Exclusive: Vanessa Williams’ personal story about the scandal that forced her to resign her Miss America crown in 1984 is in the works for the small screen. Sony Pictures Television has optioned rights to her story to develop as a limited series, with veteran Neil Meron executive producing.
Williams made history in 1983 by becoming the first Black woman to be crowned Miss America. Weeks before completing her reign, she was forced to resign her title under pressure from the organization when controversy ensued after nude photos of her taken prior to her Miss America win were published without her consent in Penthouse Magazine.
Faced with adversity at the start of her career, Williams was able to overcome the scandal and become an award-winning actor and singer in one of entertainment industry’s most remarkable comeback stories.
Zadan/Meron Productions’ Meron and Mark Nicholson will executive produce with Stephen Roseberry and Jon Carrasco...
Williams made history in 1983 by becoming the first Black woman to be crowned Miss America. Weeks before completing her reign, she was forced to resign her title under pressure from the organization when controversy ensued after nude photos of her taken prior to her Miss America win were published without her consent in Penthouse Magazine.
Faced with adversity at the start of her career, Williams was able to overcome the scandal and become an award-winning actor and singer in one of entertainment industry’s most remarkable comeback stories.
Zadan/Meron Productions’ Meron and Mark Nicholson will executive produce with Stephen Roseberry and Jon Carrasco...
- 9/28/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
As studios meet in Las Vegas to present footage of their upcoming slates to exhibitors, Netflix is showcasing their own slate of future feature films as it has unveiled its upcoming summer slate of original movies. Some of the films receiving new release dates include the Vampire thriller Day Shift starring Jamie Foxx, which is set to bow on August 12, the Kevin Hart-Mark Wahlberg comedy Me Time, bowing on Aug. 26 and the Dakota Johnson drama Persuasion, bowing July 15. The streamer also confirmed dates of some highly-anticipated films that had previously been announced like the Adam Sandler sports pic Hustle, which bows on June 8, the Chris Hemsworth-Miles Teller Thriller Spiderhead, which bows on June 17 and most recently the The Russo Brothers next film The Gray Man, starring Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans, which will premiere on July 22.
You can find the remaining schedule for the entire summer...
You can find the remaining schedule for the entire summer...
- 4/27/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: And the dance card is full. Rhea Perlman, Josh Peck and Peter Hermann have joined 13: The Musical, rounding out the cast of Netflix’s feature adaptation of the Broadway show.
It follows 12-year-old Evan Goldman (Eli Golden) as he moves from New York City to small-town Indiana and must grapple with his parents’ divorce, prepare for his pending Bar Mitzvah and navigate the complicated social circles of a new school.
Perlman will play Grandma Ruth, Peck is Rabbi Shapiro, and Hermann portrays Joel Goldman.
Production is underway on 13: The Musical, which is produced by Neil Meron with Tamra Davis directing and Tony winner Robert Horn adapting the script off the book he co-wrote with Dan Elish.
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Perlman, Peck and Hermann join a cast that includes Gabriella Uhl,...
It follows 12-year-old Evan Goldman (Eli Golden) as he moves from New York City to small-town Indiana and must grapple with his parents’ divorce, prepare for his pending Bar Mitzvah and navigate the complicated social circles of a new school.
Perlman will play Grandma Ruth, Peck is Rabbi Shapiro, and Hermann portrays Joel Goldman.
Production is underway on 13: The Musical, which is produced by Neil Meron with Tamra Davis directing and Tony winner Robert Horn adapting the script off the book he co-wrote with Dan Elish.
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Perlman, Peck and Hermann join a cast that includes Gabriella Uhl,...
- 6/11/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: We have learned that Will & Grace Emmy winning Best Actress Debra Messing is joining Netflix’s feature adaptation of Broadway’s 13: The Musical.
She joins the previously announced cast that we first told you about of Eli Golden, Gabriella Uhl, Jd McCrary, Frankie McNellis, Lindsey Blackwell, Jonathan Lengel, Ramon Reed, Nolen Dubuc, Luke Islam, Shechinah Mpumlwana, Kayleigh Cerezo, Wyatt Moss, Liam Wignall, and Khiyla Aynne in the Tamra Davis directed feature.
