Prison worlds and the necromancer.
No, Legacies Season 3 Episode 6 was not an encore. It was a brand-new installment that moved the plot along much slower than usual, complete with some of the more repetitive parts of the series.
Saving the Salvatore School appears to be the storyline of choice for the next few episodes, but did we really need scenes that went round in circles as the people at the school tried to coerce a new generation of students to sign up?
The new crop of students must watch Legacies online because they could see through the little show Lizzie, Alaric, and Hope cooked up to keep them from exiting without signing up.
Of these new characters, Cleo seemed the most worthy of signing up for the school. On a show like Legacies, many characters don't get enough screen time to make their time on the show worthwhile.
The way...
No, Legacies Season 3 Episode 6 was not an encore. It was a brand-new installment that moved the plot along much slower than usual, complete with some of the more repetitive parts of the series.
Saving the Salvatore School appears to be the storyline of choice for the next few episodes, but did we really need scenes that went round in circles as the people at the school tried to coerce a new generation of students to sign up?
The new crop of students must watch Legacies online because they could see through the little show Lizzie, Alaric, and Hope cooked up to keep them from exiting without signing up.
Of these new characters, Cleo seemed the most worthy of signing up for the school. On a show like Legacies, many characters don't get enough screen time to make their time on the show worthwhile.
The way...
- 3/12/2021
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
The next episode of the supernatural high school drama TV series "Legacies" is "To Whom It May Concern", directed by Lauren Petzke, airing March 11, 2021 on The CW:
"...after a sudden mass exodus of the school's student body...
"...'Alaric' (Matthew Davis) and the squad desperately try to recruit new students to keep the school afloat.
"Then 'Hope' (Danielle Rose Russell) agrees to help 'Lizzie' (Jenny Boyd) with the new student orientation.
"'Josie' (Kaylee Bryant) enjoys a fresh start on her first day at 'Mystic Falls High', while 'Mg' (Quincy Fouse) begins his semester..."
Cast also includes Chris Lee, Leo Howard and Ben Levin.
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"...after a sudden mass exodus of the school's student body...
"...'Alaric' (Matthew Davis) and the squad desperately try to recruit new students to keep the school afloat.
"Then 'Hope' (Danielle Rose Russell) agrees to help 'Lizzie' (Jenny Boyd) with the new student orientation.
"'Josie' (Kaylee Bryant) enjoys a fresh start on her first day at 'Mystic Falls High', while 'Mg' (Quincy Fouse) begins his semester..."
Cast also includes Chris Lee, Leo Howard and Ben Levin.
Click the images to enlarge...
- 3/11/2021
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Exclusive: Rules of Engagement alum Adhir Kalyan is set for the title role in The United States Of Al, CBS’ multi-camera comedy pilot from The Big Bang Theory co-creator/executive producer Chuck Lorre, fellow Big Bang executive producers David Goetsch and Maria Ferrari, TV personality and scholar of religious studies Reza Aslan and Warner Bros. TV.
Written by Goetsch and Ferrari, The United States of Al is about the friendship between Riley, a Marine combat veteran struggling to readjust to civilian life in Ohio, and Awalmir aka Al (Kalyan), the interpreter who served with his unit in Afghanistan and has just arrived to start a new life in America.
Goetsch and Ferrari executive produce with Lorre, Aslan and Mahyad Tousi. Warner Bros. Television produces with Lorre’s studio-based Chuck Lorre Productions.
South African actor Kalyan made his American television debut in another buddy/fish-out-of-water comedy set in the Midwest, the CW’s Aliens in America,...
Written by Goetsch and Ferrari, The United States of Al is about the friendship between Riley, a Marine combat veteran struggling to readjust to civilian life in Ohio, and Awalmir aka Al (Kalyan), the interpreter who served with his unit in Afghanistan and has just arrived to start a new life in America.
Goetsch and Ferrari executive produce with Lorre, Aslan and Mahyad Tousi. Warner Bros. Television produces with Lorre’s studio-based Chuck Lorre Productions.
South African actor Kalyan made his American television debut in another buddy/fish-out-of-water comedy set in the Midwest, the CW’s Aliens in America,...
- 12/3/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Film editor Phyllis Housen admits, “I did not know that much about the prison industrial complex” before working on “Clemency.” But while the film is ostensibly about the death penalty, it’s really “this internal story” about “the implosion of [a woman’s] world based on what she did for a living.” Watch our exclusive video interview with Housen below.
See Alfre Woodard Interview: ‘Clemency’
That woman is Bernadine Williams (Alfre Woodard), a prison warden worn down by years of administering death row executions. Things come to a head for her when inmate Anthony Woods (Aldis Hodge) desperately fights for his life before his own sentence is carried out.
