unimaginable violence at the Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012. Lewis experienced something that no parent should ever have to endure on a day that started just like any other. When a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Scarlett’s life changed forever. However, this isn’t a story about a massacre. It’s a story about love and survival. It’s about how to face the impossible, how to find courage when you think you have none,...
Per producers, Nurturing Healing Love is inspired by the horrific loss of Lewis’ son, Jesse following an act of unimaginable violence at the Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012. Lewis experienced something that no parent should ever have to endure on a day that started just like any other. When a gunman opened fire at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Scarlett’s life changed forever. However, this isn’t a story about a massacre. It’s a story about love and survival. It’s about how to face the impossible, how to find courage when you think you have none,...
- 12/28/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Beasts of No Nation and Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker executive producers Christine Holder and Mark Holder of Wonder Street have set a feature adaptation of Anita Moorjani’s memoir Dying to Be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing.
Released in 2014, Moorjani’s novel is about her almost four-year journey fighting cancer. He body, overwhelmed by the malignant cells spreading throughout her system, began shutting down and she lost consciousness. Upon regaining consciousness, Anita found that her condition had miraculously improved and that there was no trace of cancer in her body. After years of struggling to forge her own path while trying to meet everyone else’s expectations, she had the realization, as a result of her epiphany on the other side, that she had the power to heal herself and that there are miracles in...
Released in 2014, Moorjani’s novel is about her almost four-year journey fighting cancer. He body, overwhelmed by the malignant cells spreading throughout her system, began shutting down and she lost consciousness. Upon regaining consciousness, Anita found that her condition had miraculously improved and that there was no trace of cancer in her body. After years of struggling to forge her own path while trying to meet everyone else’s expectations, she had the realization, as a result of her epiphany on the other side, that she had the power to heal herself and that there are miracles in...
- 12/8/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Kevin Macdonald is setting his sights on the American justice system via “The Mauritanian,” the director’s upcoming legal drama that centers on a Guantánamo Bay detainee. Distributor STXfilms unveiled the trailer for the upcoming film on Tuesday.
Per STXfilms, the synopsis reads: Captured by the U.S. Government, Mohamedou Ould Slahi (Tahar Rahim) languishes in prison for years without charge or trial. Losing all hope, Slahi finds allies in defense attorney Nancy Hollander (Jodie Foster) and her associate Teri Duncan (Shailene Woodley). Together they face countless obstacles in a desperate pursuit for justice. Their controversial advocacy, along with evidence uncovered by formidable military prosecutor, Lt. Colonel Stuart Couch (Benedict Cumberbatch), eventually reveals a shocking and far reaching conspiracy.
The film is slated to premiere in the United States on February 19, 2021. “The Mauritanian” is based on Mohamedou Ould Salahi 2015 “Guantánamo Diary” memoir, which centered on the author’s detainment in the...
Per STXfilms, the synopsis reads: Captured by the U.S. Government, Mohamedou Ould Slahi (Tahar Rahim) languishes in prison for years without charge or trial. Losing all hope, Slahi finds allies in defense attorney Nancy Hollander (Jodie Foster) and her associate Teri Duncan (Shailene Woodley). Together they face countless obstacles in a desperate pursuit for justice. Their controversial advocacy, along with evidence uncovered by formidable military prosecutor, Lt. Colonel Stuart Couch (Benedict Cumberbatch), eventually reveals a shocking and far reaching conspiracy.
The film is slated to premiere in the United States on February 19, 2021. “The Mauritanian” is based on Mohamedou Ould Salahi 2015 “Guantánamo Diary” memoir, which centered on the author’s detainment in the...
- 12/2/2020
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
Here’s how much Jodie Foster cares about preserving justice: In her new film “The Mauritanian,” Foster plays an attorney who decides to defend a man suspected of being “the head recruiter of 9/11” — or, as one general puts it, who “recruited the guys who flew your friend’s plane into the South tower.”