13: The Musical, produced by Neil Meron with Tony Award winner Robert Horn adapting the script off the book he co-wrote with Dan Elish, follows 12-year old Evan Goldman (12). He moves from NYC to small-town Indiana where he grapples with his parents’ divorce, prepares for his impending Bar Mitzvah, and navigates the complicated social circles of a new school. Messing will play Evan Goldman’s (Golden) mom.
Three-time Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown, who served...
She joins the previously announced cast that we first told you about of Eli Golden, Gabriella Uhl, Jd McCrary, Frankie McNellis, Lindsey Blackwell, Jonathan Lengel, Ramon Reed, Nolen Dubuc, Luke Islam, Shechinah Mpumlwana, Kayleigh Cerezo, Wyatt Moss, Liam Wignall, and Khiyla Aynne in the Tamra Davis directed feature.
13: The Musical, produced by Neil Meron with Tony Award winner Robert Horn adapting the script off the book he co-wrote with Dan Elish, follows 12-year old Evan Goldman (12). He moves from NYC to small-town Indiana where he grapples with his parents’ divorce, prepares for his impending Bar Mitzvah, and navigates the complicated social circles of a new school. Messing will play Evan Goldman’s (Golden) mom.
Three-time Tony Award winner Jason Robert Brown, who served...
- 5/24/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Netflix has locked down the cast to its upcoming feature adaptation of Broadway’s 13: The Musical.
The musical, which ran from October 2008 to January 2009 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre follows Evan Goldman (12) who following a move from NYC to small-town Indiana, grapples with his parents’ divorce, prepares for his impending Bar Mitzvah, and navigates the complicated social circles of a new school.
The Broadway version featured the first and only all-teenage cast and band and served as professional debuts of Ariana Grande and Elizabeth Gillies. The musical has since been a popular production of high school theater groups.
Of the 14 starring in 13: The Musical include Eli Golden (The Wizard of Lies), Gabriella Uhl, Jd McCrary, Frankie McNellis, Lindsey Blackwell (The Change-Up), Jonathan Lengel, Ramon Reed (Disney Channel’s Just Roll With It...
The musical, which ran from October 2008 to January 2009 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre follows Evan Goldman (12) who following a move from NYC to small-town Indiana, grapples with his parents’ divorce, prepares for his impending Bar Mitzvah, and navigates the complicated social circles of a new school.
The Broadway version featured the first and only all-teenage cast and band and served as professional debuts of Ariana Grande and Elizabeth Gillies. The musical has since been a popular production of high school theater groups.
Of the 14 starring in 13: The Musical include Eli Golden (The Wizard of Lies), Gabriella Uhl, Jd McCrary, Frankie McNellis, Lindsey Blackwell (The Change-Up), Jonathan Lengel, Ramon Reed (Disney Channel’s Just Roll With It...
- 4/29/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Peacock, NBCUniversal’s upcoming streaming platform, is developing hourlong musical drama Olympic Boulevard, I have learned. The project hails from writer Paula Yoo, producer Neil Meron and choreographer Kyle Hanagami.
Penned by Yoo, Olympic Boulevard is about a disgraced Korean American former K-Pop star who finds his chance at redemption and a possible comeback when he agrees to teach at one of the first K-Pop training schools in America.
Yoo executive produces with Meron and his producing partner Mark Nicholson. Hanagami serves as a producer. Universal TV, where Meron is under an overall deal, is the studio.
Hanagami has worked with superstars such as BlackPink, Bts, Britney Spears, Nick Jonas, NSync etc. He has over 4 Million YouTube subscribers and holds the title for YouTube’s most viewed choreography video of all time.
K-Pop, which has been hugely popular in Asia for decades, has started to go...
Penned by Yoo, Olympic Boulevard is about a disgraced Korean American former K-Pop star who finds his chance at redemption and a possible comeback when he agrees to teach at one of the first K-Pop training schools in America.
Yoo executive produces with Meron and his producing partner Mark Nicholson. Hanagami serves as a producer. Universal TV, where Meron is under an overall deal, is the studio.
