Talk show host Ziwe, playwright Hilary Bettis and journalist Gabriel Sherman are among the 30 participants set for the WGA East’s first Showrunner Academy program.
The program aims to help established writers gain the training and skills needed to advance to showrunners. The academy will be led by veteran showrunners Diana Son (“Law & Order: Criminal Intent”) and Frank Pugliese (“House of Cards”).
The program, which runs through November, and will include a host of panels and workshops led by prominent writers and showrunners. The list includes: “Things to Know Before Running Your First Series” with Meredith Scardino, Rj Fried and Sarah Treem; “Crisis and Risk Management for Showrunners” with Glen Mazzara; “Managing Multiple Series in Development” with Tina Fey and Robert Carlock; “Hiring Writers” with Michelle King and Elizabeth Kruger; “Managing a Comedy Writers Room and Managing a Drama Writers Room” with Carly Mensch, Liz Flahive and David Simon...
The program aims to help established writers gain the training and skills needed to advance to showrunners. The academy will be led by veteran showrunners Diana Son (“Law & Order: Criminal Intent”) and Frank Pugliese (“House of Cards”).
The program, which runs through November, and will include a host of panels and workshops led by prominent writers and showrunners. The list includes: “Things to Know Before Running Your First Series” with Meredith Scardino, Rj Fried and Sarah Treem; “Crisis and Risk Management for Showrunners” with Glen Mazzara; “Managing Multiple Series in Development” with Tina Fey and Robert Carlock; “Hiring Writers” with Michelle King and Elizabeth Kruger; “Managing a Comedy Writers Room and Managing a Drama Writers Room” with Carly Mensch, Liz Flahive and David Simon...
- 10/7/2021
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
Syfy has set premiere dates for its first two Tzgz animated original series. Magical Girl Friendship Squad and Wild Life will premiere Saturday, September 26 with back-to-back episodes. Magical Girl Friendship Squad will kick it off at midnight, followed by Wild Life at around 12:15 Am Et/P on Syfy’s late-night adult animation block Tzgz.
Voiced by Ana Gasteyer, Quinta Brunson and Anna Akana, in Magical Girl Friendship Squad, when a little red panda named Nut (Gasteyer) arrives in the apartment of two directionless twenty-somethings and gives them the ability to transform into badass magical girls, Alex (Brunson) and Daisy (Akana) are forced to get their shit together in order to save the Universe from otherworldly threats.
The 6-episode, 15-minute anime-inspired comedy also stars Matteo Lane.
Produced by Cartuna, the Magical Girl Friends Squad franchise is created by Kelsey Stephanides, who also serves as showrunner. James Belfer, Adam Belfer and Max Benator executive produce,...
Voiced by Ana Gasteyer, Quinta Brunson and Anna Akana, in Magical Girl Friendship Squad, when a little red panda named Nut (Gasteyer) arrives in the apartment of two directionless twenty-somethings and gives them the ability to transform into badass magical girls, Alex (Brunson) and Daisy (Akana) are forced to get their shit together in order to save the Universe from otherworldly threats.
The 6-episode, 15-minute anime-inspired comedy also stars Matteo Lane.
Produced by Cartuna, the Magical Girl Friends Squad franchise is created by Kelsey Stephanides, who also serves as showrunner. James Belfer, Adam Belfer and Max Benator executive produce,...
- 8/20/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Sitcoms can range from universal favorites to niche humor with cult followings, but if you’re a comedy actor, both are ideal projects to take on. In any of these four new sitcom projects, you could play a Joey from “Friends” or a Pam Beesly from “The Office,” a Tom Haverford from “Parks and Recreation” or a Rainbow from “Black-ish.” Discover which one you could be by applying now! “Out Of The Frying Pan”A mockumentary-style sitcom, “Out of the Frying Pan” is now casting two male supporting roles. Male talent, aged 28–53 and 20–31, based in Bath, England, and Batheaston, England, is wanted to play Paolo, an Argentine chef, and Peter, a hardworking Serbian, respectively. The production will shoot July 22, 23, and 29 in Bath, England. Travel, housing, and meals will all be provided. Apply here! “Andrea, Inc.”From Hallie Cantor, one of the writers of shows including “Arrested Development,” “Lady Dynamite,” and “Inside Amy Schumer,...
- 7/16/2018
- backstage.com
The Writers Guild of America has just announced the nominations for their annual awards for Best Screenplays (by writers who are guild signatories). That’s right, before you get nervous thinking that your favorite may have been left off the list, you must remember that the WGA is the group that is not all-inclusive and leaves out several of the top contenders each year due to them not being part of the guild or not following their very specific rules. For this reason, you won’t see Inside Out, The Hateful Eight, and Ex Machina in the Original Screenplay category or Room, Brooklyn, or Anomalisa in the Adapted screenplay category.
Taking a look at what’s left over for the nominations, we find many that were expected to make a showing, including Spotlight and Bridge of Spies for Original Screenplay, though they apparently had to sink to really low depths...
Taking a look at what’s left over for the nominations, we find many that were expected to make a showing, including Spotlight and Bridge of Spies for Original Screenplay, though they apparently had to sink to really low depths...
- 1/6/2016
- by Jeff Beck
- We Got This Covered
The Writers Guild of America announced some of its nominees for its 2015 awards on Thursday, including television, new media, and radio, and among the TV nominees are series both new and old, and all beloved.
In the comedy series category, freshman Netflix show "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" scored a nomination for best series, as well as an overall best new series nod. "The Last Man on Earth" also landed in that latter category, and was singled out for its pilot episode writing, too.
On the drama side of the equation, lauded "Breaking Bad" spinoff "Better Call Saul" also got best series and best new series nominations, in addition to a an episode writing nod. Newly-minted Emmy winner "Game of Thrones" also scored a best drama citation, as well as an episodic writing nomination.
The full list of nominees released this week are below. Nominations in the theatrical and documentary categories will...
In the comedy series category, freshman Netflix show "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" scored a nomination for best series, as well as an overall best new series nod. "The Last Man on Earth" also landed in that latter category, and was singled out for its pilot episode writing, too.
On the drama side of the equation, lauded "Breaking Bad" spinoff "Better Call Saul" also got best series and best new series nominations, in addition to a an episode writing nod. Newly-minted Emmy winner "Game of Thrones" also scored a best drama citation, as well as an episodic writing nomination.
The full list of nominees released this week are below. Nominations in the theatrical and documentary categories will...
- 12/3/2015
- by Katie Roberts
- Moviefone
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