The man at the center of it all is Mohamedou Ould Slahi (Tahar Rahim), and he’s been languishing inside a prison cell at Guantanamo Bay without formal charges brought against him and with no expectation of a fair trial. But as Foster goes toe-to-toe with a military prosecutor played by Benedict Cumberbatch, they soon find out there’s a lot more at stake than just one man’s life.
“I’m not just defending him, I’m defending the rule of law,” Foster says in a conversation with Cumberbatch. He replies, “You haven’t seen what I’ve seen.
The man at the center of it all is Mohamedou Ould Slahi (Tahar Rahim), and he’s been languishing inside a prison cell at Guantanamo Bay without formal charges brought against him and with no expectation of a fair trial. But as Foster goes toe-to-toe with a military prosecutor played by Benedict Cumberbatch, they soon find out there’s a lot more at stake than just one man’s life.
“I’m not just defending him, I’m defending the rule of law,” Foster says in a conversation with Cumberbatch. He replies, “You haven’t seen what I’ve seen.
- 12/1/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
STXfilms has decided to enter this unconventional awards season with a mighty and timely drama, “The Mauritanian,” formerly called “Prisoner 760,” from Scottish director Kevin Macdonald. The film will be released on Feb. 19, 2021, and could echo the same late-breaking awards success that past movies like “Million Dollar Baby” were able to execute. With an impressive cast that includes Tahar Rahim, Jodie Foster, Benedict Cumberbatch and Shailene Woodley, the inspiring true story could resonate with AMPAS voters, especially its large international membership.
“The Mauritanian” tells the true story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi (Rahim), who was held captive and tortured by the U.S. government in Guantanamo Bay detention camp for 10 years without a charge or trial. Losing faith, he finds hope in defense attorney Nancy Hollander (Foster) and her associate Teri Duncan (Woodley), who face countless legal obstacles in their pursuit of justice.
I was able to view an unfinished version of the film,...
“The Mauritanian” tells the true story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi (Rahim), who was held captive and tortured by the U.S. government in Guantanamo Bay detention camp for 10 years without a charge or trial. Losing faith, he finds hope in defense attorney Nancy Hollander (Foster) and her associate Teri Duncan (Woodley), who face countless legal obstacles in their pursuit of justice.
I was able to view an unfinished version of the film,...
- 11/23/2020
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Legal thriller - originally known as Prisoner 760 - previously went to STX for the UK and international.
STXfilms has picked up US rights to director Kevin Macdonald’s upcoming legal thriller starring Jodie Foster, Tahar Rahim, Shailene Woodley and Benedict Cumberbatch.
STXinternational acquired international rights to the film - originally known as Prisoner 760 but now untitled - last year and is also set to distribute in the UK and Ireland.
Produced by 30West, Topic Studios and BBC Films, the film is based on Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s memoir Guantánamo Diary and tells the story of a US government...
STXfilms has picked up US rights to director Kevin Macdonald’s upcoming legal thriller starring Jodie Foster, Tahar Rahim, Shailene Woodley and Benedict Cumberbatch.
STXinternational acquired international rights to the film - originally known as Prisoner 760 but now untitled - last year and is also set to distribute in the UK and Ireland.
Produced by 30West, Topic Studios and BBC Films, the film is based on Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s memoir Guantánamo Diary and tells the story of a US government...
- 8/4/2020
- by 31¦John Hazelton¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
STXfilms has bought U.S. rights Kevin Macdonald’s untitled legal thriller, starring Jodie Foster, Shailene Woodley, Tahar Rahim and Benedict Cumberbatch.
The film, which was formerly known as “Prisoner 760.” is based on Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s memoir “Guantánamo Diary,” centers on Slahi (Rahim), who languishes in prison for years without charge or trial until he finds allies in defense attorney Nancy Hollander (Foster) and her associate Teri Duncan (Woodley). Their advocacy, along with evidence uncovered by military prosecutor, Lt. Stuart Couch (Cumberbatch), reveals a shocking and far reaching conspiracy.
STXinternational also acquired the international rights to the film last fall at the American Film Market and will distribute the movie in the U.K. and Ireland.