Writer and director Chinonye Chukwu spent years researching capital punishment before shooting the movie, so she “had a very clear vision of what she wanted,” Housen explains, “which is rare.” In editing a movie, “you put it together according to the script, you build the bricks of the scenes,...
See Alfre Woodard Interview: ‘Clemency’
That woman is Bernadine Williams (Alfre Woodard), a prison warden worn down by years of administering death row executions. Things come to a head for her when inmate Anthony Woods (Aldis Hodge) desperately fights for his life before his own sentence is carried out.
Writer and director Chinonye Chukwu spent years researching capital punishment before shooting the movie, so she “had a very clear vision of what she wanted,” Housen explains, “which is rare.” In editing a movie, “you put it together according to the script, you build the bricks of the scenes,...
- 11/29/2019
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
Exclusive: CBS is developing an adaptation of British comedy Ghosts with New Girl co-exec producers Joe Port and Joe Wiseman. It marks the first project announced after a wide-ranging deal struck between Lionsgate and BBC Studios.
The network is adapting the BBC One series as a single camera comedy with Port and Wiseman writing and exec producing.
The oddball comedy follows a young couple, whose dreams come true when they inherit a beautiful country house, only to find it’s both falling apart and inhabited by many of the deceased previous residents.
Ghosts originally aired on BBC One in April 2019. Produced by ITV-backed Harlots producer Monumental Television, it was created by a number of the team behind BBC comedy Horrible Histories including Mathew Baynton, Jim Howick, Simon Farnaby, Laurence Rickard, Ben Willbond and Martha Howe-Douglas, who all star alongside, Lolly Adefope and Charlotte Ritchie. The BBC version has been...
The network is adapting the BBC One series as a single camera comedy with Port and Wiseman writing and exec producing.
The oddball comedy follows a young couple, whose dreams come true when they inherit a beautiful country house, only to find it’s both falling apart and inhabited by many of the deceased previous residents.
Ghosts originally aired on BBC One in April 2019. Produced by ITV-backed Harlots producer Monumental Television, it was created by a number of the team behind BBC comedy Horrible Histories including Mathew Baynton, Jim Howick, Simon Farnaby, Laurence Rickard, Ben Willbond and Martha Howe-Douglas, who all star alongside, Lolly Adefope and Charlotte Ritchie. The BBC version has been...
- 11/19/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
With the network screenings wrapping up, we are heading into the final stage of pilot season when network executives take the pilots that had screened the best/tested the highest and see which of them fit into their schedules for next season. With ABC’s order Thursday of Black-ish‘s young Rainbow-centered prequel Mixed-ish kicking off the new series pickups, here is our final pilot buzz list.
The field of leading ABC drama contenders has narrowed down a bit. Staying strong after the screenings are early standouts Pi drama Stumptown starring Cobie Smulders, the soapy, John Mayer song-inspired Heart of Life, the new NYPD Blue and the untitled Hank Steinberg /50 Cent legal drama. NY Undercover also has supporters; I hear its fate might be tied to that of bubble drama The Rookie as ABC is unlikely to go for three cop dramas in these two and NYPD Blue. I...
The field of leading ABC drama contenders has narrowed down a bit. Staying strong after the screenings are early standouts Pi drama Stumptown starring Cobie Smulders, the soapy, John Mayer song-inspired Heart of Life, the new NYPD Blue and the untitled Hank Steinberg /50 Cent legal drama. NY Undercover also has supporters; I hear its fate might be tied to that of bubble drama The Rookie as ABC is unlikely to go for three cop dramas in these two and NYPD Blue. I...
- 5/4/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
With the WGA-Ata war fully raging, diversity discussions at the forefront of the industry and numerous new rivals entering the original-content game, there is arguably more pressure than ever on the broadcast networks to make the right call when it comes to pilot pickups.
Here’s what Variety’s insiders are saying about this season’s offerings.
ABC
On the comedy front, three female-led pilots look to charge ahead at ABC.
An untitled Hannah Simone project has enjoyed support within ABC from the start. Simone’s “Greatest American Hero” pilot at ABC last year was ultimately passed over, but she still has many supporters at the network.
Another hot prospect comes from writer Jessica Gao, fresh off an Emmy win for her work on “Rick and Morty.” Hopes for the untitled pilot are bolstered not only by Gao’s recent success but also by Brian Grazer serving as exec producer.
Here’s what Variety’s insiders are saying about this season’s offerings.
ABC
On the comedy front, three female-led pilots look to charge ahead at ABC.
An untitled Hannah Simone project has enjoyed support within ABC from the start. Simone’s “Greatest American Hero” pilot at ABC last year was ultimately passed over, but she still has many supporters at the network.
Another hot prospect comes from writer Jessica Gao, fresh off an Emmy win for her work on “Rick and Morty.” Hopes for the untitled pilot are bolstered not only by Gao’s recent success but also by Brian Grazer serving as exec producer.