Hanagami has worked with superstars such as BlackPink, Bts, Britney Spears, Nick Jonas, NSync etc. He has over 4 Million YouTube subscribers and holds the title for YouTube’s most viewed choreography video of all time.
K-Pop, which has been hugely popular in Asia for decades, has started to go...
- 12/5/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: NBC has put in development Brain Trust, a drama from Ringer creators Eric Charmelo and Nicole Snyder, Neil Meron and Universal Television, where Charmelo and Snyder are under an overall deal.
Written by Charmelo, Snyder and Katie Lunskis, Brain Trust asks what would you do if you could project your mind into another person’s body? What if you could experience the life of anyone you wanted? The Brain Trust centers on a group of young grad students who have developed cutting-edge technology to do just that, but they soon will learn that everything has consequences — some darker than they could have ever imagined.
Charmelo and Snyder executive produce with Meron, Lane Shefter Bishop (The Duff), and Meron’s producing partner Mark Nicholson. Lunskis serves as a producer. Universal TV is the studio.
Charmelo and Snyder created and executive...
Written by Charmelo, Snyder and Katie Lunskis, Brain Trust asks what would you do if you could project your mind into another person’s body? What if you could experience the life of anyone you wanted? The Brain Trust centers on a group of young grad students who have developed cutting-edge technology to do just that, but they soon will learn that everything has consequences — some darker than they could have ever imagined.
Charmelo and Snyder executive produce with Meron, Lane Shefter Bishop (The Duff), and Meron’s producing partner Mark Nicholson. Lunskis serves as a producer. Universal TV is the studio.
Charmelo and Snyder created and executive...
- 9/4/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox has given a script commitment to a TV adaptation of “Other People’s Houses” with Sarah Michelle Gellar attached to star, TheWrap has learned.
The project, which hails from “Ringer” creators Eric Charmelo and Nicole Snyder, is an adaptation of the 2018 book of the same name by Abbi Waxman.
Through the lens of social media, the suburban dramedy tells the story of nine people living in Los Angeles’ quiet, well-off Larchmont Village neighborhood as they “navigate their way through emotional ups and downs, as they try to figure out their lives as partners, parents, friends, and neighbors.”
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Gellar is attached to star in and executive produce the project alongside Neil Meron and Mark Nicholson. It is a co-production between Fox Entertainment and Universal Television.
Should “Other People’s Houses” move forward to series, it would...
The project, which hails from “Ringer” creators Eric Charmelo and Nicole Snyder, is an adaptation of the 2018 book of the same name by Abbi Waxman.
Through the lens of social media, the suburban dramedy tells the story of nine people living in Los Angeles’ quiet, well-off Larchmont Village neighborhood as they “navigate their way through emotional ups and downs, as they try to figure out their lives as partners, parents, friends, and neighbors.”
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Gellar is attached to star in and executive produce the project alongside Neil Meron and Mark Nicholson. It is a co-production between Fox Entertainment and Universal Television.
Should “Other People’s Houses” move forward to series, it would...
- 8/22/2019
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Sarah Michelle Gellar is looking to reunite with “Ringer” creators Eric Charmelo and Nicole Snyder on a dramedy co-produced by Fox Entertainment and Utv.
Fox is developing “Other People’s Houses,” Variety has learned, and has given the project a script commitment. Charmelo and Snyder will write and executive produce, while Neil Meron, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Mark Nicholson are also attached as exec producers.
Based on the book by Abbi Waxman, the series is described as a “suburban dramedy, somewhere between ‘Big Little Lies’ and ‘Catastrophe,'” following nine people living in the quiet, well-off Larchmont Village neighborhood of Los Angeles. Though the lens of social media, the show’s characters “navigate their way through emotional ups and downs, as they try to figure out their lives as partners, parents, friends, and neighbors.”
In the center of the neighborhood and the drama are Frances Bloom, a stay-at-home mother, and working mom Anne Porter.
Fox is developing “Other People’s Houses,” Variety has learned, and has given the project a script commitment. Charmelo and Snyder will write and executive produce, while Neil Meron, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Mark Nicholson are also attached as exec producers.
