My Brilliant Friend executive producer Jennifer Schuur is staying at HBO.
Schuur has renewed her overall deal with the premium cable outlet, which has been her home since 2019. The renewed deal will run through the end of 2024, during which time she’ll continue to develop and produce projects for HBO.
“I deeply value my relationships with the people at HBO who support artists, as well as programming that has made us all think, feel, and want more for decades,” Schuur said in a statement. “I feel very lucky to be at HBO and I cannot wait to see what this next chapter has in store for all of us.”
In addition to My Brilliant Friend, which will wrap after its upcoming fourth season, Schuur was co-showrunner and an executive producer of HBO’s revival of In Treatment in 2021. She is currently adapting Valentine, Elizabeth Wetmore’s best-selling novel about a...
Schuur has renewed her overall deal with the premium cable outlet, which has been her home since 2019. The renewed deal will run through the end of 2024, during which time she’ll continue to develop and produce projects for HBO.
“I deeply value my relationships with the people at HBO who support artists, as well as programming that has made us all think, feel, and want more for decades,” Schuur said in a statement. “I feel very lucky to be at HBO and I cannot wait to see what this next chapter has in store for all of us.”
In addition to My Brilliant Friend, which will wrap after its upcoming fourth season, Schuur was co-showrunner and an executive producer of HBO’s revival of In Treatment in 2021. She is currently adapting Valentine, Elizabeth Wetmore’s best-selling novel about a...
- 12/13/2023
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Only a handful of writers in television history have built a bona fide empire. Few who have done so have been women or PoC. Regardless of what you think of her shows, TV royalty Shonda Rhimes deserves respect for her groundbreaking success. Rhimes' workplace dramas have biting dialogue, steamy workplace affairs, and characters fighting tooth and nail to win. There's a passionate fandom surrounding her work, which makes the viewing experience doubly exciting.
With eleven shows underneath the "Shondaland" banner, it's not a surprise that not all of them are hits. Few contemporary shows have come anywhere close to matching the success of her first project, "Grey's Anatomy," and each subsequent series, in some way, has to contend with that legacy. But Rhimes is nothing if not prolific. Her career has only gotten more expansive since that first smash hit. Since moving from ABC to signing a deal with Netflix,...
With eleven shows underneath the "Shondaland" banner, it's not a surprise that not all of them are hits. Few contemporary shows have come anywhere close to matching the success of her first project, "Grey's Anatomy," and each subsequent series, in some way, has to contend with that legacy. But Rhimes is nothing if not prolific. Her career has only gotten more expansive since that first smash hit. Since moving from ABC to signing a deal with Netflix,...
- 2/22/2023
- by Kira Deshler
- Slash Film
Shooting is underway in Naples on the fourth and final season of HBO/Rai series “My Brilliant Friend” which sees some key casting changes in the lead roles of the two best friends, Elena Greco and Lila Cerullo, no longer played by Margherita Mazzucco and Gaia Girace.
For the fourth season of the Elena Ferrante quadrilogy, titled “The Story of the Lost Child,” as previously announced, Alba Rohrwacher (on the left of the first look image) is playing Elena Greco, aka Lenù. Irene Maiorino (“Gomorrah”) has now been announced as Lila. And additionally, Fabrizio Gifuni (“Exterior Night”) will play Nino Sarratore, the writer who has long been the object of Lenù’s affection. Sarratore was previously played by Francesco Serpico.
The fourth season of “Brilliant Friend” is being directed by Laura Bispuri, known for the transgender-themed drama “Sworn Virgin” and for “Daughter of Mine.” Both films starred Rohrwacher and played in Berlin.
For the fourth season of the Elena Ferrante quadrilogy, titled “The Story of the Lost Child,” as previously announced, Alba Rohrwacher (on the left of the first look image) is playing Elena Greco, aka Lenù. Irene Maiorino (“Gomorrah”) has now been announced as Lila. And additionally, Fabrizio Gifuni (“Exterior Night”) will play Nino Sarratore, the writer who has long been the object of Lenù’s affection. Sarratore was previously played by Francesco Serpico.
The fourth season of “Brilliant Friend” is being directed by Laura Bispuri, known for the transgender-themed drama “Sworn Virgin” and for “Daughter of Mine.” Both films starred Rohrwacher and played in Berlin.
- 1/30/2023
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
The pals on My Brilliant Friend are all grown up.
For the drama’s fourth and final season on HBO, Alba Rohrwacher will play Elena Greco and Irene Maiorino will take over as Lila Cerullo in the series based on “The Story Of The Lost Child,” Elena Ferrante’s fourth and final book of her quadrilogy.
The series follows Elena Greco and the most important friend in her life — Raffaella Cerullo, whom she has always called Lila, in the first year of primary school in 1950. Their story goes on to cover more than 60 years of their lives and explores the mystery of Lila, Elena’s brilliant friend and – in a way – both her best friend and her worst enemy.
Fabrizio Gifuni will also join season four as Nino Sarratore.
Irene Maioria (Lila) and Alba Rohrwacher (Elena). Photo by Eduardo Castaldo
My Brilliant Friend is created by Saverio Costanzo. This season...
For the drama’s fourth and final season on HBO, Alba Rohrwacher will play Elena Greco and Irene Maiorino will take over as Lila Cerullo in the series based on “The Story Of The Lost Child,” Elena Ferrante’s fourth and final book of her quadrilogy.
The series follows Elena Greco and the most important friend in her life — Raffaella Cerullo, whom she has always called Lila, in the first year of primary school in 1950. Their story goes on to cover more than 60 years of their lives and explores the mystery of Lila, Elena’s brilliant friend and – in a way – both her best friend and her worst enemy.
Fabrizio Gifuni will also join season four as Nino Sarratore.
Irene Maioria (Lila) and Alba Rohrwacher (Elena). Photo by Eduardo Castaldo
My Brilliant Friend is created by Saverio Costanzo. This season...
- 1/30/2023
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
My Brilliant Friend is coming to an end at HBO. But not quite yet.
The WarnerMedia-owned cable network and Italian public broadcaster Rai have renewed the series, which is based on Elena Ferrante’s book series, for a fourth and final season.
It comes as the third season, My Brilliant Friend: Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, launched in the U.S. last month.
The fourth season will be based on Ferrante’s The Story of the Lost Child, the fourth book in her quadrilogy.
Cancellations/Renewals Scorecard: TV Shows Ended Or Continuing In 2021-22 Season
Created by Saverio Costanzo, My Brilliant Friend is produced by The Apartment, Fremantle Italy, Wildside and Fandango.
The third season, which stars Margherita Mazzucco and Gaia Girace, follows Elena Greco and Lila, otherwise known as Raffaella Cerullo, both now grown women, during the great open sea of the 1970s. Lila took her...
The WarnerMedia-owned cable network and Italian public broadcaster Rai have renewed the series, which is based on Elena Ferrante’s book series, for a fourth and final season.
It comes as the third season, My Brilliant Friend: Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, launched in the U.S. last month.
The fourth season will be based on Ferrante’s The Story of the Lost Child, the fourth book in her quadrilogy.
Cancellations/Renewals Scorecard: TV Shows Ended Or Continuing In 2021-22 Season
Created by Saverio Costanzo, My Brilliant Friend is produced by The Apartment, Fremantle Italy, Wildside and Fandango.
The third season, which stars Margherita Mazzucco and Gaia Girace, follows Elena Greco and Lila, otherwise known as Raffaella Cerullo, both now grown women, during the great open sea of the 1970s. Lila took her...
- 3/22/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
“My Brilliant Friend” is set to close the book on Elena and Lila’s journey. The Italian- and Neapolitan-language television series has been renewed for a fourth and final season by co-producers HBO and Rai.
Based on the acclaimed “Neapolitan Novels” four-book series by Italian writer Elena Ferrante, “My Brilliant Friend” follows the coming-of-age of two best friends, Elena Greco and Lila Cerullo, who grow up in a poor Naples neighborhood in the 1950s. As the smart-but-shy Elena continues her education and eventually ascends into the wealthy elite, the outspoken Lila is denied schooling by her family and struggles through an abusive marriage. The show, which is named after the first novel in Ferrante’s series, has adapted each book into an eight-episode season, with the fourth season set to adapt the final installment, “The Story of the Lost Child.”
The first three seasons of “My Brilliant Friend” have starred...
Based on the acclaimed “Neapolitan Novels” four-book series by Italian writer Elena Ferrante, “My Brilliant Friend” follows the coming-of-age of two best friends, Elena Greco and Lila Cerullo, who grow up in a poor Naples neighborhood in the 1950s. As the smart-but-shy Elena continues her education and eventually ascends into the wealthy elite, the outspoken Lila is denied schooling by her family and struggles through an abusive marriage. The show, which is named after the first novel in Ferrante’s series, has adapted each book into an eight-episode season, with the fourth season set to adapt the final installment, “The Story of the Lost Child.”
The first three seasons of “My Brilliant Friend” have starred...
