USA Network announced that BRAVE NEW WORLD, based on the Aldous Huxley novel, has been picked up straight to series.
Feb 12 2019
News: Gabrielle Union and Julianne Hough Join Judges Panel On Season 14 of America’s Got Talent, Terry Crews to Host
NBC’s unrivaled and beloved summer sensation “America’s Got Talent” revs up the excitement for season 14 with award-winning actress, author and producer Gabrielle Union and actress, dancer, singer and Emmy Award-winning choreographer Julianne Hough joining the judging panel. In addition, Terry Crews will serve as host of the hit series, a role he currently fills on the highly rated “America’s Got Talent: The Champions.”
Auditions for the upcoming season of “America’s Got Talent” are still underway. Interested acts can submit an online audition up until midnight EST on Monday, March 4.
Feb 12 2019
Video: ABC’s Grand Hotel Official Trailer, Premieres June 17
Eva Longoria executive produces this bold, provocative drama set at the last family-owned hotel in multicultural Miami Beach.
Feb 12 2019
Video: ABC’s Whiskey Cavalier Starring Scott Foley and Lauren Cohan Official Trailer.
“Whiskey Cavalier” is a high-octane, hour-long action dramedy that follows the adventures of tough but tender FBI super-agent Will Chase (codename: “Whiskey Cavalier”), played by Scott Foley.
Feb 12 2019
News: Showtime Announces Four-Part Documentary Series Action
SHOWTIME Sports Documentary Films announced a multi-part docu-series titled ACTION, exploring the legalization of sports gambling
Feb 12 2019
News: Travel Channel Paranormal Series Portals to Hell With Jack Osbourne and Katrina Weidman Premieres April 19
Hauntings exist all over the world, but there are a few locations with sordid pasts and dark histories that are especially sinister and purported to be doorways to the spirit underworld. In Travel Channel’s new series, “Portals to Hell,” premiering on Friday, April 19 at 9 p.m. ET/PT, television personality and executive producer Jack Osbourne, and paranormal researcher and investigator Katrina Weidman, join forces to explore this phenomenon, investigating each haunted location in search of irrefutable evidence that a spirit world exists, and death is not the end.
Feb 12 2019
Video/News: Miley Cyrus Joins As Judge on Season 11 of RuPaul’s Drag Race Premiering Feb 28
Global superstar Miley Cyrus joins Emmy® Award-winning host RuPaul and judges Michelle Visage, Carson Kressley and Ross Mathews to kick off the season 11 premiere of “RuPaul’s Drag Race” on Thursday, February 28 at 9PM ET/PT on VH1. The new season will feature all 90-minute episodes followed by “RuPaul’s Drag Race: Untucked” after show at 10:30 PM ET/PT. In the jaw-dropping premiere, Cyrus goes undercover in the workroom to spy on the new cast of queens.
Feb 11 2019
News: Lucy Liu To Star In Marc Cherry’s New Dark Dramedy Why Women Kill On CBS All Access
CBS All Access, CBS’ digital subscription video on-demand and live streaming service, announced Lucy Liu will star in the service’s upcoming darkly comedic drama WHY WOMEN KILL. Created by Marc Cherry (“Desperate Housewives,” “Devious Maids”), WHY WOMEN KILL details the lives of three women living in three different decades: a housewife in the ’60s, a socialite in the ’80s and a lawyer in 2018, each dealing with infidelity in their marriages. The series will examine how the roles of women have changed, but how their reaction to betrayal… has not.
Feb 11 2019
News: TBS Lands Chad Pilot From SNL Alum Nasim Pedrad
TBS has picked up Chad to pilot, a single-camera comedy that follows a 14-year-old Persian boy (played by Nasim Pedrad) during high school as he desperately tries to fit in.
Feb 11 2019
News: Season 9 of Alaskan Bush People Premieres March 3 on Discovery
After making their long-awaited return to the wild last year, the Brown family is back for a brand-new adventure-filled ninth season of Discovery Channel’s top-rated series, ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE . With their first foothold of self-sufficiency realized with the construction of their barn last season, the Browns re-dedicate themselves to the life they love off-grid in the wild mountains of the pacific northwest. They’re closer than ever to realizing their lifelong family dream of a sustainable ranch but must overcome new challenges and incredible family changes as a brutal winter hits earlier than expected. ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE returns Sunday, March 3 at 10PM ET/PT on Discovery Channel.