Macdonald directs from a screenplay by Michael Bronner and Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani.
Production on the film wrapped earlier this year in South Africa. Cumberbatch is producing with Adam Ackland and...
The film, which was formerly known as “Prisoner 760.” is based on Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s memoir “Guantánamo Diary,” centers on Slahi (Rahim), who languishes in prison for years without charge or trial until he finds allies in defense attorney Nancy Hollander (Foster) and her associate Teri Duncan (Woodley). Their advocacy, along with evidence uncovered by military prosecutor, Lt. Stuart Couch (Cumberbatch), reveals a shocking and far reaching conspiracy.
STXinternational also acquired the international rights to the film last fall at the American Film Market and will distribute the movie in the U.K. and Ireland.
Macdonald directs from a screenplay by Michael Bronner and Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani.
Production on the film wrapped earlier this year in South Africa. Cumberbatch is producing with Adam Ackland and...
- 8/3/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
STXfilms has won the U.S. rights to director Kevin Macdonald’s untitled legal thriller formerly known as Prisoner 760.
The project stars Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA winner Jodie Foster, BAFTA nominee Tahar Rahim, Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Shailene Woodley, Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch and Shazam! and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel star Zachary Levi.
The feature tells the story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi (Rahim), who is captured by the U.S. government and languishes in prison for years without charge or trial. Losing all hope, Slahi finds allies in defense attorney Nancy Hollander (Foster) and her associate Teri Duncan (Woodley). Together, they face countless obstacles in a desperate pursuit for justice. Their controversial advocacy, along with evidence uncovered by formidable military prosecutor, Lt. Stuart Couch (Cumberbatch), eventually reveals a shocking and far reaching conspiracy.
STX International secured foreign rights to the feature at AFM last November, and will release...
The project stars Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA winner Jodie Foster, BAFTA nominee Tahar Rahim, Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Shailene Woodley, Oscar nominee Benedict Cumberbatch and Shazam! and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel star Zachary Levi.
The feature tells the story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi (Rahim), who is captured by the U.S. government and languishes in prison for years without charge or trial. Losing all hope, Slahi finds allies in defense attorney Nancy Hollander (Foster) and her associate Teri Duncan (Woodley). Together, they face countless obstacles in a desperate pursuit for justice. Their controversial advocacy, along with evidence uncovered by formidable military prosecutor, Lt. Stuart Couch (Cumberbatch), eventually reveals a shocking and far reaching conspiracy.
STX International secured foreign rights to the feature at AFM last November, and will release...
- 8/3/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
STXfilms has won the domestic rights to director Kevin McDonald’s upcoming untitled legal thriller formerly known as “Prisoner 760,” Adam Fogelson, chairman of the Motion Picture Group, announced on Monday.
The film stars Jodie Foster, Tahar Rahim, Shailene Woodley and Benedict Cumberbatch.
As previously announced, STXinternational will also distribute the film internationally in the UK and Ireland after acquiring the international rights to the film last fall at the American Film Market (AFM).
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The untitled film from 30West, Topic Studios, and BBC Films is based on Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s New York Times bestselling memoir “Guantánamo Diary” and tells the explosive true story of a fight for survival against all odds. Captured by the US government, Mohamedou Ould Slahi (Rahim) languishes in prison for years without charge or trial. Losing all hope, Slahi finds allies in...
The film stars Jodie Foster, Tahar Rahim, Shailene Woodley and Benedict Cumberbatch.
As previously announced, STXinternational will also distribute the film internationally in the UK and Ireland after acquiring the international rights to the film last fall at the American Film Market (AFM).
Also Read: Elisabeth Moss' Paranormal Thriller 'Run Rabbit Run' Lands at STX Entertainment
The untitled film from 30West, Topic Studios, and BBC Films is based on Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s New York Times bestselling memoir “Guantánamo Diary” and tells the explosive true story of a fight for survival against all odds. Captured by the US government, Mohamedou Ould Slahi (Rahim) languishes in prison for years without charge or trial. Losing all hope, Slahi finds allies in...