- 3/22/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
HBO’s In Treatment has seen Uzo Aduba’s Dr. Brooke Taylor help her patients process their own emotions and traumas, but in Season 4’s “Brooke Week 5,” the doctor helps herself.
Penned by Jennifer Schuur and directed by Karyn Kusama, the rebooted series’ episode is the next script in Deadline’s It Starts On the Page. The ongoing series highlights the scripts that are serving as the creative backbones of the TV awards season. The scripts are all being submitted for Emmy consideration this year and have been selected using criteria that includes critical acclaim, a range of networks and platforms, and a mix of established and lesser-known shows.
Faced with the possibility of reuniting with her son for closure, Brooke seeks out help and advice from mentor Dr. Paul Weston (Gabriel Byrne). But when it seems he’s unavailable, Brooke takes matters into her own hands and begins unpacking complicated feelings for her family,...
Penned by Jennifer Schuur and directed by Karyn Kusama, the rebooted series’ episode is the next script in Deadline’s It Starts On the Page. The ongoing series highlights the scripts that are serving as the creative backbones of the TV awards season. The scripts are all being submitted for Emmy consideration this year and have been selected using criteria that includes critical acclaim, a range of networks and platforms, and a mix of established and lesser-known shows.
Faced with the possibility of reuniting with her son for closure, Brooke seeks out help and advice from mentor Dr. Paul Weston (Gabriel Byrne). But when it seems he’s unavailable, Brooke takes matters into her own hands and begins unpacking complicated feelings for her family,...
- 6/24/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Thirty years ago, watching a character visit a therapist on television was often played for laughs. At least, that’s how Yvette Lee Bowser, then-executive producer on “A Different World,” recalls it. In the real world, there was still a stigma around seeking such mental healthcare, especially within the African American community, she notes, so stories at the time introduced the idea to audiences slowly and in a “palatable” way.
Just five years later, when Bowser was working on “Living Single,” she was able to revisit the therapy discussion with a slightly different tone because “society, as well as our writing staff, was in a place where we wanted to help normalize it.”
Now, since talk therapy is a part of many individuals’ health journeys, it is being showcased as such on a number of new scripted series, from Starz’s “Run the World,” which Bowser executive produces, to Showtime...
Just five years later, when Bowser was working on “Living Single,” she was able to revisit the therapy discussion with a slightly different tone because “society, as well as our writing staff, was in a place where we wanted to help normalize it.”
Now, since talk therapy is a part of many individuals’ health journeys, it is being showcased as such on a number of new scripted series, from Starz’s “Run the World,” which Bowser executive produces, to Showtime...
- 6/7/2021
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
In a television landscape riddled with reboots, sequels and revivals, audiences are primed for stories that pick up where another tale has left off. Figuring out how to continue the narrative of a longtime franchise or beloved character isn’t always easy, but when done well, can translate to loyal fans — and even Emmy attention, as in the case of AMC’s “Breaking Bad” prequel, “Better Call Saul.” This season, several TV series are keeping well-known lore alive, but evolving their stories in new and sometimes unexpected ways.
Among the shows that are continuing journeys of known characters are everything from “Power Book II: Ghost” at Starz, to NBC’s “Law & Order: Organized Crime,” the latter of which has revived beloved detective Elliot Stabler, played by Christopher Meloni. Other series pick up characters or universes in slightly less conventional ways.
“In Treatment,” for instance, returned for a fourth season...
Among the shows that are continuing journeys of known characters are everything from “Power Book II: Ghost” at Starz, to NBC’s “Law & Order: Organized Crime,” the latter of which has revived beloved detective Elliot Stabler, played by Christopher Meloni. Other series pick up characters or universes in slightly less conventional ways.
“In Treatment,” for instance, returned for a fourth season...
- 6/3/2021
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
The video above was produced by IndieWire’s Creative Producer Leonardo Adrian Garcia.
[Editor’s note: This article contains major spoilers for “Master of None” Season 3.]
If Peak TV has taught us anything, it’s impossible to have too much of a good thing. That’s why “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire” still airs five nights a week in primetime and all of NBC’s Thursday night sitcoms are super-sized. Ok, so neither of those things are true, but that hasn’t stopped the TV industry from looking into other ways of sating a fanbase’s every desire.
That, of course, is part of the reason why studios continue to be obsessed with creating and recreating shows based on existing intellectual property. If you liked “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air,” surely you’ll enjoy that same show, but different.
But something we haven’t examined as much — see also: griped about — are continuations of existing series that,...
[Editor’s note: This article contains major spoilers for “Master of None” Season 3.]
If Peak TV has taught us anything, it’s impossible to have too much of a good thing. That’s why “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire” still airs five nights a week in primetime and all of NBC’s Thursday night sitcoms are super-sized. Ok, so neither of those things are true, but that hasn’t stopped the TV industry from looking into other ways of sating a fanbase’s every desire.
That, of course, is part of the reason why studios continue to be obsessed with creating and recreating shows based on existing intellectual property. If you liked “The Fresh Prince of Bel Air,” surely you’ll enjoy that same show, but different.
But something we haven’t examined as much — see also: griped about — are continuations of existing series that,...
- 5/28/2021
- by Libby Hill
- Indiewire
Therapy can be exhausting. Having any kind of emotional conversation can be exhausting. These days, being so out of practice, any conversation at all can be exhausting — even when you’re just listening.
The original seasons of HBO’s “In Treatment” turn talk therapy into profound theater. Dr. Paul Weston (played by Gabriel Byrne) meets with patients, and the audience at home gets to watch each session. The show’s brilliant design allows viewers to do what Paul can’t: pick and choose which patients to follow — including Paul himself, who holds weekly sessions with a therapist of his own. It can feel like you’re working alongside the doctor, until the end of the week, when you have see him in a new light. HBO originally aired episodes every weeknight, with each day of the week devoted to the same patient, before shifting to block releases on Sundays and Mondays.
The original seasons of HBO’s “In Treatment” turn talk therapy into profound theater. Dr. Paul Weston (played by Gabriel Byrne) meets with patients, and the audience at home gets to watch each session. The show’s brilliant design allows viewers to do what Paul can’t: pick and choose which patients to follow — including Paul himself, who holds weekly sessions with a therapist of his own. It can feel like you’re working alongside the doctor, until the end of the week, when you have see him in a new light. HBO originally aired episodes every weeknight, with each day of the week devoted to the same patient, before shifting to block releases on Sundays and Mondays.
- 5/20/2021
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
“What happens when you lose track of your pain,” Uzo Aduba asks. When you shove your most painful feelings down and suppress them? How will that come back to bite you? And who will you be?
This is the idea that hooked her into her latest role as Dr. Brooke Taylor—a therapist in the grip of bereavement, with her own hidden pain—in HBO’s new incarnation of the hit show In Treatment. The original 2008-2010 series, created by Rodrigo García, had Gabriel Byrne in the chair as Dr. Paul Weston, and gathered multiple awards and massive critical acclaim. Now, after a decade-long hiatus, executive producers Joshua Allen (Empire) and Jennifer Schuur have brought it back with Aduba in the driving seat.
In Treatment 2.0, actually billed as the show’s Season 4, is a similar set-up to its predecessor: a half-hour format, mostly focused on two...
This is the idea that hooked her into her latest role as Dr. Brooke Taylor—a therapist in the grip of bereavement, with her own hidden pain—in HBO’s new incarnation of the hit show In Treatment. The original 2008-2010 series, created by Rodrigo García, had Gabriel Byrne in the chair as Dr. Paul Weston, and gathered multiple awards and massive critical acclaim. Now, after a decade-long hiatus, executive producers Joshua Allen (Empire) and Jennifer Schuur have brought it back with Aduba in the driving seat.
In Treatment 2.0, actually billed as the show’s Season 4, is a similar set-up to its predecessor: a half-hour format, mostly focused on two...
- 5/20/2021
- by Antonia Blyth
- Deadline Film + TV
Amazon Prime Video announced that the final season of “Bosch” will premiere on June 25.
All eight episodes will launch at once. Based on the best-selling Michael Connelly novels, the show has been the streamer’s longest running series so far.
The new season kicks off when a 10-year-old girl dies in an arson fire, prompting Detective Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver) to risk everything to bring her killer to justice despite opposition from powerful forces.
The cast also includes Jamie Hector, Amy Aquino, Madison Lintz and Lance Reddick. “Bosch” is executive produced by Welliver, Elle Johnson, Pieter Jan Brugge, Henrik Bastin, Michael Connelly and Eric Overmyer.
Also in today’s TV news roundup:
Partnerships
The Atx Television Festival announced the additions of HBO’s upcoming new series “The White Lotus” and “In Treatment,” as well as HBO Max’s new comedy “Hacks,” a Season 3 discussion of “Titans” and a theme panel...
All eight episodes will launch at once. Based on the best-selling Michael Connelly novels, the show has been the streamer’s longest running series so far.