- 5/1/2019
- by Joe Otterson and Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: CBS’ comedy pilot To Whom It May Concern is recasting one of the series regular roles opposite Michael Angarano and Briga Heelan. Rules of Engagement alum Adhir Kalyan will play Tanner in the hybrid comedy from Gail Berman’s The Jackal Group, and CBS TV Studios. He replaces Raymond Ablack, who originally was cast in the role.
A decision was made during production week to take the character in a slightly reimagined direction, leading to the recasting. It is part of the normal pilot creative process that involves script and cast tweaks.
Written by Mike Metz, directed by Mark Cendrowski and showrun by Joseph Port and Joe Wiseman, To Whom It May Concern centers on Evan (Angarano) who, with the help of his group of friends, sets out to accomplish a list of challenges he wrote for himself years ago in an effort to turn around his banal life.
A decision was made during production week to take the character in a slightly reimagined direction, leading to the recasting. It is part of the normal pilot creative process that involves script and cast tweaks.
Written by Mike Metz, directed by Mark Cendrowski and showrun by Joseph Port and Joe Wiseman, To Whom It May Concern centers on Evan (Angarano) who, with the help of his group of friends, sets out to accomplish a list of challenges he wrote for himself years ago in an effort to turn around his banal life.
- 3/27/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Jane the Virgin‘s abuela is moving to the spinoff Jane the Novela: Ivonne Coll — who plays Jane’s grandma Alba on the original series — will co-star in The CW’s offshoot pilot as a new character, our sister site Deadline reports.
Coll will portray Camila, the adoptive mother of central heroine Estela (East Los High‘s Jacqueline Grace Lopez), an up-and-coming art curator with a shocking secret that forces her to live a double life.
Also joining the anthology series — each season will based on a different fictional novel “written by” Jane Villanueva — is Remy Hii (Marco Polo) as Estela’s boyfriend Luen,...
Coll will portray Camila, the adoptive mother of central heroine Estela (East Los High‘s Jacqueline Grace Lopez), an up-and-coming art curator with a shocking secret that forces her to live a double life.
Also joining the anthology series — each season will based on a different fictional novel “written by” Jane Villanueva — is Remy Hii (Marco Polo) as Estela’s boyfriend Luen,...
- 3/19/2019
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Raymond Ablack (Narcos), Michael Cassidy (People of Earth), Taylor Dearden (Sweet/Vicious) and Ana Villafañe are set as series regulars opposite Michael Angarano and Briga Heelan in To Whom It May Concern, CBS’ multi-cam comedy pilot from Gail Berman’s The Jackal Group, and CBS TV Studios. In addition, Mark Cendrowski (The Big Bang Theory) is set to direct the pilot.
Written by Mike Metz, To Whom It May Concern centers on Evan (Angarano) who with the help of his group of 20-something friends, Evan sets out to accomplish a list of challenges he wrote for himself years ago in an effort to turn around his banal life.
Ablack will play Tanner, the high school best friend. Loves Kate (Heelan) and the corner pierogi shop they run together, but does hope someday she’ll relent to his white picket fence aspirations. When not creating pierogi fillings like White Chocolate Chicken Parm,...
Written by Mike Metz, To Whom It May Concern centers on Evan (Angarano) who with the help of his group of 20-something friends, Evan sets out to accomplish a list of challenges he wrote for himself years ago in an effort to turn around his banal life.
Ablack will play Tanner, the high school best friend. Loves Kate (Heelan) and the corner pierogi shop they run together, but does hope someday she’ll relent to his white picket fence aspirations. When not creating pierogi fillings like White Chocolate Chicken Parm,...
- 3/18/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Coming off a high-profile arc on NBC’s This Is Us, Michael Angarano has been tapped as the lead of CBS’ To Whom It May Concern. Great News star Briga Heelan is set as the female lead in the hybrid comedy pilot from Gail Berman’s The Jackal Group, and CBS TV Studios.
Written by Mike Metz, To Whom It May Concern centers on Evan (Angarano) who, with the help of his group of friends, sets out to accomplish a list of challenges he wrote for himself years ago in an effort to turn around his banal life.
Angarano’s Evan is a modern George Bailey-type and Pittsburgh diehard who has never left the city limits. The amiable Evan once had sky high hopes for his future, but now finds himself working Quality Control at a ketchup factory and flying aimlessly through his golden late twenties. He seeks that...
Written by Mike Metz, To Whom It May Concern centers on Evan (Angarano) who, with the help of his group of friends, sets out to accomplish a list of challenges he wrote for himself years ago in an effort to turn around his banal life.
Angarano’s Evan is a modern George Bailey-type and Pittsburgh diehard who has never left the city limits. The amiable Evan once had sky high hopes for his future, but now finds himself working Quality Control at a ketchup factory and flying aimlessly through his golden late twenties. He seeks that...
- 3/6/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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