- 8/3/2020
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Legal thriller - originally known as Prisoner 760 - previously went to STX for the UK and international.
STXfilms has picked up US rights to director Kevin Macdonald’s upcoming legal thriller starring Jodie Foster, Tahar Rahim, Shailene Woodley and Benedict Cumberbatch.
STXinternational acquired international rights to the film - originally known as Prisoner 760 but now untitled - last year and is also set to distribute in the UK and Ireland.
Produced by 30West, Topic Studios and BBC Films, the film is based on Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s memoir Guantánamo Diary and tells the story of a US government...
STXfilms has picked up US rights to director Kevin Macdonald’s upcoming legal thriller starring Jodie Foster, Tahar Rahim, Shailene Woodley and Benedict Cumberbatch.
STXinternational acquired international rights to the film - originally known as Prisoner 760 but now untitled - last year and is also set to distribute in the UK and Ireland.
Produced by 30West, Topic Studios and BBC Films, the film is based on Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s memoir Guantánamo Diary and tells the story of a US government...
- 8/3/2020
- by 31¦John Hazelton¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Octavia Spencer plays Madam C. J. Walker, pioneer of Black hair care, on the Netflix limited series “Self Made.” The Academy Award-winning actress also stars in the Apple TV+ drama series “Truth Be Told.”
Spencer recently spoke with Gold Derby contributing writer Charlie Bright about what brought her to “Self Made,” what excited her about “Truth Be Told” and how she has made a positive impact during quarantine. Watch the exclusive video interview above and read the complete transcript below.
SEEElle Johnson Interview: ‘Self Made’ showrunner
Gold Derby: Octavia, the first thing I want to ask is what excited you the most about getting to portray Madam Walker?
Octavia Spencer: What excited me the most about playing Madam Walker is I’ve always known about Madam Walker. My mom used her as a standard-bearer of what we could become if we applied ourselves. So I just felt that the time...
Spencer recently spoke with Gold Derby contributing writer Charlie Bright about what brought her to “Self Made,” what excited her about “Truth Be Told” and how she has made a positive impact during quarantine. Watch the exclusive video interview above and read the complete transcript below.
SEEElle Johnson Interview: ‘Self Made’ showrunner
Gold Derby: Octavia, the first thing I want to ask is what excited you the most about getting to portray Madam Walker?
Octavia Spencer: What excited me the most about playing Madam Walker is I’ve always known about Madam Walker. My mom used her as a standard-bearer of what we could become if we applied ourselves. So I just felt that the time...
- 7/22/2020
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
Before she signed on to play Madam C.J. Walker in the Netflix limited series “Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker,” Octavia Spencer was already extremely familiar with the legendary businesswoman. “I’ve always known about Madam Walker. My mom used her as a standard-bearer of what we could become if we applied ourselves,” she tells us in our recent webchat (watch the video above). She went on to explain that it “felt like the time had come for her story to be told.”
“Self Made” chronicles how a domestic worker named Sarah Breedlove, started her own line of hair care products aimed at black women and built the company into a thriving business, under the name Madam C.J. Walker, and in doing so became the first woman to become a self-made millionaire. It also co-stars Blair Underwood, Tiffany Haddish, Carmen Ejogo and Garrett Morris.
“Self Made” chronicles how a domestic worker named Sarah Breedlove, started her own line of hair care products aimed at black women and built the company into a thriving business, under the name Madam C.J. Walker, and in doing so became the first woman to become a self-made millionaire. It also co-stars Blair Underwood, Tiffany Haddish, Carmen Ejogo and Garrett Morris.
- 5/12/2020
- by Charles Bright
- Gold Derby
In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix released the trailer for “Self Made: Inspired By the Life of Madam C.J. Walker” and HBO announced a premiere date for “Betty.”