The new season kicks off when a 10-year-old girl dies in an arson fire, prompting Detective Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver) to risk everything to bring her killer to justice despite opposition from powerful forces.
The cast also includes Jamie Hector, Amy Aquino, Madison Lintz and Lance Reddick. “Bosch” is executive produced by Welliver, Elle Johnson, Pieter Jan Brugge, Henrik Bastin, Michael Connelly and Eric Overmyer.
Also in today’s TV news roundup:
Partnerships
The Atx Television Festival announced the additions of HBO’s upcoming new series “The White Lotus” and “In Treatment,” as well as HBO Max’s new comedy “Hacks,” a Season 3 discussion of “Titans” and a theme panel...
- 5/13/2021
- by Haley Bosselman
- Variety Film + TV
Nami-nyc will celebrate 15 historic years of its peer-to-peer community fundraising during May’s Mental Health Awareness Month to support its free programs, helpline and services to aid New Yorkers impacted by Covid-19.
Since March of 2020, with its added online video support groups and programs, Nami-nyc served nearly 30,000 individuals challenged by depression, grief, anxiety, panic attacks and other related mental health conditions, up from 19,000 the prior year.
Mark Ruffalo, three-time Oscar nominee, and the 2020 Emmy winner and 2021 Golden Globe winner for HBO’s acclaimed series “I Know This Much is True,” is grand marshal for the “NAMIWalks NYC” virtual program on Saturday, May 22 (11 a.m. Et to 12:30 p.m. Et). The annual community event is a national day of hope to support #MentalHealthForAll, led by Nami-nyc with Nami affiliates throughout the country, reimagined as a virtual day of self-care, support, peer-to-peer fundraising and mental health awareness. “NAMIWalks NYC” will also...
Since March of 2020, with its added online video support groups and programs, Nami-nyc served nearly 30,000 individuals challenged by depression, grief, anxiety, panic attacks and other related mental health conditions, up from 19,000 the prior year.
Mark Ruffalo, three-time Oscar nominee, and the 2020 Emmy winner and 2021 Golden Globe winner for HBO’s acclaimed series “I Know This Much is True,” is grand marshal for the “NAMIWalks NYC” virtual program on Saturday, May 22 (11 a.m. Et to 12:30 p.m. Et). The annual community event is a national day of hope to support #MentalHealthForAll, led by Nami-nyc with Nami affiliates throughout the country, reimagined as a virtual day of self-care, support, peer-to-peer fundraising and mental health awareness. “NAMIWalks NYC” will also...
- 5/7/2021
- Look to the Stars
Uzo Aduba’s Dr. Brooke Taylor has opened up shop, dealing with a trio of patients amid a global pandemic in the fourth season of HBO’s In Treatment.
The HBO therapy drama will return for season 4 on Sunday, May 23 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt. In Treatment, which ended a three-season run in 2010, returns with Anthony Ramos, John Benjamin Hickey and Quintessa Swindell as Dr. Taylor’s newest patients. Also joining for season four are Liza Colón-Zayas and Joel Kinnaman.
Set in present-day Los Angeles, the 24-episode season will take on the global pandemic and recent major social and cultural shifts as Aduba’s Dr. Taylor deals with her own personal issues beyond the office.
HBO will air back-to-back half-hour episodes each Sunday and Monday night.
Rodrigo Garcia created the original series, which featured Gabriel Bryne and Dianne Wiest and ran from 2008 to 2010. In Treatment, which debuted on HBO in...
The HBO therapy drama will return for season 4 on Sunday, May 23 at 9 p.m. Et/Pt. In Treatment, which ended a three-season run in 2010, returns with Anthony Ramos, John Benjamin Hickey and Quintessa Swindell as Dr. Taylor’s newest patients. Also joining for season four are Liza Colón-Zayas and Joel Kinnaman.
Set in present-day Los Angeles, the 24-episode season will take on the global pandemic and recent major social and cultural shifts as Aduba’s Dr. Taylor deals with her own personal issues beyond the office.
HBO will air back-to-back half-hour episodes each Sunday and Monday night.
Rodrigo Garcia created the original series, which featured Gabriel Bryne and Dianne Wiest and ran from 2008 to 2010. In Treatment, which debuted on HBO in...
- 4/12/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Therapy is back in session thanks to the return of the HBO original series “In Treatment.” The show is returning for a fourth season 10 years after the third season concluded. Uzo Aduba takes over for Gabriel Byrne, who played Dr. Paul Weston for three years, as Dr. Brooke Taylor, the observant, empathetic therapist at the center of the series, which begins its HBO run on May 23. Watch the trailer below.
Jennifer Schuur (formerly a producer on “Hannibal”) and Joshua Allen (a story editor on “Empire”) serve as co-showrunners on the series, working from the formula developed by producer Rodrigo Garcia. Each episode focuses on a particular patient and his or her sessions with Dr. Taylor. This time around, Anthony Ramos (“In the Heights”), Liza Colón-Zayas (“Keane”), John Benjamin Hickey (Broadway’s “The Inheritance”), and Quintessa Swindell (“Voyagers”) join the series, with Joel Kinnaman of “Altered Carbon” and “The Killing” playing Brooke’s on-and-off longtime boyfriend.
Jennifer Schuur (formerly a producer on “Hannibal”) and Joshua Allen (a story editor on “Empire”) serve as co-showrunners on the series, working from the formula developed by producer Rodrigo Garcia. Each episode focuses on a particular patient and his or her sessions with Dr. Taylor. This time around, Anthony Ramos (“In the Heights”), Liza Colón-Zayas (“Keane”), John Benjamin Hickey (Broadway’s “The Inheritance”), and Quintessa Swindell (“Voyagers”) join the series, with Joel Kinnaman of “Altered Carbon” and “The Killing” playing Brooke’s on-and-off longtime boyfriend.
- 4/12/2021
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Bravo announced that the 11th season of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” will premiere on May 19 at 8 p.m.
After months of isolation at home, Kyle Richards, Lisa Rinna, Erika Girardi, Dorit Kemsley, Garcelle Beauvais and Sutton Stracke are ecstatic to expand their social bubbles and meet new housewives Crystal Kung Minkoff and Kathy Hilton. This season, Kyle will feel the pressure to keep her family close, Lisa will struggle to find quality time with her daughters and Erika will share the news about her divorce from famed attorney Tom Giardi. Meanwhile, Dorit will design a line of fashion-forward wedding dresses and Garcelle will step into her dream job of hosting a daytime talk show.
“The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” is produced by Evolution Media for Bravo with Douglas Ross, Alex Baskin, Bill Fritz, John Carr, and Tina Gazzerro Clapp serving as executive producers. Andy Cohen also serves as an executive producer.
After months of isolation at home, Kyle Richards, Lisa Rinna, Erika Girardi, Dorit Kemsley, Garcelle Beauvais and Sutton Stracke are ecstatic to expand their social bubbles and meet new housewives Crystal Kung Minkoff and Kathy Hilton. This season, Kyle will feel the pressure to keep her family close, Lisa will struggle to find quality time with her daughters and Erika will share the news about her divorce from famed attorney Tom Giardi. Meanwhile, Dorit will design a line of fashion-forward wedding dresses and Garcelle will step into her dream job of hosting a daytime talk show.
“The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” is produced by Evolution Media for Bravo with Douglas Ross, Alex Baskin, Bill Fritz, John Carr, and Tina Gazzerro Clapp serving as executive producers. Andy Cohen also serves as an executive producer.
- 4/12/2021
- by Haley Bosselman and Antonio Ferme
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix revealed the release date and teaser for “Last Chance U: Basketball,” and Disney Channel announced the voice cast for “Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil’s Dinosaur.”
Dates
Netflix revealed that “Last Chance U: Basketball,” a spinoff of Greg Whiteley’s football-centric docuseries, will premiere globally on March 10. Over the course of eight episodes, the show will follow the East Los Angeles College Huskies (Elac) in their high stakes chase to an unprecedented California state basketball championship. Led by head coach John Mosley, the Elac team consists of former D1 recruits and powerhouse athletes hustling to showcase their college potential, but the players are tested as they battle adversity, inner demons and emotions on and off the court. In addition to Whiteley, Joe Labracio, Lucas Smith and James D. Stern serve as executive producers on “Last Chance U: Basketball.” Co-executive producers on the project include Andrew Fried,...
Dates
Netflix revealed that “Last Chance U: Basketball,” a spinoff of Greg Whiteley’s football-centric docuseries, will premiere globally on March 10. Over the course of eight episodes, the show will follow the East Los Angeles College Huskies (Elac) in their high stakes chase to an unprecedented California state basketball championship. Led by head coach John Mosley, the Elac team consists of former D1 recruits and powerhouse athletes hustling to showcase their college potential, but the players are tested as they battle adversity, inner demons and emotions on and off the court. In addition to Whiteley, Joe Labracio, Lucas Smith and James D. Stern serve as executive producers on “Last Chance U: Basketball.” Co-executive producers on the project include Andrew Fried,...
