By S.D. Katz August 29, 2019 “If no one is dying, nothing is exploding and no one is trying to kill each other, you shouldn’t be calling me,” says Jane Wu, a storyboard artist with credits including “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse,” “Thor: Ragnarok” and Disney’s upcoming live-action remake of “Mulan.” Wu is one of the few …
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By Lesley Goldberg August 26, 2019 Viola Davis would play Michelle Obama in a Showtime anthology called “First Ladies.” The ‘How to Get Away With Murder’ star will also exec produce the drama, which is in development from Lionsgate TV. Showtime is ready to tell the stories of Washington, D.C.’s first ladies. The premium cable …
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By Nellie Andreeva, Denise Petski August 26, 2019 Viola Davis is set to portray Michelle Obama in First Ladies, a one-hour White House drama that has been put on fast-track development at Showtime with a three-script commitment. Davis will executive produce the project, which hails from writer Aaron Cooley (novels Four Seats: A Thriller of the Supreme Court, The Guns of Ridgewood), Davis …
By Will Thorne August 26, 2019 It’s fair to say that Viola Davis’ potential next TV role will come with a lot of pressure. The actress has signed on to play former First Lady Michelle Obama in a series titled “First Ladies” which is in the works at Showtime. The network has given the prospective one-hour drama a three-script …
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By Dominic Patten August 21, 2019 In April 1989, the lives of five young men of color were irrevocably and horrifically changed. Wrongly accused of raping a white female jogger, they were first arbitrarily rounded up by police simply for being in the area, then pushed into false confessions that would ultimately land them a …
By Tim Goodman August 19, 2019 Amazon is pushing resolutely into the world of sci-fi and fantasy (in large part because Jeff Bezos is a genre fan), and its latest attempt to capture an audience with an epic story, Carnival Row, mixes deep mythological elements with a creatively bleak, timeless setting (recalling the Victorian era) and …
By Tim Molloy August 16, 2019 Our bodies sometimes still seem alive in the hours after we die, moving and even making sounds. Keep that creepy thought in mind as you watch our exclusive clip from Yam Laranas’ upcoming film “Nightshift,” which you can watch above. The latest film from writer-director Yam Laranas (whose “Aurora” …
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By Daniel D’addario August 15, 2019 The race to replace “Game of Thrones” has its latest entrant, with Amazon’s new “Carnival Row,” a series that combines fantasy, melodrama, ultraviolence, and strained political allegory. But, for now, the “Thrones” legacy seems safe: This new series reaches for credibility with gruesomeness and exaggeration, falling flat at every …
By Will Thorne August 6, 2019 Tiffany Haddish and Carmen Ejogo are among five actors who have been cast in the forthcoming Netflix limited series “Madam CJ Walker” about the black hair care pioneer and mogul. The four-part series hails from executive producers LeBron James and Octavia Spencer, who will also star as the titular Madam. The series is inspired by the book …
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