First Looks
Netflix released the official trailer “Self Made: Inspired By the Life of Madam C.J. Walker.” Executive produced by and starring Octavia Spencer, the four-part limited series details the life of America’s first self-made millionaire — how she fought for social change and simultaneously overcame post-slavery racial and gender biases, personal betrayals, and business rivalries to build a ground-breaking brand that revolutionized black haircare. Tiffany Haddish, Carmen Ejogo, Garrett Morris, Kevin Carroll, Bill Bellamy star alongside Spencer. Janine Sherman Barrois, Elle Johnson, Maverick Carter, LeBron James, Mark Holder, Christine Holder, Kasi Lemmons, and Jamal Henderson also serve as executive producers. The series will launch March 20.
Netflix also unveiled the trailer for Season 2 of “Ugly Delicious.” Hosted by chef David Chang...
First Looks
Netflix released the official trailer “Self Made: Inspired By the Life of Madam C.J. Walker.” Executive produced by and starring Octavia Spencer, the four-part limited series details the life of America’s first self-made millionaire — how she fought for social change and simultaneously overcame post-slavery racial and gender biases, personal betrayals, and business rivalries to build a ground-breaking brand that revolutionized black haircare. Tiffany Haddish, Carmen Ejogo, Garrett Morris, Kevin Carroll, Bill Bellamy star alongside Spencer. Janine Sherman Barrois, Elle Johnson, Maverick Carter, LeBron James, Mark Holder, Christine Holder, Kasi Lemmons, and Jamal Henderson also serve as executive producers. The series will launch March 20.
Netflix also unveiled the trailer for Season 2 of “Ugly Delicious.” Hosted by chef David Chang...
- 2/26/2020
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
Octavia Spencer is all about beautiful hair and Benjamins in the first trailer for Netflix’s “Self Made,” a limited series about Madam C.J. Walker, the trailblazing African American haircare entrepreneur who was America’s first female self-made millionaire.
In the video, which you can view above, Sarah Breedlove a.k.a. Madam Cj Walker (Spencer), says it’s time to tell her story.
“Seems like I was born to struggle,” she says in a voiceover, as we watch her scrubbing laundry. “After a while, I guess I just lost hope. That’s when my hair started falling out.”
She gets some help from a lady whose product helps her hair grow back, but when Walker offers to sell the haircare wonder for the woman, she tells her she doesn’t think sales of “for” Walker. That’s when Sarah decides to take matters into her own hands, doing...
In the video, which you can view above, Sarah Breedlove a.k.a. Madam Cj Walker (Spencer), says it’s time to tell her story.
“Seems like I was born to struggle,” she says in a voiceover, as we watch her scrubbing laundry. “After a while, I guess I just lost hope. That’s when my hair started falling out.”
She gets some help from a lady whose product helps her hair grow back, but when Walker offers to sell the haircare wonder for the woman, she tells her she doesn’t think sales of “for” Walker. That’s when Sarah decides to take matters into her own hands, doing...
- 2/25/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
In today’s TV news roundup, Amazon Prime Video announced a premiere date for “Hunters,” and Starz released the official trailer for Season 5 of “Outlander.”
Dates
Conspiracy thriller “Hunters” will premiere Feb. 21, Amazon Prime Video announced. Starring Al Pacino, the show follows a diverse band of Nazi hunters living in 1977 New York City. The group of Hunters, as they’re known, have discovered that hundreds of high-ranking Nazi officials are living among American civilians and conspiring to create a Fourth Reich in the U.S. The eclectic team of Hunters will set out on a bloody quest to bring the Nazis to justice and thwart their new genocidal plans. Logan Lerman, Jerrika Hinton, Josh Radnor, Kate Mulvany, Tiffany Boone, Greg Austin, Louis Ozawa Changchien, Carol Kane, Saul Rubinek, Dylan Baker and Lena Olin join Pacino among the cast. “Hunters” is produced by Amazon Studios, Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions and Sonar Entertainment.