- 2/10/2021
- by Antonio Ferme
- Variety Film + TV
The new season of “In Treatment” premiering on HBO this May comes more than a decade after the show was last on the air and boasts an entirely new star and creative team. Regardless, the show is being billed as a fourth season, rather than a complete reboot of what came before.
“We are not trying leave our predecessor in the dust,” executive producer Jennifer Schuur said during a Television Critics Association panel for the show on Wednesday. “We are grateful to them; we admire that show in myriad ways. We feel like there was no way to go forward starting over from scratch. We needed to have this be Season 4.”
“In Treatment” first debuted on HBO in 2008. The series ran for three seasons with Gabriel Byrne starring as Dr. Paul Weston, the therapist at the center of the show. The new season stars “Orange Is the New Black” alum Uzo Aduba as Dr.
“We are not trying leave our predecessor in the dust,” executive producer Jennifer Schuur said during a Television Critics Association panel for the show on Wednesday. “We are grateful to them; we admire that show in myriad ways. We feel like there was no way to go forward starting over from scratch. We needed to have this be Season 4.”
“In Treatment” first debuted on HBO in 2008. The series ran for three seasons with Gabriel Byrne starring as Dr. Paul Weston, the therapist at the center of the show. The new season stars “Orange Is the New Black” alum Uzo Aduba as Dr.
- 2/10/2021
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Uzo Aduba Says ‘In Treatment’ Is “One Of The Hardest Jobs I’ve Ever Had & I’m Grateful For It” – TCA
Uzo Aduba, star of the upcoming season of In Treatment, and exec producers Jennifer Schuur and Josh Allen, got on the couch to discuss the return of the therapy drama after ten years.
The trio, speaking at HBO’s virtual press tour, discussed why it was being pitched as season four, the diversity of the cast and why it moved from New York to Los Angeles.
The Orange Is The New Black star also revealed the challenges of playing therapist Dr. Brooke Taylor.
“This is easily one of the hardest jobs I’ve ever had in my life, hardest things I’ve ever worked on in terms of preparation,” she said. “I’m in every scene and everyone in this show is working so hard and so intensely and delivering. It is also one of the most satisfying, fulfilling experiences I’ve also ever had. This project came into my...
The trio, speaking at HBO’s virtual press tour, discussed why it was being pitched as season four, the diversity of the cast and why it moved from New York to Los Angeles.
The Orange Is The New Black star also revealed the challenges of playing therapist Dr. Brooke Taylor.
“This is easily one of the hardest jobs I’ve ever had in my life, hardest things I’ve ever worked on in terms of preparation,” she said. “I’m in every scene and everyone in this show is working so hard and so intensely and delivering. It is also one of the most satisfying, fulfilling experiences I’ve also ever had. This project came into my...
- 2/10/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Joel Kinnaman has joined the cast of HBO’s “In Treatment” reboot, TheWrap has confirmed.
The “For All Mankind” star will play the on-again, off-again boyfriend of Uzo Aduba’s Dr. Brooke Lawrence. The half-hour series, which is slated to premiere sometime this year, centers on the “observant, empathetic” therapist, who “wrestles with her own issues” while treating a diverse trio of patients.
Additional cast members include Anthony Ramos, Liza Colón-Zayas, John Benjamin Hickey and Quintessa Swindell.
Stephen Levinson, Mark Wahlberg, Hagai Levi, Jennifer Schuur, Joshua Allen and Melissa Bernstein executive produce the new series, with Joanne Toll and Noa Tishby as co-executive producers. It is produced by HBO in association with Leverage, Closest to the Hole Productions and Sheleg.
The original “In Treatment,” based on the Israeli show “BeTipul,” aired for three seasons on HBO from 2008 to 2010, starring Gabriel Byrne as Dr. Paul Weston. Each season saw Dr. Weston...
The “For All Mankind” star will play the on-again, off-again boyfriend of Uzo Aduba’s Dr. Brooke Lawrence. The half-hour series, which is slated to premiere sometime this year, centers on the “observant, empathetic” therapist, who “wrestles with her own issues” while treating a diverse trio of patients.
Additional cast members include Anthony Ramos, Liza Colón-Zayas, John Benjamin Hickey and Quintessa Swindell.
Stephen Levinson, Mark Wahlberg, Hagai Levi, Jennifer Schuur, Joshua Allen and Melissa Bernstein executive produce the new series, with Joanne Toll and Noa Tishby as co-executive producers. It is produced by HBO in association with Leverage, Closest to the Hole Productions and Sheleg.
The original “In Treatment,” based on the Israeli show “BeTipul,” aired for three seasons on HBO from 2008 to 2010, starring Gabriel Byrne as Dr. Paul Weston. Each season saw Dr. Weston...
- 1/29/2021
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Joel Kinnaman has been cast in the upcoming “In Treatment” reboot at HBO, Variety has learned exclusively.
The reimagined series brings a diverse trio of patients in session with the observant, empathetic Dr. Brooke Taylor (Uzo Aduba), who is wrestling with her own issues in this half-hour drama series.
Kinnaman will star as Adam, Brooke’s long-time on-again, off-again boyfriend who has resurfaced, bringing further complication to Brooke’s personal life.
Along with Kinnaman and Aduba, previously announced cast members include Anthony Ramos, Liza Colón-Zayas, John Benjamin Hickey, and Quintessa Swindell. The series is currently in production, but no premiere date has been set at this time.
Kinnaman was most recently seen in the feature “Brothers by Blood” and in Season 2 of the Apple drama “For All Mankind.” On the TV side, he is known for roles in “The Killing,” Season 1 of “Altered Carbon,” “House of Cards,” and Amazon’s series adaptation of “Hanna.
The reimagined series brings a diverse trio of patients in session with the observant, empathetic Dr. Brooke Taylor (Uzo Aduba), who is wrestling with her own issues in this half-hour drama series.
Kinnaman will star as Adam, Brooke’s long-time on-again, off-again boyfriend who has resurfaced, bringing further complication to Brooke’s personal life.
Along with Kinnaman and Aduba, previously announced cast members include Anthony Ramos, Liza Colón-Zayas, John Benjamin Hickey, and Quintessa Swindell. The series is currently in production, but no premiere date has been set at this time.
Kinnaman was most recently seen in the feature “Brothers by Blood” and in Season 2 of the Apple drama “For All Mankind.” On the TV side, he is known for roles in “The Killing,” Season 1 of “Altered Carbon,” “House of Cards,” and Amazon’s series adaptation of “Hanna.
- 1/29/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Jennifer Schuur is putting down deeper roots at HBO.
Schuur, an executive producer of My Brilliant Friend and co-showrunner of the forthcoming In Treatment revival, has renewed her overall deal at the premium cable outlet. She first signed with HBO in 2019.
Under the deal, she’ll remain an executive producer on the third season of My Brilliant Friend and co-showrun In Treatment (which is currently in production) with Joshua Allen (Empire). Schuur is also set to write a and executive produce Valentine, a limited series in development at HBO.
Season three of My Brilliant Friend is based on Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, the ...
Schuur, an executive producer of My Brilliant Friend and co-showrunner of the forthcoming In Treatment revival, has renewed her overall deal at the premium cable outlet. She first signed with HBO in 2019.
Under the deal, she’ll remain an executive producer on the third season of My Brilliant Friend and co-showrun In Treatment (which is currently in production) with Joshua Allen (Empire). Schuur is also set to write a and executive produce Valentine, a limited series in development at HBO.
Season three of My Brilliant Friend is based on Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, the ...
- 1/29/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Jennifer Schuur is putting down deeper roots at HBO.
Schuur, an executive producer of My Brilliant Friend and co-showrunner of the forthcoming In Treatment revival, has renewed her overall deal at the premium cable outlet. She first signed with HBO in 2019.
Under the deal, she’ll remain an executive producer on the third season of My Brilliant Friend and co-showrun In Treatment (which is currently in production) with Joshua Allen (Empire). Schuur is also set to write a and executive produce Valentine, a limited series in development at HBO.
Season three of My Brilliant Friend is based on Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, the ...
Schuur, an executive producer of My Brilliant Friend and co-showrunner of the forthcoming In Treatment revival, has renewed her overall deal at the premium cable outlet. She first signed with HBO in 2019.
Under the deal, she’ll remain an executive producer on the third season of My Brilliant Friend and co-showrun In Treatment (which is currently in production) with Joshua Allen (Empire). Schuur is also set to write a and executive produce Valentine, a limited series in development at HBO.
Season three of My Brilliant Friend is based on Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, the ...
- 1/29/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: HBO is developing an adaptation of Elizabeth Wetmore’s novel Valentine – set in 1976 in a West Texas oilfield town – with Salma Hayek and My Brilliant Friend exec producer Jennifer Schuur.
Deadline understands that HBO won the rights to the book in a competitive situation after it was published in March and debuted at number two on the New York Times’ Bestsellers list at the start of the global pandemic. It is being developed as a limited series.