Based on the book by Abbi Waxman, the series is described as a “suburban dramedy, somewhere between ‘Big Little Lies’ and ‘Catastrophe,'” following nine people living in the quiet, well-off Larchmont Village neighborhood of Los Angeles. Though the lens of social media, the show’s characters “navigate their way through emotional ups and downs, as they try to figure out their lives as partners, parents, friends, and neighbors.”
In the center of the neighborhood and the drama are Frances Bloom, a stay-at-home mother, and working mom Anne Porter.
- 8/22/2019
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Ringer alumna Sarah Michelle Gellar is eying a return to primetime. Gellar has reteamed with Ringer creators Eric Charmelo and Nicole Snyder for dramedy Other People’s Houses, which has been set at Fox for development. Gellar will star and executive produce the project, based on the book by Abbi Waxman. It hails from Neil Meron (Jesus Christ Superstar Live In Concert) and Universal Television, where Charmelo & Snyder and Meron have overall deals, with Fox Entertainment co-producing.
Written by Charmelo and Snyder, Other People’s Houses, which has a script commitment, is described as a suburban dramedy, somewhere between Big Little Lies and Catastrophe. It is the story of nine people… living on a bucolic street… in the quiet, affluent neighborhood of Larchmont Village in Los Angeles. Using the lens of social media, our characters navigate their way through emotional ups and downs, as they...
Written by Charmelo and Snyder, Other People’s Houses, which has a script commitment, is described as a suburban dramedy, somewhere between Big Little Lies and Catastrophe. It is the story of nine people… living on a bucolic street… in the quiet, affluent neighborhood of Larchmont Village in Los Angeles. Using the lens of social media, our characters navigate their way through emotional ups and downs, as they...
- 8/22/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
To say we’re big fans of these women is an understatement. We grew up watching Coal Miners Daughter (Academy Award for Best Actress Sissy Spacek – who did her own singing) in 1980, followed by Sweet Dreams in 1985 starring Jessica Lange as Patsy Cline.
Spacek’s co-star Beverly D’Angelo, who played Patsy Cline, also did her own singing rather than lip-synching; she was nominated for a Golden Globe as was Tommy Lee Jones.
Now comes Lifetime’s Patsy & Loretta.
The official Loretta Lynn Facebook page debuted this first poster from the upcoming film.
The movie will star Megan Hilty as music legend Patsy Cline and Grammy winner Jessie Mueller as country icon Loretta Lynn.
The movie, produced by Sony Pictures Television, is executive produced by Neil Meron, in his first solo project since the passing of longtime producing partner Craig Zadan.
Debuting later this year, the movie was filmed on location in Nashville,...
Spacek’s co-star Beverly D’Angelo, who played Patsy Cline, also did her own singing rather than lip-synching; she was nominated for a Golden Globe as was Tommy Lee Jones.
Now comes Lifetime’s Patsy & Loretta.
The official Loretta Lynn Facebook page debuted this first poster from the upcoming film.
The movie will star Megan Hilty as music legend Patsy Cline and Grammy winner Jessie Mueller as country icon Loretta Lynn.
The movie, produced by Sony Pictures Television, is executive produced by Neil Meron, in his first solo project since the passing of longtime producing partner Craig Zadan.
Debuting later this year, the movie was filmed on location in Nashville,...
- 6/6/2019
- by Movie Geeks
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Former Northern Exposure star Janine Turner has been cast opposite Megan Hilty in Lifetime’s upcoming Patsy and Loretta, Forever, an original movie about the friendship between country music stars Patsy Cline (Hilty) and Loretta Lynn (Jessie Mueller). Turner will play Hilda Hensley, Patsy’s mother, and also her seamstress/costume designer and confidante. Patsy & Loretta will be executive produced by Neil Meron, in his first solo project since the death of longtime producing partner Craig Zadan. Oscar-winning Thelma & Louise writer Callie Khouri is directing, and Mark Nicholson is co-ep. Known for her Emmy-nominated work in Northern Exposure, Turnerr also heavily recurred in Friday Night Lights. On the film side, Turner can be seen in Solace opposite Anthony Hopkins. Turner is repped by Link Entertainment and Linda McCalister.