Dates
Conspiracy thriller “Hunters” will premiere Feb. 21, Amazon Prime Video announced. Starring Al Pacino, the show follows a diverse band of Nazi hunters living in 1977 New York City. The group of Hunters, as they’re known, have discovered that hundreds of high-ranking Nazi officials are living among American civilians and conspiring to create a Fourth Reich in the U.S. The eclectic team of Hunters will set out on a bloody quest to bring the Nazis to justice and thwart their new genocidal plans. Logan Lerman, Jerrika Hinton, Josh Radnor, Kate Mulvany, Tiffany Boone, Greg Austin, Louis Ozawa Changchien, Carol Kane, Saul Rubinek, Dylan Baker and Lena Olin join Pacino among the cast. “Hunters” is produced by Amazon Studios, Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions and Sonar Entertainment.
- 1/3/2020
- by Lorraine Wheat and BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has unveiled the official title and premiere date for their previously announced C.J. Walker project starring Octavia Spencer. The four-part limited series Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker will debut on the streaming platform March 20. Netflix also released the first look at Spencer as the iconic figure in history.
In the series, Oscar-winning actress Spencer stars as Sarah Breedlove, known as Madam C.J. Walker, the black hair care pioneer and mogul who overcame hostile turn-of-the-century America, epic rivalries, tumultuous marriages and family challenges to become America’s first black, female self-made millionaire.
The series is inspired by the book, On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker by Walker’s great-great-granddaughter A’Lelia Bundles. Walker overcame post-slavery racial and gender biases, personal betrayals, and business rivalries to build a ground-breaking brand that revolutionized black haircare, as she simultaneously fought for social change.
In the series, Oscar-winning actress Spencer stars as Sarah Breedlove, known as Madam C.J. Walker, the black hair care pioneer and mogul who overcame hostile turn-of-the-century America, epic rivalries, tumultuous marriages and family challenges to become America’s first black, female self-made millionaire.
The series is inspired by the book, On Her Own Ground: The Life and Times of Madam C. J. Walker by Walker’s great-great-granddaughter A’Lelia Bundles. Walker overcame post-slavery racial and gender biases, personal betrayals, and business rivalries to build a ground-breaking brand that revolutionized black haircare, as she simultaneously fought for social change.
- 1/2/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Star power is always a draw at the American Film Market, led this year by Rachel Weisz playing Elizabeth Taylor in See-Saw’s “A Special Relationship.”
It’s a roll of the dice for independently financed projects. A pair of Diane Keaton projects — “Book Club” and “Poms” — were major draws at the last two AFMs. “Book Club” went up for sale in 2017 was a major success with more than $100 million in worldwide grosses last year. “Poms,” which was unveiled a year ago, failed to get much traction with $16 million.
A select list of anticipated titles at the American Film Market:
Losing Clementine
Director: Lucia Puenzo
Producers: Sentient Films, Freckle Films
Key Cast: Jessica Chastain
Logline: The story follows world-renowned artist who, after flushing away her meds, gives herself 31 days to tie up loose ends before killing herself.
Sales: Sierra/Affinity
Geechee
Director: Dubois Ashong
Producers: Agc Studios
Key Cast: Andrea Riseborough...
It’s a roll of the dice for independently financed projects. A pair of Diane Keaton projects — “Book Club” and “Poms” — were major draws at the last two AFMs. “Book Club” went up for sale in 2017 was a major success with more than $100 million in worldwide grosses last year. “Poms,” which was unveiled a year ago, failed to get much traction with $16 million.
A select list of anticipated titles at the American Film Market:
Losing Clementine
Director: Lucia Puenzo
Producers: Sentient Films, Freckle Films
Key Cast: Jessica Chastain
Logline: The story follows world-renowned artist who, after flushing away her meds, gives herself 31 days to tie up loose ends before killing herself.
Sales: Sierra/Affinity
Geechee
Director: Dubois Ashong
Producers: Agc Studios
Key Cast: Andrea Riseborough...
- 11/7/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Jodie Foster, Shailene Woodley and Tahar Rahim have joined Benedict Cumberbatch in Kevin Macdonald drama ‘Prisoner 760’.