Schuur, who was a writer and producer on Netflix’s Unbelievable and is co-showrunner of HBO’s upcoming version of In Treatment, will write the pilot and will exec produce with Salma Hayek and Jose Tamez, who runs Hayek’s Ventanarosa Productions, and author Wetmore.
It is Ventanarosa Productions’ latest partnership with WarnerMedia after the company, which produced Frida and Ugly Betty, struck a first-look deal with HBO Max in June.
The...
Deadline understands that HBO won the rights to the book in a competitive situation after it was published in March and debuted at number two on the New York Times’ Bestsellers list at the start of the global pandemic. It is being developed as a limited series.
Schuur, who was a writer and producer on Netflix’s Unbelievable and is co-showrunner of HBO’s upcoming version of In Treatment, will write the pilot and will exec produce with Salma Hayek and Jose Tamez, who runs Hayek’s Ventanarosa Productions, and author Wetmore.
It is Ventanarosa Productions’ latest partnership with WarnerMedia after the company, which produced Frida and Ugly Betty, struck a first-look deal with HBO Max in June.
The...
- 1/15/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Liza Colón-Zayas (David Makes Man), Manhattan alum John Benjamin Hickey and Quintessa Swindell (Trinkets) have been tapped for recurring roles opposite Uzo Aduba in the upcoming fourth season of HBO’s Emmy-winning drama series In Treatment.
In Treatment, which ended a three-season run in 2010, is returning for a fourth season as a reimagined half-hour series. The series is in pre-production under Covid-19 guidelines, with a 2021 debut planned to air on HBO and stream on HBO Max.
The reimagining brings a diverse trio of patients in session with the observant, empathetic Dr. Brooke Taylor (Aduba), who is wrestling with her own issues.
Colón-Zayas will play Rita, Brooke’s longtime confidant and friend who supports Brooke as she contends with her own demons after a life-altering loss.
Hickey will portray Colin, a charming millionaire beach bum turned white-collar criminal reckoning with all the ways his life has changed following his recent release from prison.
In Treatment, which ended a three-season run in 2010, is returning for a fourth season as a reimagined half-hour series. The series is in pre-production under Covid-19 guidelines, with a 2021 debut planned to air on HBO and stream on HBO Max.
The reimagining brings a diverse trio of patients in session with the observant, empathetic Dr. Brooke Taylor (Aduba), who is wrestling with her own issues.
Colón-Zayas will play Rita, Brooke’s longtime confidant and friend who supports Brooke as she contends with her own demons after a life-altering loss.
Hickey will portray Colin, a charming millionaire beach bum turned white-collar criminal reckoning with all the ways his life has changed following his recent release from prison.
- 11/17/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Anthony Ramos (Hamilton) is set for a recurring role opposite Uzo Aduba in the upcoming fourth season of HBO’s Emmy-winning drama series In Treatment.
In Treatment, which ended a three-season run in 2010, is returning for a fourth season as a reimagined half-hour series. The series is in pre-production under Covid-19 guidelines, with a 2021 debut planned to air on HBO and stream on HBO Max.
The reimagining brings a diverse trio of patients in session with an observant, empathetic therapist (Aduba), who is wrestling with her own issues.
Ramos will play Eladio, a patient who works as a home health aide for a wealthy family’s adult son. Additional cast will be announced.
Stephen Levinson, Mark Wahlberg, Hagai Levi, Jennifer Schuur, Joshua Allen and Melissa Bernstein will be executive producers of the new season, with Joanne Toll and Noa Tishby co-executive producers. The HBO Entertainment production is produced in association with Leverage,...
In Treatment, which ended a three-season run in 2010, is returning for a fourth season as a reimagined half-hour series. The series is in pre-production under Covid-19 guidelines, with a 2021 debut planned to air on HBO and stream on HBO Max.
The reimagining brings a diverse trio of patients in session with an observant, empathetic therapist (Aduba), who is wrestling with her own issues.
Ramos will play Eladio, a patient who works as a home health aide for a wealthy family’s adult son. Additional cast will be announced.
Stephen Levinson, Mark Wahlberg, Hagai Levi, Jennifer Schuur, Joshua Allen and Melissa Bernstein will be executive producers of the new season, with Joanne Toll and Noa Tishby co-executive producers. The HBO Entertainment production is produced in association with Leverage,...
- 11/6/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Uzo Aduba has been tapped to star in a revival of “In Treatment” at HBO, the pay cable network announced Tuesday.
The “Orange Is the New Black” alum will play the lead role of the therapist at the center of the season, the “observant, empathetic” Dr. Brooke Lawrence, who “wrestles with her own issues” while treating a diverse trio of patients.
The series is scheduled to begin production later this year for a premiere in 2021.
Stephen Levinson, Mark Wahlberg, Hagai Levi, Jennifer Schuur, Joshua Allen and Melissa Bernstein executive produce the new series, with Joanne Toll and Noa Tishby as co-executive producers. It is produced by HBO in association with Leverage, Closest to the Hole Productions and Sheleg.
The original “In Treatment,” based on the Israeli show “BeTipul,” aired for three seasons on HBO from 2008 to 2010, starring Gabriel Byrne as Dr. Paul Weston. Each season saw Dr. Weston work with a new group of patients,...
The “Orange Is the New Black” alum will play the lead role of the therapist at the center of the season, the “observant, empathetic” Dr. Brooke Lawrence, who “wrestles with her own issues” while treating a diverse trio of patients.
The series is scheduled to begin production later this year for a premiere in 2021.
Stephen Levinson, Mark Wahlberg, Hagai Levi, Jennifer Schuur, Joshua Allen and Melissa Bernstein executive produce the new series, with Joanne Toll and Noa Tishby as co-executive producers. It is produced by HBO in association with Leverage, Closest to the Hole Productions and Sheleg.
The original “In Treatment,” based on the Israeli show “BeTipul,” aired for three seasons on HBO from 2008 to 2010, starring Gabriel Byrne as Dr. Paul Weston. Each season saw Dr. Weston work with a new group of patients,...
- 10/27/2020
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
HBO has made an appointment for more In Treatment. The network on Tuesday officially ordered a fourth season of the Emmy-winning drama, which ended three-season run in 2010. Uzo Aduba has been set to topline the reimagined series, which will be a half-hour. It is now scheduled to go into production this fall under Covid-19 guidelines, with a 2021 debut planned to air on HBO and stream on HBO Max.
Aduba, who just won her third Emmy this year her supporting role in FX’s Mrs. America, will take on the lead role of therapist Dr. Brooke Lawrence, who in the new season will see a diverse trio of patients in session as she wrestles with her own issues. No other cast has been announced yet.
Stephen Levinson, Mark Wahlberg, Hagai Levi, Jennifer Schuur, Joshua Allen and Melissa Bernstein will be executive producers of the new season, with Joanne Toll and Noa Tishby co-executive producers.
Aduba, who just won her third Emmy this year her supporting role in FX’s Mrs. America, will take on the lead role of therapist Dr. Brooke Lawrence, who in the new season will see a diverse trio of patients in session as she wrestles with her own issues. No other cast has been announced yet.
Stephen Levinson, Mark Wahlberg, Hagai Levi, Jennifer Schuur, Joshua Allen and Melissa Bernstein will be executive producers of the new season, with Joanne Toll and Noa Tishby co-executive producers.
- 10/27/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO has greenlit a fourth season of the drama series “In Treatment” with Uzo Aduba set to star, Variety has learned.
The reimagined series will focus on a diverse trio of patients in session with the observant, empathetic Dr. Brooke Lawrence (Aduba) while she wrestles with her own issues. Production is set to begin soon under Covid-19 guidelines, with the show slated to debut in 2021.
The original “In Treatment” starred Gabriel Byrne and Dianne Wiest. It was based on the Israeli series “BeTipul.” “In Treatment” originally ran for three seasons and over 100 episodes on HBO from 2008-2010. It received seven Emmy nominations during its run. Wiest won the Emmy for best supporting actress in a drama while Glynn Turman won for best guest actor in a drama. Byrne won a Golden Globe for the show in 2009.
Aduba is best known for her role as Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren on the...
The reimagined series will focus on a diverse trio of patients in session with the observant, empathetic Dr. Brooke Lawrence (Aduba) while she wrestles with her own issues. Production is set to begin soon under Covid-19 guidelines, with the show slated to debut in 2021.
The original “In Treatment” starred Gabriel Byrne and Dianne Wiest. It was based on the Israeli series “BeTipul.” “In Treatment” originally ran for three seasons and over 100 episodes on HBO from 2008-2010. It received seven Emmy nominations during its run. Wiest won the Emmy for best supporting actress in a drama while Glynn Turman won for best guest actor in a drama. Byrne won a Golden Globe for the show in 2009.
Aduba is best known for her role as Suzanne “Crazy Eyes” Warren on the...
- 10/27/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
HBO has picked up another season of Italian drama adaptation My Brilliant Friend.