Feb 10 2019
News: History Channel’s UFO Drama Project Blue Book Renewed For Second Season
HISTORY’s hit UFO drama series “Project Blue Book,” from A+E Studios and Academy Award and Golden Globe® winning executive producer Robert Zemeckis, has landed a 10-episode sophomore season. “Project Blue Book” is based on the true, top-secret investigations into Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and related phenomena conducted by the United States Air Force in the 1950s and 60s and stars Aidan Gillen (“Game of Thrones”) and Michael Malarkey (“The Vampire Diaries”). New episodes of “Project Blue Book” air Tuesdays at 10PM ET/PT on HISTORY.
Feb 10 2019
News: Lifetime Greenlights Harry & Meghan: Becoming Royal(wt) To Debut Spring 2019
Lifetime heads across the pond with a follow-up to the 2018 hit movie following the romantic journey of Prince Harry and American actress Meghan Markle with the sequel, Harry & Meghan: Becoming Royal (working title).
Feb 10 2019
News: Things Get Frosty In the New Season of Naked and Afraid Premiering March 3 on Discovery Channel
Television’s most extreme survival challenge is back and more intense than ever. This season, NAKED AND AFRAID survivalists are put in the most challenging locations to date including the frozen tundra of Alaska, an alligator-infested swamp in Florida and an African Kill Zone where they are stalked by lions, dozens of crocodiles and a herd of 100 elephants. Six Naked and Afraid All-Star survivalists return to take on locations so dangerous they put their elite skills to the ultimate test. This season also features Naked and Afraid’s first threesome challenge, a four-survivalist Battle of the Sexes as well as the first couple to take on this challenge. Will the challenge strengthen their relationship or break them apart?
Feb 09 2019
News: A Discovery of Witches Makes Network Television Debut On AMC and BBC America April 7
AMC Networks announced from the Television Critics’ Association (TCA) Press Tour that the hit series A Discovery of Witches, starring Matthew Goode and Teresa Palmer, will make its network television debut on AMC and BBC AMERICA following a hugely successful premiere on the AMC Networks’ streaming services Sundance Now and Shudder. The series’ first season will begin an eight-week run on both networks starting Sunday, April 7 at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT, following BBC AMERICA and AMC’s previously announced simulcast of Killing Eve at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT.
Feb 09 2019
News: AMC Announces 2019 Premiere Dates for New/Returning Series
AMC Networks announced the premiere dates for several new and returning original series, including AMC’s groundbreaking martial arts drama Into the Badlands and western drama The Son, BBC AMERICA’s Top Gear and Luther, IFC’s Brockmire and SundanceTV’s Ministry of Evil, Unspeakable and The Name of the Rose.
Feb 08 2019
News: Christopher McQuarrie Joins Showtime’s The President is Missing as Executive Producer
SHOWTIME has announced that Academy Award® winner Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects) and Anthony Peckham (Invictus) have joined the drama series THE PRESIDENT IS MISSING
Feb 07 2019
News: Ginnifer Goodwin Has Just Crossed Over to The Twilight Zone Premiering April 1 on CBS All Access
Ginnifer Goodwin has just crossed over to THE TWILIGHT ZONE. She joins the CBS All Access original series as the star of an upcoming episode titled “Point of Origin,” which will also feature James Frain and Zabryna Guevara. Previously announced cast for the series includes host and narrator Jordan Peele, as well as Ike Barinholtz, John Cho, Taissa Farmiga, Greg Kinnear, Luke Kirby, Sanaa Lathan, Kumail Nanjiani, Adam Scott, Rhea Seehorn, Alison Tolman, Jacob Tremblay, Jessica Williams, DeWanda Wise and Steven Yeun.
Feb 07 2019
Photos/News: Mammoth Film Festival Sets Zac Efron’s Ted Bundy Film Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile As Premiere
The 2nd Annual Mammoth Film Festival™ will have the California premiere of EXTREMELY WICKED, SHOCKINGLY EVIL AND VILE film starring Zac Efron as Ted Bundy, Lily Collins, Haley Joel Osment, Kaya Scodelario, John Malkovich, and Jim Parsons. This marks the film’s second festival premiere after it made a splash at Sundance.
Directed by veteran documentarian Joe Berlinger, EXTREMELY WICKED tells the story of Ted Bundy through the lens of his longtime girlfriend (Collins) and her experience with one of the most notorious serial killers of all time. After initially receiving backlash for potentially romanticizing the notorious serial killer, Berlinger along with one of Bundy’s survivors, Kathy Kleiner Rubin, have stood by it, saying that Bundy’s eerie charm is what made him an unsuspecting, and now infamous, murderer.
Feb 07 2019
Video/Photos: Four New Movies Based on V.C. Andrews’ Casteel Family To Debut On Lifetime In 2019
Production on four new movies, based on V.C Andrews’ Casteel Family, is currently underway for their debut on Lifetime in 2019. Marking the last known series written by prolific writer V.C. Andrews, who personally penned the first two novels, the titles in the quintet include Heaven, which was shot last year, Dark Angel, Fallen Hearts, Gates of Paradise and Web of Dreams. The movie event series follows Heaven Casteel and her siblings after their father devises a scheme that threatens to destroy their dreams and separate the family forever.