Based on Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s New York Times best-selling memoir ‘Guantánamo Diary’, the film tells the true story of a fight for survival against all odds. Captured by the U.S. government, Mohamedou Ould Slahi (Rahim) languishes in prison for years without charge or trial. Losing all hope, Slahi finds allies in defence attorney Nancy Hollander (Foster) and her associate Teri Duncan (Woodley). Together, they face countless obstacles in a desperate pursuit for justice. Their controversial advocacy, along with evidence uncovered by formidable military prosecutor Lt. Stuart Couch (Cumberbatch), eventually reveals a shocking and far-reaching conspiracy.
Also in news – Paul Feig sheds some light on his ‘Dark Army’ monster movie
Macdonald is directing from a screenplay by former “60 Minutes” producer Michael Bronner. Cumberbatch. Adam Ackland, Leah Clarke, Lloyd Levin, Beatriz Levin, Mark Holder,...
Based on Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s New York Times best-selling memoir ‘Guantánamo Diary’, the film tells the true story of a fight for survival against all odds. Captured by the U.S. government, Mohamedou Ould Slahi (Rahim) languishes in prison for years without charge or trial. Losing all hope, Slahi finds allies in defence attorney Nancy Hollander (Foster) and her associate Teri Duncan (Woodley). Together, they face countless obstacles in a desperate pursuit for justice. Their controversial advocacy, along with evidence uncovered by formidable military prosecutor Lt. Stuart Couch (Cumberbatch), eventually reveals a shocking and far-reaching conspiracy.
Also in news – Paul Feig sheds some light on his ‘Dark Army’ monster movie
Macdonald is directing from a screenplay by former “60 Minutes” producer Michael Bronner. Cumberbatch. Adam Ackland, Leah Clarke, Lloyd Levin, Beatriz Levin, Mark Holder,...
- 11/4/2019
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Jodie Foster, Tahar Rahim and Shailene Woodley will join the previously announced Benedict Cumberbatch in Prisoner 760, directed by Kevin Macdonald.
The film is based on Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s memoir, Guantánamo Diary and tells the story of a man captured by the Us government and his desperate fight for justice. Michael Bronner wrote the screenplay, with shooting set to begin in South Africa on December 2, 2019.
STXinternational, a division of Stx Entertainment, is handling international rights and will be distributing in the UK and Ireland. Stx will introduce the...
The film is based on Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s memoir, Guantánamo Diary and tells the story of a man captured by the Us government and his desperate fight for justice. Michael Bronner wrote the screenplay, with shooting set to begin in South Africa on December 2, 2019.
STXinternational, a division of Stx Entertainment, is handling international rights and will be distributing in the UK and Ireland. Stx will introduce the...
- 11/1/2019
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
Jodie Foster, Tahar Rahim and Shailene Woodley are joining Benedict Cumberbatch in 30West-Topic Studios-BBC’s Prisoner 760 which Stx international will be launching at Afm. STXinternational has secured all foreign rights on the pic and will be directly distributing in the UK and Ireland.
Directed by Oscar and BAFTA winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald, Prisoner 760 follows Mohamedou Ould Slahi (Rahim), who is captured by the U.S. government and languishing in prison without charge or trial. Losing all hope, Slahi finds allies in defense attorney Nancy Hollander (Foster) and her associate Teri Duncan (Woodley). Together, they face countless obstacles in a desperate pursuit for justice. Their controversial advocacy, along with evidence uncovered by formidable military prosecutor, Lt. Stuart Couch (Cumberbatch), eventually reveals a shocking and far reaching conspiracy.
The film is based on Slahi’s New York Times best-selling memoir, Guantánamo Diary. Production starts in South Africa on Dec. 2. Macdonald is directing...
Directed by Oscar and BAFTA winning filmmaker Kevin Macdonald, Prisoner 760 follows Mohamedou Ould Slahi (Rahim), who is captured by the U.S. government and languishing in prison without charge or trial. Losing all hope, Slahi finds allies in defense attorney Nancy Hollander (Foster) and her associate Teri Duncan (Woodley). Together, they face countless obstacles in a desperate pursuit for justice. Their controversial advocacy, along with evidence uncovered by formidable military prosecutor, Lt. Stuart Couch (Cumberbatch), eventually reveals a shocking and far reaching conspiracy.