The series, which is co-produced with Italian public broadcaster Rai and Fremantle, is based on Elena Ferrante’s novels. The eight-part second season, My Brilliant Friend: The Story Of A New Name, debuted in the U.S. on March 16.
The third season will be based on Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, Ferrante’s third book in the series.
It is produced by The Apartment, Wildside and Fandango with Lorenzo Mieli and Mario Gianani producing for Fremantle’s The Apartment and Wildside and Domenico Procacci producing for Fandango. It was created for television by Saverio Costanz.
Starring Margherita Mazzucco and Gaia Girace, the story and screenplays are by Elena Ferrante, Francesco Piccolo, Laura Paolucci and Saverio Costanzo. Paolo Sorrentino and Jennifer Schuur are the executive producers. Fremantle is the international distributor in association with Rai Com.
The series, which is co-produced with Italian public broadcaster Rai and Fremantle, is based on Elena Ferrante’s novels. The eight-part second season, My Brilliant Friend: The Story Of A New Name, debuted in the U.S. on March 16.
The third season will be based on Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay, Ferrante’s third book in the series.
It is produced by The Apartment, Wildside and Fandango with Lorenzo Mieli and Mario Gianani producing for Fremantle’s The Apartment and Wildside and Domenico Procacci producing for Fandango. It was created for television by Saverio Costanz.
Starring Margherita Mazzucco and Gaia Girace, the story and screenplays are by Elena Ferrante, Francesco Piccolo, Laura Paolucci and Saverio Costanzo. Paolo Sorrentino and Jennifer Schuur are the executive producers. Fremantle is the international distributor in association with Rai Com.
- 4/30/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Three of China’s leading platforms have acquired the second season of HBO and Rai drama “My Brilliant Friend.”
iQIYI, Alibaba’s Youku and Tencent Video have all bought the second season of the show, entitled “My Brilliant Friend: The Story of a New Name,” from distributor Fremantle, as well as re-licensing the first.
This marks the first time a non-English language European drama has sold to all three platforms simultaneously. The first season sold to iQIYI in China originally.
Based on the second book of Elena Ferrante’s bestselling series, “My Brilliant Friend: The Story of a New Name” recently launched on Italy’s Rai 1 — becoming the nation’s highest rated drama in almost a year — as well as launching on HBO in the U.S.
“The fact that the series has sold to the biggest platforms in the region at the same time non-exclusively is testament to its...
iQIYI, Alibaba’s Youku and Tencent Video have all bought the second season of the show, entitled “My Brilliant Friend: The Story of a New Name,” from distributor Fremantle, as well as re-licensing the first.
This marks the first time a non-English language European drama has sold to all three platforms simultaneously. The first season sold to iQIYI in China originally.
Based on the second book of Elena Ferrante’s bestselling series, “My Brilliant Friend: The Story of a New Name” recently launched on Italy’s Rai 1 — becoming the nation’s highest rated drama in almost a year — as well as launching on HBO in the U.S.
“The fact that the series has sold to the biggest platforms in the region at the same time non-exclusively is testament to its...
- 4/20/2020
- by Tim Dams
- Variety Film + TV
The second season of Italian-language drama My Brilliant Friend: The Story Of A New Name is heading to China after Fremantle signed a deal with three of the country’s leading platforms.
iQIYI, Youku (Alibaba) and Tencent Video have all bought the second season of the drama, as well as re-licensing the first. The deal marks the first time that a non-English language European drama has sold to all three platforms simultaneously.
Based on the second book of Elena Ferrante’s bestselling novel series, the show recently launched on Italy’s Rai 1 as the nation’s highest-rated drama in almost a year and aired on HBO in the U.
iQIYI, Youku (Alibaba) and Tencent Video have all bought the second season of the drama, as well as re-licensing the first. The deal marks the first time that a non-English language European drama has sold to all three platforms simultaneously.
Based on the second book of Elena Ferrante’s bestselling novel series, the show recently launched on Italy’s Rai 1 as the nation’s highest-rated drama in almost a year and aired on HBO in the U.
- 4/20/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, Apple TV Plus announces Jen Tullock and Zach Cherry have been cast in upcoming series “Severance” and HBO sets a premiere date for “My Brilliant Friend: The Story of a New Name.”
Castings
Jen Tullock and Zach Cherry will join Patricia Arquette, Adam Scott and Britt Lower in Apple TV Plus’ new workplace thriller, “Severance.” Tullock will star as Devon, sister of Mark (Scott), while Cherry will portray one of Mark’s employees named Dylan. Written and created by Dan Erickson, the series follows Lumen Industries, a company aiming to take work-life balance to the next level and centers on lead character Mark, an employee with a dark past trying to put himself back together. Arquette stars as Mark’s boss at Lumen Industries. Lower plays Helly, a woman who struggles to find peace with the decision she made to do the severance procedure.
Castings
Jen Tullock and Zach Cherry will join Patricia Arquette, Adam Scott and Britt Lower in Apple TV Plus’ new workplace thriller, “Severance.” Tullock will star as Devon, sister of Mark (Scott), while Cherry will portray one of Mark’s employees named Dylan. Written and created by Dan Erickson, the series follows Lumen Industries, a company aiming to take work-life balance to the next level and centers on lead character Mark, an employee with a dark past trying to put himself back together. Arquette stars as Mark’s boss at Lumen Industries. Lower plays Helly, a woman who struggles to find peace with the decision she made to do the severance procedure.
- 2/1/2020
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
Dead To Me, Russian Doll in running for new series honours.
Writers of The Crown, Succession and Watchmen are among the television nominees for this year’s Writers Guild Awards, unveiled on Thursday (5) by the East and West branches of the Writers Guild of America (WGA).
Joining the three projects in the list of drama series nominees are writers of The Handmaid’s Tale and Mindhunter. Nominees in the WGA’s new series category include PEN15, Russian Doll and Watchmen.
In the original long form category, nominees include the writers of Chernobyl and True Detective and the adapted long form category includes Fosse/Verdon and Unbelievable.
Writers of The Crown, Succession and Watchmen are among the television nominees for this year’s Writers Guild Awards, unveiled on Thursday (5) by the East and West branches of the Writers Guild of America (WGA).
Joining the three projects in the list of drama series nominees are writers of The Handmaid’s Tale and Mindhunter. Nominees in the WGA’s new series category include PEN15, Russian Doll and Watchmen.
In the original long form category, nominees include the writers of Chernobyl and True Detective and the adapted long form category includes Fosse/Verdon and Unbelievable.
- 12/5/2019
- by 31¦John Hazelton¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Writers Guild of America West and Writers Guild of America, East have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, with Netflix’s The Crown, Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Netflix’s Mindhunter and HBO’s Succession and Watchmen competing for the top drama trophy.
The outstanding comedy nominees are HBO’s Barry, Amazon Prime’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Hulu’s PEN15, Netflix’s Russian Doll and HBO’s Veep.
Best new series nominees are PEN15, Russian Doll, Watchmen, Netflix’s Dead To Me and FX’s What We Do In The Shadows.
Also announced were nominees in the new media, news, radio/audio and promotional writing categories.
Winners will be honored at the 2020 Writers Guild Awards on Saturday, February 1, 2020, at concurrent ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York City.
Here is the complete list of nominees:
Television, New Media, And News Nominees
Drama Series
The Crown, Written by James Graham,...
The outstanding comedy nominees are HBO’s Barry, Amazon Prime’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Hulu’s PEN15, Netflix’s Russian Doll and HBO’s Veep.
Best new series nominees are PEN15, Russian Doll, Watchmen, Netflix’s Dead To Me and FX’s What We Do In The Shadows.
Also announced were nominees in the new media, news, radio/audio and promotional writing categories.
Winners will be honored at the 2020 Writers Guild Awards on Saturday, February 1, 2020, at concurrent ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York City.
Here is the complete list of nominees:
Television, New Media, And News Nominees
Drama Series
The Crown, Written by James Graham,...
- 12/5/2019
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
The Writers Guild of America released the nominees for its 2020 awards on Thursday, which saw newcomers “Watchmen,” “Russian Doll” and “Pen15” each bag a pair of nominations.
Other series to get multiple nods include “Veep,” “Succession,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” and “The Crown.”
Ava DuVernay’s Netflix miniseries on the Central Park 5, “When They See Us” did not recieve any nominations, with the WGA instead picking “El Camino,” “Fosse/Verdon,” “The Loudest Voice” and “Unbelieveable” in the adapted longform category. In the original longform category, the nominees were “Chernobyl,” “The Terror: Infamy,” “True Detective” and the upcoming Disney+ movie “Togo.”
Also Read: Aubrey Plaza to Return as Host of 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards
Winners will be honored at the 2020 Writers Guild Awards on Saturday, February 1, 2020, at concurrent ceremonies in New York City and Los Angeles.
See all the nominees below:
Drama Series
The Crown, Written by James Graham, David Hancock, Peter Morgan; Netflix
The Handmaid’s Tale,...