The first of the movies, Heaven, stars Annalise Basso (Captain Fantastic), Julie Benz (Dexter), Chris William Martin (The Vampire Diaries), and Chris McNally (Altered Carbon). Basso and Martin will return for the second and third installments, Dark Angel and Fallen Hearts, joined by Jason Priestley (Private Eyes, Beverly Hills, 90210) and Kelly Rutherford (Gossip Girl, Melrose Place). Priestley is also set to direct Fallen Hearts.
Feb 07 2019
Video/News: My Journey With A Polar Bear Special Premieres March 6 on Smithsonian Channel
With climate change at the forefront of the world’s natural crises, Smithsonian Channel takes you on a dramatic adventure that reveals an ever-changing Arctic. In MY JOURNEY WITH A POLAR BEAR, viewers will get an intimate look at one polar bear mother’s struggle to raise her cubs as her home melts away under her feet. Norwegian filmmaker Asgeir Helgestad worked in the harshest of conditions to document the bear’s life over the course of four years, capturing her attempts to hunt and her interactions with other bears while experiencing unprecedented change to the world around her. MY JOURNEY WITH A POLAR BEAR premieres Wednesday, March 6 at 8 p.m. on Smithsonian Channel.
Feb 06 2019
Photos/News: 20th Century Faux Presents 16 Comedy Shorts About Loneliness Launching on VOD Feb 26
20th Century Faux is a short film series created by Will Blank & Jake Bradbury.
Jake and Will moved to Los Angeles with the dream of making feature films. They made award-winning shorts and worked on other people’s features and television projects. But then, like so many others, they found themselves bogged down in the never-ending development process. 20th Century Faux is their antidote. Instead of waiting for permission to make films, or trying to organize a massive crew and financing, with 20th Century Faux, Jake and Will opted for a minimalist approach. Their plan was to come up with – and execute – 16 short films that could be conceptualized, written and shot in a single day (one short per day), working with friends, and using whatever resources were available.
Feb 06 2019
Video/News: Huzzah! Lifetime’s New Scripted Dramedy American Princess Premieres June 2
From the producers of Orange Is the New Black and GLOW, the world of yesteryear emerges front and center with the premiere of Lifetime’s new scripted dramedy, American Princess on Sunday, June 2 at 9pm ET/PT. From A+E Studios, creator Jamie Denbo and executive producers Jenji Kohan, Tara Herrmann and Mark A. Burley, the series follows runaway bride Amanda Klein (Aussie newcomer Georgia Flood, (Anzac Girls, Wentworth)) as she joins a Renaissance Faire after her wedding goes awry, only to discover there’s a lot more to life than she once thought.
Feb 06 2019
News: Amazon Crossing to Publish The Man Who Played with Fire: Stieg Larsson’s Lost Files and the Hunt For An Assassin On Oct 1
Amazon Crossing, the literature in translation imprint of Amazon Publishing, announced the acquisition of The Man Who Played with Fire: Stieg Larsson’s Lost Files and the Hunt for an Assassin by Jan Stocklassa, translated by Tara F. Chace for publication on October 1, 2019. Ten years after The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo author Stieg Larsson’s death, journalist Jan Stocklassa gained exclusive access to Larsson’s private archive, uncovering Larsson’s unknown project—research and investigation into the unsolved assassination of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme. Stocklassa picks up on Larsson’s extensive research and quest to solve one of the most enigmatic murder mysteries in European history.
Feb 06 2019
News: Fox Renews The Simpsons For Season 31 and 32
Making history yet again, THE SIMPSONS has been renewed for its 31st and 32nd seasons on FOX, by which time, the series will have produced 713 episodes.
Feb 05 2019
News: Freeform’s Good Trouble Renewed For Second Season
Freeform President Tom Ascheim surprised the cast members of “Good Trouble” with a season two pickup of the critically acclaimed series, which is currently airing on the network. Good Trouble follows Callie (Maia Mitchell) and Mariana (Cierra Ramirez) as they embark on the next phase of their young adult lives in Los Angeles, as Mariana tackles the male-dominated world of tech and Callie faces the harsh realities of the federal legal system clerking for a federal judge. After moving to The Coterie in Downtown Los Angeles, Callie and Mariana realize that living on their own is not all that it’s cracked up to be. Faced with new neighbors, new challenges and, of course, new romances, the sisters must depend on one another to navigate the City of Angels.