Johnell Young (Tales) is set as a series regular opposite Ashton Sanders in Hulu’s Wu-Tang: An American Saga, a 10-episode...
Johnell Young (Tales) is set as a series regular opposite Ashton Sanders in Hulu’s Wu-Tang: An American Saga, a 10-episode...
- 4/1/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
John Stamos is revisiting his soap opera days!
The Fuller House star, whose career as a successful TV actor began in 1982 when he scored the role as Blackie Parrish on ABC's longtime soap drama General Hospital, is teaming with producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron for a new cable series, according to Deadline.
Currently in early development, the new project is inspired by Stamos' career path and will focus on both the fame and success of daytime soap operas in the 1980s.
The new cable drama series, which is described as "Boogie Nights in the soap world," will follow a...
The Fuller House star, whose career as a successful TV actor began in 1982 when he scored the role as Blackie Parrish on ABC's longtime soap drama General Hospital, is teaming with producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron for a new cable series, according to Deadline.
Currently in early development, the new project is inspired by Stamos' career path and will focus on both the fame and success of daytime soap operas in the 1980s.
The new cable drama series, which is described as "Boogie Nights in the soap world," will follow a...
- 9/16/2016
- by Natalie Stone, @natalie_j_stone
- People.com - TV Watch
John Stamos is revisiting his soap opera days! The Fuller House star, whose career as a successful TV actor began in 1982 when he scored the role as Blackie Parrish on ABC's longtime soap drama General Hospital, is teaming with producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron for a new cable series, according to Deadline. Currently in early development, the new project is inspired by Stamos' career path and will focus on both the fame and success of daytime soap operas in the 1980s. The new cable drama series, which is described as "Boogie Nights in the soap world," will follow a...
- 9/16/2016
- by Natalie Stone, @natalie_j_stone
- PEOPLE.com
Men in Shorts is coming to ABC. The network closed a deal for the single-camera comedy inspired by professional soccer player Robbie Rogers, EW has confirmed. Rogers is the first openly gay man to play in a major North American professional sports league. Jordon Nardino and showrunner Claudia Lonow are set to write the comedy, which follows a young pro soccer player who takes one small step out of the closet and one giant leap into the spotlight. The show will include family and workplace comedy. Craig Zadan, Neil Meron, Lonow, and Nardino will executive produce. Rogers is attached as a producer.
- 10/15/2014
- by C. Molly Smith
- EW - Inside TV
Exclusive: History is teaming with Bonnie & Clyde executive producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron on a new four-hour miniseries. The network has bought a script for the project, from Sony TV and Zadan and Meron’s Storyline Entertainment, which tracks the origins of the mystic medieval Christian order known as Knights Templar. Written by Keir Pearson, an Oscar nominee with Terry George for Hotel Rwanda, the mini tells the true story of three brothers, all knights, during the first Crusade, as they make the long journey through the Holy Lands to recapture Jerusalem, ultimately bringing rise to the Knights Templar. Zadan and Meron executive produce, with Pearson co-executive producing and Storyline VP Development Mark Nicholson, who brought in the project, serving as a producer. Like the Knights Templar mini, Zadan and Meron’s Bonnie & Clyde, also from Sony TV where Storyline has a longform deal, was originally set up at...
- 5/30/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Beatrice Springborn has joined Craig Zadan and Neil Meron’s Storyline Entertainment as President of television development and production. Springborn, who starts today and reports to Zadan and Meron, has been hired under Storyline’s first-look deal with Universal TV and NBCUniversal’s international TV production division to produce series and specials for both the U.S. and international markets. Springborn also has been tasked with expanding the company’s footprint into genre and book-based series. Additionally, she will shepherd Storyline’s current series, which currently include Drop Dead Diva on Lifetime and Smash on NBC. For the past two and a half years, Springborn was Svp for Caryn Mandabach Prods. where she oversaw development genre- and book-based series for the worldwide marketplace. She previously was Evp of TV and film production and development at Gale Anne Hurd’s Valhalla Motion Pictures (The Walking Dead). Springborn started her executive career is features,...
- 5/6/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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