Other series to get multiple nods include “Veep,” “Succession,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” and “The Crown.”
Ava DuVernay’s Netflix miniseries on the Central Park 5, “When They See Us” did not recieve any nominations, with the WGA instead picking “El Camino,” “Fosse/Verdon,” “The Loudest Voice” and “Unbelieveable” in the adapted longform category. In the original longform category, the nominees were “Chernobyl,” “The Terror: Infamy,” “True Detective” and the upcoming Disney+ movie “Togo.”
Also Read: Aubrey Plaza to Return as Host of 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards
Winners will be honored at the 2020 Writers Guild Awards on Saturday, February 1, 2020, at concurrent ceremonies in New York City and Los Angeles.
See all the nominees below:
Drama Series
The Crown, Written by James Graham, David Hancock, Peter Morgan; Netflix
The Handmaid’s Tale,...
- 12/5/2019
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Directors Andy Delaney and Monty Whitebloom’s “Love Is Blind” should perhaps be titled “Love Is Arbitrary.” There’s no reasoning to how and why love manifests or dissipates in relationships, in much the same way the film’s character motivations flip and flop as script convenience calls. who struggles to recognize the broken people who populate her purview. Her ability to see only what she wants directly correlates to the film’s selective reasoning when it comes to contrivance and cloying poignancy.
Elizabeth Krafft (Shannon Tarbet), known to her friends as “Bess,” lives in an idyllic small town in upstate New York with her ailing father Murray (Matthew Broderick) and an albino peacock named Argus. She suffers from a rare disorder that affects her ability to see people who physically exist. Her discriminating blindness has caused a rift between Bess and her caring mother Carolyn (Chloë Sevigny). Ten years prior,...
Elizabeth Krafft (Shannon Tarbet), known to her friends as “Bess,” lives in an idyllic small town in upstate New York with her ailing father Murray (Matthew Broderick) and an albino peacock named Argus. She suffers from a rare disorder that affects her ability to see people who physically exist. Her discriminating blindness has caused a rift between Bess and her caring mother Carolyn (Chloë Sevigny). Ten years prior,...
- 11/8/2019
- by Courtney Howard
- Variety Film + TV
“Transparent” creator Jill Soloway has signed on to develop and direct a biopic about Sally Ride, the first American woman to journey to space, for Lionsgate.
Cassie Pappas will write the screenplay for “Ride,” based on an original spec script by Krystin Ver Linden.
The film will be produced by Kristin Burr (“Cruella”) via Burr! Productions. Soloway and Andrea Sperling will also produce through Topple, with Meredith Wieck and Aaron Edmonds overseeing on behalf of Lionsgate.
“Sally Ride is an American Hero and icon whose life and career was and is endlessly fascinating and inspirational,” said Nathan Kahane, president of the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group. “In the hands of Jill Soloway and our tremendous team of producers, we feel we have the right storytellers to honor and properly tell Sally’s incredible story.”
Ride became the first American woman to travel to space in 1983 at the age of 32, and remains the youngest U.
Cassie Pappas will write the screenplay for “Ride,” based on an original spec script by Krystin Ver Linden.
The film will be produced by Kristin Burr (“Cruella”) via Burr! Productions. Soloway and Andrea Sperling will also produce through Topple, with Meredith Wieck and Aaron Edmonds overseeing on behalf of Lionsgate.
“Sally Ride is an American Hero and icon whose life and career was and is endlessly fascinating and inspirational,” said Nathan Kahane, president of the Lionsgate Motion Picture Group. “In the hands of Jill Soloway and our tremendous team of producers, we feel we have the right storytellers to honor and properly tell Sally’s incredible story.”
Ride became the first American woman to travel to space in 1983 at the age of 32, and remains the youngest U.
- 10/24/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Also up for best feature are Lorene Scafaria’s Hustlers and Trey Edward Shults’ Waves.
Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story, the Safdie brothers’ Uncut Gems and Lulu Wang’s The Farewell lead this year’s Ifp Gotham Awards nominations, with three nods apiece.
They are each up for best feature alongside Lorene Scafaria’s Hustlers and Trey Edward Shults’ Waves.
Netflix’s Marriage Story and A24’s Uncut Gems have also earned best actor nominations for Adam Driver and Adam Sandler respectively. They will compete against Willem Dafoe for The Lighthouse, Aldis Hodge for Clemency and André Holland for High Flying Bird.
Noah Baumbach’s Marriage Story, the Safdie brothers’ Uncut Gems and Lulu Wang’s The Farewell lead this year’s Ifp Gotham Awards nominations, with three nods apiece.
They are each up for best feature alongside Lorene Scafaria’s Hustlers and Trey Edward Shults’ Waves.
Netflix’s Marriage Story and A24’s Uncut Gems have also earned best actor nominations for Adam Driver and Adam Sandler respectively. They will compete against Willem Dafoe for The Lighthouse, Aldis Hodge for Clemency and André Holland for High Flying Bird.
- 10/24/2019
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
HBO has released the first official image from the second season of My Brilliant Friend, featuring Margherita Mazzucco as Elena and Gaia Girace as Lila will return to direct six episodes and Alice Rohrwacher will direct two episodes.
My Brilliant Friend is an HBO and Rai Fiction series, produced by Lorenzo Mieli and Mario Gianani for Wildside and by Domenico Procacci for Fandango, in collaboration with Rai Fiction and HBO Entertainment, in co-production with Umedia. Story and screenplays by Elena Ferrante, Francesco Piccolo, Laura Paolucci and Saverio Costanzo. Paolo Sorrentino and Jennifer Schuur are the executive producers.
Fremantle will distribute internationally in association with Rai Com.
My Brilliant Friend is an HBO and Rai Fiction series, produced by Lorenzo Mieli and Mario Gianani for Wildside and by Domenico Procacci for Fandango, in collaboration with Rai Fiction and HBO Entertainment, in co-production with Umedia. Story and screenplays by Elena Ferrante, Francesco Piccolo, Laura Paolucci and Saverio Costanzo. Paolo Sorrentino and Jennifer Schuur are the executive producers.
Fremantle will distribute internationally in association with Rai Com.
- 7/9/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Vesper talks about collaborating with the Larrain brothers, Michael Haneke, Paolo Sorrentino and Luca Guadagino.
Christian Vesper joined TV producer and distributor Fremantle as executive vice president and creative director, global drama, in 2016 as part of the Rtl-owned company’s ambitious strategy to become more greatly involved with the boom in high-end drama.
Vesper had spent the previous 14 years at Sundance TV where he oversaw prestige international productions including Jane Campion’s Top Of The Lake and Hugo Blick’s The Honourable Woman, starring Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Based in London and New York and reporting to Sarah Doole, head of global drama,...
Christian Vesper joined TV producer and distributor Fremantle as executive vice president and creative director, global drama, in 2016 as part of the Rtl-owned company’s ambitious strategy to become more greatly involved with the boom in high-end drama.
Vesper had spent the previous 14 years at Sundance TV where he oversaw prestige international productions including Jane Campion’s Top Of The Lake and Hugo Blick’s The Honourable Woman, starring Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Based in London and New York and reporting to Sarah Doole, head of global drama,...
- 4/6/2019
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
Vesper talks about collaborating with the Larrain brothers, Michael Haneke, Paolo Sorrentino and Luca Guadagino.
Christian Vesper joined TV producer and distributor Fremantle as executive vice president and creative director, global drama, in 2016 as part of the Rtl-owned company’s ambitious strategy to become more greatly involved with the boom in high-end drama.
Vesper had spent the previous 14 years at Sundance TV where he oversaw prestige international productions including Jane Campion’s Top Of The Lake and Hugo Blick’s The Honourable Woman, starring Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Based in London and New York and reporting to Sarah Doole, head of global drama,...
Christian Vesper joined TV producer and distributor Fremantle as executive vice president and creative director, global drama, in 2016 as part of the Rtl-owned company’s ambitious strategy to become more greatly involved with the boom in high-end drama.
Vesper had spent the previous 14 years at Sundance TV where he oversaw prestige international productions including Jane Campion’s Top Of The Lake and Hugo Blick’s The Honourable Woman, starring Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Based in London and New York and reporting to Sarah Doole, head of global drama,...
- 4/6/2019
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
Vesper talks about collaborating with the Larrain brothers, Michael Haneke, Paolo Sorrentino and Luca Guadagino.
Christian Vesper joined TV producer and distributor FremantleMedia as executive vice president and creative director, global drama, in 2016 as part of the Rtl-owned company’s ambitious strategy to become more greatly involved with the boom in high-end drama.
Vesper had spent the previous 14 years at Sundance TV where he oversaw prestige international productions including Jane Campion’s Top Of The Lake and Hugo Blick’s The Honourable Woman, starring Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Based in London and New York and reporting to Sarah Doole, head of global drama,...
