By Denise Petski July 30, 2021 EXCLUSIVE: Clea DuVall (Veep) and Charlie Plummer (All the Money in the World) are set for key recurring roles in Showtime’s upcoming anthology series The First Lady, starring Viola Davis — who also executive produces — Michelle Pfeiffer and Gillian Anderson. Cathy Schulman serves as showrunner. Susanne Bier (The Undoing) will direct and executive produce. Created by …
By Denise Petski July 27, 2021 Lily Rabe is set as a lead in Showtime’s upcoming anthology series The First Lady, starring Viola Davis — who also executive produces — Michelle Pfeiffer and Gillian Anderson. Cathy Schulman serves as showrunner. Susanne Bier (The Undoing) will direct and executive produce. The role reunites Rabe with Bier, who recently directed the actress in …
By Denise Petski July 23, 2021 EXCLUSIVE: Showtime is round out casting for the Roosevelt family on its upcoming anthology series The First Lady. Oscar, Emmy and Tony winner Ellen Burstyn, (Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore), Eliza Scanlen (Sharp Objects) and Cailee Spaeny (Mare of Easttown) are set for recurring roles on the series starring Viola Davis — who also executive produces — Michelle Pfeiffer …
By Anthony D’Alessandro July 16, 2021 Sony launched its horror sequel Escape Room: Tournament of Champions early yesterday at 3PM making $1.2M in previews at 2,382 theaters. What’s the comp here? Given the funkiness of the pandemic we can only look at recent genre stats, and the nearest title is Universal/Blumhouse’s The Forever Purge which did $1.33M in Thursday …
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By Clark Collis July 14, 2021 The Taking of Deborah Logan and Insidious: The Last Key director Adam Robitel began terrifying people at a young age. “I saw the power of scaring my friends when we would tell ghost stories in the middle of the woods at night,” he says. “I would always really enjoy …
By Anthony D’Alessandro July 14, 2021 Wednesday Update: after Tuesday update After posting a record domestic opening during the pandemic of $80.3 million, Disney/Marvel’s Black Widow went on to gross the best non-holiday Monday with $7.16M during the Covid era, and now a record Tuesday of $7.6M. Black Widow‘s Tuesday is 17% ahead of F9‘s first Tuesday ($6.5M) which held the previous record for …
By Alexandra Del Rosario July 08, 2021 Michael Starrbury continues his collaboration with Netflix as he inks a multi-year overall deal with the streamer to develop new series programming. Starrbury received an Emmy nomination for writing “Part Four” of Netflix’s When They See Us with Ava DuVernay in 2019 and will work with the director …
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By Nick Romano July 8, 2021 Here’s to the ladies who lunch… in the White House. Viola Davis as Michelle Obama Showtime’s new anthology series, The First Lady, will center on the lives of various first ladies of the United States of America. Three are at the center of the first season, one of them …
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By Denise Petski July 8, 2021 Former Designated Survivor star Kiefer Sutherland is heading back to the Oval Office. He’s been tapped to play President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Showtime’s upcoming anthology series The First Lady (working title), starring Viola Davis — who also executive produces — Michelle Pfeiffer and Gillian Anderson. Cathy Schulman serves …