The film is based on Slahi’s New York Times best-selling memoir, Guantánamo Diary. Production starts in South Africa on Dec. 2. Macdonald is directing...
- 11/1/2019
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Jodie Foster, Shailene Woodley and Tahar Rahim are set to join Benedict Cumberbatch in “Prisoner 760,” directed by Kevin Macdonald. STXinternational will be introducing the film to buyers at the American Film Market.
The movie tells the true story of a fight for survival against all odds. Captured by the U.S. government, Mohamedou Ould Slahi (Rahim) languishes in prison for years without charge or trial. Losing all hope, Slahi finds allies in defense attorney Nancy Hollander (Foster) and her associate Teri Duncan (Woodley). Together, they face countless obstacles in a desperate pursuit for justice. Their controversial advocacy, along with evidence uncovered by formidable military prosecutor Lt. Stuart Couch (Cumberbatch), eventually reveals a shocking and far reaching conspiracy.
The film is based on Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s New York Times best-selling memoir “Guantánamo Diary.” Principal photography is set to commence in South Africa on Dec. 2. Macdonald is directing from a screenplay by Michael Bronner,...
The movie tells the true story of a fight for survival against all odds. Captured by the U.S. government, Mohamedou Ould Slahi (Rahim) languishes in prison for years without charge or trial. Losing all hope, Slahi finds allies in defense attorney Nancy Hollander (Foster) and her associate Teri Duncan (Woodley). Together, they face countless obstacles in a desperate pursuit for justice. Their controversial advocacy, along with evidence uncovered by formidable military prosecutor Lt. Stuart Couch (Cumberbatch), eventually reveals a shocking and far reaching conspiracy.
The film is based on Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s New York Times best-selling memoir “Guantánamo Diary.” Principal photography is set to commence in South Africa on Dec. 2. Macdonald is directing from a screenplay by Michael Bronner,...
- 11/1/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Jodie Foster, Shailene Woodley and Tahar Rahim are joining Benedict Cumberbatch in “Prisoner 760,” which is directed by Kevin Macdonald.
Stx International will launch at Afm. The film tells the story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi (Rahim) who is captured by the U.S. government and is in prison for years without a charge or a trial. Slahi finds allies in defense attorney Nancy Hollander (Foster) and her associate Teri Duncan (Woodley). Cumberbatch plays military prosecutor Lt. Stuart Couch.
The film is based on Slahi’s New York Times best-selling memoir, “Guantanamo Diary.” Principal photography will begin in South Africa on Dec. 2.
Also Read: Shailene Woodley's 'Endings, Beginnings' Lands at Samuel Goldwyn
Michael Bronner wrote the screenplay, and Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani made revisions.
Cumberbatch is producing with Adam Ackland and Leah Clarke for their company SunnyMarch, alongside Lloyd Levin and Beatriz Levin for Black Sheep Pictures. Mark Holder and Christine Holder...
Stx International will launch at Afm. The film tells the story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi (Rahim) who is captured by the U.S. government and is in prison for years without a charge or a trial. Slahi finds allies in defense attorney Nancy Hollander (Foster) and her associate Teri Duncan (Woodley). Cumberbatch plays military prosecutor Lt. Stuart Couch.
The film is based on Slahi’s New York Times best-selling memoir, “Guantanamo Diary.” Principal photography will begin in South Africa on Dec. 2.
Also Read: Shailene Woodley's 'Endings, Beginnings' Lands at Samuel Goldwyn
Michael Bronner wrote the screenplay, and Rory Haines and Sohrab Noshirvani made revisions.
Cumberbatch is producing with Adam Ackland and Leah Clarke for their company SunnyMarch, alongside Lloyd Levin and Beatriz Levin for Black Sheep Pictures. Mark Holder and Christine Holder...
- 11/1/2019
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
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