Christian Vesper joined TV producer and distributor FremantleMedia as executive vice president and creative director, global drama, in 2016 as part of the Rtl-owned company’s ambitious strategy to become more greatly involved with the boom in high-end drama.
Vesper had spent the previous 14 years at Sundance TV where he oversaw prestige international productions including Jane Campion’s Top Of The Lake and Hugo Blick’s The Honourable Woman, starring Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Based in London and New York and reporting to Sarah Doole, head of global drama,...
- 4/6/2019
- by Louise Tutt
- ScreenDaily
One of the executive producers of HBO's My Brilliant Friend is forging a deeper relationship with the premium outlet.
Jennifer Schuur has signed a two-year overall deal with HBO, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. She'll develop new material for the network while remaining an exec producer of My Brilliant Friend's second season. The new installment is based on The Story of a New Name, the second volume of Elena Ferrante's best-selling series of novels.
Schuur created The Catch for ABC in 2015 (though she later exited the Shondaland series over creative differences) and worked as a writer and producer on Netflix'...
Jennifer Schuur has signed a two-year overall deal with HBO, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. She'll develop new material for the network while remaining an exec producer of My Brilliant Friend's second season. The new installment is based on The Story of a New Name, the second volume of Elena Ferrante's best-selling series of novels.
Schuur created The Catch for ABC in 2015 (though she later exited the Shondaland series over creative differences) and worked as a writer and producer on Netflix'...
- 1/24/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
With its international rollout well underway, the critically acclaimed TV series “My Brilliant Friend,” based on the first of Italian author Elena Ferrante’s bestselling “Neapolitan Novels,” is scoring strong ratings at home in Italy, and is also playing well in the U.S. and U.K.
The show, which explores the bounds of female friendship, is being hailed as a milestone in Italian television following its primetime premiere Nov. 27 on pubcaster Rai, which earned about a 29% share, pulling in more than 7 million viewers and becoming the highest-rated drama of the country’s current season.
Those ratings have remained relatively stable. On Tuesday, the series finale – Rai’s third consecutive broadcast of back-to-back episodes – scored a 28.7% share on Rai-1. On the previous Tuesday, ratings soared past a record-breaking 30% share.
Eleonora Andreatta, chief of fiction for Rai, has called the show a winning gamble and noted in a statement that its...
The show, which explores the bounds of female friendship, is being hailed as a milestone in Italian television following its primetime premiere Nov. 27 on pubcaster Rai, which earned about a 29% share, pulling in more than 7 million viewers and becoming the highest-rated drama of the country’s current season.
Those ratings have remained relatively stable. On Tuesday, the series finale – Rai’s third consecutive broadcast of back-to-back episodes – scored a 28.7% share on Rai-1. On the previous Tuesday, ratings soared past a record-breaking 30% share.
Eleonora Andreatta, chief of fiction for Rai, has called the show a winning gamble and noted in a statement that its...
- 12/13/2018
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
My Brilliant Friend is heading to China after digital platform iQIYI struck a deal with distributor Fremantle International.
My Brilliant Friend is the tale of Elena Greco and the most important friend in her life. She met Raffaella Cerullo, whom she has always called Lila, in the first year of primary school in 1950. Set in a dangerous and fascinating Naples, their story goes on to cover more than 60 years of their lives and explores the mystery of Lila, Elena’s brilliant friend and – in a way – both her best friend and her worst enemy.
Filmed in Italian, the eight-episode first season stars newcomers Elisa Del Genio and Ludovica Nasti as the younger versions of Elena and Lila, while Margherita Mazzucco and Gaia Girace portray teenage versions of the characters. All episodes are directed by Saverio Costanzo.
My Brilliant Friend is an HBO, Rai Fiction and Timvision series, produced by Lorenzo Mieli...
My Brilliant Friend is the tale of Elena Greco and the most important friend in her life. She met Raffaella Cerullo, whom she has always called Lila, in the first year of primary school in 1950. Set in a dangerous and fascinating Naples, their story goes on to cover more than 60 years of their lives and explores the mystery of Lila, Elena’s brilliant friend and – in a way – both her best friend and her worst enemy.
Filmed in Italian, the eight-episode first season stars newcomers Elisa Del Genio and Ludovica Nasti as the younger versions of Elena and Lila, while Margherita Mazzucco and Gaia Girace portray teenage versions of the characters. All episodes are directed by Saverio Costanzo.
My Brilliant Friend is an HBO, Rai Fiction and Timvision series, produced by Lorenzo Mieli...
- 12/7/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
“My Brilliant Friend,” the acclaimed TV adaptation of the first of Elena Ferrante’s bestselling quadrilogy of novels set in Naples, Italy, is heading to China.
The series will be viewable on iQiyi in a deal struck between the popular Chinese streaming service and Fremantle. “My Brilliant Friend” is the latest Western series to be snatched up by Baidu-owned iQiyi, which has become the platform of choice for many foreign producers and distributors who have few other ways to access the Chinese market.
“Elena Ferrante’s masterpiece has been well recognized by Chinese readers for the past years,” a spokesperson for iQiyi said. “The genuineness and delicacy of the friendship between the two female characters resonates with millions” over time and across borders.
Directed by Saverio Costanzo, the highly anticipated adaptation of Ferrante’s first novel had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September. It bowed in the U.
The series will be viewable on iQiyi in a deal struck between the popular Chinese streaming service and Fremantle. “My Brilliant Friend” is the latest Western series to be snatched up by Baidu-owned iQiyi, which has become the platform of choice for many foreign producers and distributors who have few other ways to access the Chinese market.
“Elena Ferrante’s masterpiece has been well recognized by Chinese readers for the past years,” a spokesperson for iQiyi said. “The genuineness and delicacy of the friendship between the two female characters resonates with millions” over time and across borders.
Directed by Saverio Costanzo, the highly anticipated adaptation of Ferrante’s first novel had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in September. It bowed in the U.
- 12/7/2018
- by Henry Chu
- Variety Film + TV
Chinese streaming giant, iQIYI has snapped up China rights to acclaimed European drama series “My Brilliant Friend.”
The show is based on the first of a series of books by Elena Ferrante, set in a dangerous and fascinating Naples, and spanning a period over 60 years. It was presented by HBO (U.S.), and Italy’s Rai Fiction and Timvision, and began airing from Nov. 18.
The series is produced by Lorenzo Mieli and Mario Gianani for Wildside, and by Domenico Procacci for Fandango, in collaboration with Rai Fiction, Timvision and HBO Entertainment, in co-production with Umedia. All the episodes are directed by Saverio Costanzo. The story and screenplays are by Ferrante, Francesco Piccolo, Laura Paolucci and Costanzo. Paolo Sorrentino and Jennifer Schuur are the executive producers.
Distribution in international markets is handled by Fremantle, which has licensed it to over 130 territories. A second series, has already been green-lighted based on “The...
The show is based on the first of a series of books by Elena Ferrante, set in a dangerous and fascinating Naples, and spanning a period over 60 years. It was presented by HBO (U.S.), and Italy’s Rai Fiction and Timvision, and began airing from Nov. 18.
The series is produced by Lorenzo Mieli and Mario Gianani for Wildside, and by Domenico Procacci for Fandango, in collaboration with Rai Fiction, Timvision and HBO Entertainment, in co-production with Umedia. All the episodes are directed by Saverio Costanzo. The story and screenplays are by Ferrante, Francesco Piccolo, Laura Paolucci and Costanzo. Paolo Sorrentino and Jennifer Schuur are the executive producers.
Distribution in international markets is handled by Fremantle, which has licensed it to over 130 territories. A second series, has already been green-lighted based on “The...
- 12/7/2018
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
HBO and Italian broadcaster Rai have renewed “My Brilliant Friend” for a second season ahead of the Season 1 finale.
The eight-episode first season of the show is based on Elena Ferrante’s best-selling book of the same name, which is the first of her four-part series published in the U.S. by Europa Editions. Season 2 will be based on “The Story of a New Name,” her second book in the series.
“We’re thrilled that Elena Ferrante’s epic story has resonated so powerfully with viewers and critics, and we look forward to the continuing journey of Elena and Lila,” said Casey Bloys, president of HBO Programming.
The series is the tale of Elena Greco and the most important friend in her life. She met Raffaella Cerullo, whom she has always called Lila, in the first year of primary school in 1950. Set in Naples, their story goes on to cover...
The eight-episode first season of the show is based on Elena Ferrante’s best-selling book of the same name, which is the first of her four-part series published in the U.S. by Europa Editions. Season 2 will be based on “The Story of a New Name,” her second book in the series.
“We’re thrilled that Elena Ferrante’s epic story has resonated so powerfully with viewers and critics, and we look forward to the continuing journey of Elena and Lila,” said Casey Bloys, president of HBO Programming.
The series is the tale of Elena Greco and the most important friend in her life. She met Raffaella Cerullo, whom she has always called Lila, in the first year of primary school in 1950. Set in Naples, their story goes on to cover...
- 12/4/2018
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
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