NatGeo Series Doesn’t Address Who Betrayed Franks – Deadline
A Small Light, National Geographic’s limited series that depicts the Dutch woman who risked her life to shelter Anne Frank’s family from the Nazis, steers clear of pointing any fingers at the person (or people) who betrayed the family. The project from Grey’s Anatomy alums Joan Rater and Tony Phelan…
’Saint Omer’ Director Alice Diop Q&A – Deadline
Alice Diop’s French drama Saint Omer opens in theaters today, and I remember the emotions I felt when I saw the film at Venice last year. It was a very personal experience for me — as if someone was telling my story on screen. At…
Emma Roberts & Tom Ellis To Headline & EP ‘Second Wife’ Hulu Series – Deadline
EXCLUSIVE: On the heels of the recent Season 2 renewal of Hulu/20th Television’s Tell Me Lies, the breakout drama’s creator/executive producer/showrunner Meaghan Oppenheimer and executive producer Emma Roberts are re-teaming for another series at Hulu and 20th TV, Second Wife. Roberts and Lucifer alum Tom…
NBC News Guild Files Unfair Labor Practice Charge After Layoffs – Deadline
The NBC News Guild and the Writers Guild of America, East are objecting to a round of layoffs at the network this week, which impacted dozens of employees. The NBC News Guild, which covers digital employees, said that it filed an unfair labor practice charge…
Microbudget Horror ‘Skinamarink’ Gets Theatrical Push – Deadline
Shudder and IFC Midnight are launching microbudget Skinamarink on a not-so-micro 629 screens, giving the viral horror pic a major push after a well-received premiere back at Fantasia-fest that just kept snowballing with strong reviews and social media love. “I was over the moon. For…
‘Men of West Hollywood’ Eyes New York, San Francisco & Miami Spinoffs – Deadline
EXCLUSIVE: The Men of West Hollywood are looking to go global. Get Me Out Productions, the company behind the Crackle series, are planning a raft of international versions of the show alongside expanding the franchise with spinoffs in New York, San Francisco and Miami. It…
James Gunn Hasn’t Cast Superman; Matt Reeves To Meet with DC About ‘Batman 2’ – Deadline
New DC Co-Boss James Gunn in debunk fashion took the air out of fanboy reports that Euphoria‘s Jacob Elordi is rumored to play Superman in the filmmaker’s early-days iteration of the Man of Steel. Said Gunn on Twitter, “My thoughts are no one has been…
Daredevil Motorcycle Stuntman & Evel Knievel Son Was 60 – Deadline
Robbie Knievel, son of superstar ’70s motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel and an accomplished showman in his own right, died in hospice care after a battle with of pancreatic cancer, according to multiple reports. He was 60. Like his father, Kneivel was adroit at leveraging his…
Jack Cutmore-Scott To Play Frasier’s Son Freddy In Sequel – Deadline
Jack Cutmore-Scott (Kingsman, Deception) has been tapped to star opposite Kelsey Grammer in Frasier, Paramount+’s sequel series to the classic NBC sitcom. Cutmore-Scott will play Frasier Crane’s son Freddy. Also cast in the followup as a series regular is British actor Nicholas Lyndhurst who will…
A Hot, Dry 2022 by the Numbers
Last year, Texas experienced climate change not as a single disaster like Hurricane Harvey or Winter Storm Uri, but through a slow burn of increasingly hot days and nights. Summer was brutal: The state baked through its hottest July on record and its second-hottest summer…