Patricia Arquette has been unveiled as this years Series Mania guest of honor and will deliver a masterclass.
The Oscar-winning Boyhood star will look back on her career during the Lille fest, which kicks off in just over two weeks.
Arquette is a decorated American actress who has won a multitude of awards including for Richard Linklater’s Boyhood, in which she played Mason’s mum Olivia. Other major past credits include True Romance, Stigmata and Medium.
More recently, Arquette has turned to TV and portrays Harmony Cobel in Apple TV+ hit drama Severance. She also starred in Apple dramedy High Desert, which she developed with Nancy Fichman, Katie Ford, and Jennifer Hoppe, 3 Arts Entertainment, Ben Stiller and Red Hour.
She recently made her directing debut with Gonzo Girl, a feature film based on the best-selling novel by Cheryl Della Pietra, which starred Willem Dafoe, Camila Morrone and Ray Nicholson.
The Oscar-winning Boyhood star will look back on her career during the Lille fest, which kicks off in just over two weeks.
Arquette is a decorated American actress who has won a multitude of awards including for Richard Linklater’s Boyhood, in which she played Mason’s mum Olivia. Other major past credits include True Romance, Stigmata and Medium.
More recently, Arquette has turned to TV and portrays Harmony Cobel in Apple TV+ hit drama Severance. She also starred in Apple dramedy High Desert, which she developed with Nancy Fichman, Katie Ford, and Jennifer Hoppe, 3 Arts Entertainment, Ben Stiller and Red Hour.
She recently made her directing debut with Gonzo Girl, a feature film based on the best-selling novel by Cheryl Della Pietra, which starred Willem Dafoe, Camila Morrone and Ray Nicholson.
- 3/1/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Chances of a second season for Patricia Arquette's newest show have dried up. Apple TV+ has cancelled her High Desert series, according to the actress and executive producer. The show was created by Nancy Fichman, Katie Ford, and Jennifer Hoppe-House.
A single-camera dark comedy series, the High Desert TV show stars Arquette, Brad Garrett, Weruche Opia, Bernadette Peters, and Rupert Friend. Recurring players include Matt Dillon, Christine Taylor, Eric Petersen, Susan Park, Jeffrey Vincent Parise, Eden Brolin, Carmine Giovinazzo, and Carlo Rota. In the story, Peggy Newman (Arquette) is an on-again-off-again addict. She decides to make a new start after the death of her beloved mother (Peters), with whom she lived in the small desert town of Yucca Valley, California. Peggy makes the life-changing decision to become a private investigator. Read More…...
A single-camera dark comedy series, the High Desert TV show stars Arquette, Brad Garrett, Weruche Opia, Bernadette Peters, and Rupert Friend. Recurring players include Matt Dillon, Christine Taylor, Eric Petersen, Susan Park, Jeffrey Vincent Parise, Eden Brolin, Carmine Giovinazzo, and Carlo Rota. In the story, Peggy Newman (Arquette) is an on-again-off-again addict. She decides to make a new start after the death of her beloved mother (Peters), with whom she lived in the small desert town of Yucca Valley, California. Peggy makes the life-changing decision to become a private investigator. Read More…...
- 7/3/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
"High Desert', the new comedy TV series created and written by Nancy Fichman, Katie Ford and Jennifer Hoppe-House has been canceled after one Season on AppleTV+:
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- 7/2/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Well, this is sad TV news on this fine holiday weekend.
Apple TV+ has canceled High Desert following the conclusion of its freshman season, according to Patrica Arquette.
"A lot of you have asked about High Desert and if there was going to be a second season," the actress said in an Instagram video on Saturday.
"So I just wanted to let you know, we just found out that it won't be coming back," she added.
"So that's a sad bummer for all of us."
She thanked the crew, writers, actors and fans. "You can't win 'em all," she added.
Ben Stiller, who served as an executive producer on the series, also addressed the cancellation.
"We are all disappointed," he wrote.
"Our entire #HighDesert cast was amazing and to all our fans, thank you for embracing this show."
"I Love Patricia Arquette, who gave an awards worthy performance," he continued.
Apple TV+ has canceled High Desert following the conclusion of its freshman season, according to Patrica Arquette.
"A lot of you have asked about High Desert and if there was going to be a second season," the actress said in an Instagram video on Saturday.
"So I just wanted to let you know, we just found out that it won't be coming back," she added.
"So that's a sad bummer for all of us."
She thanked the crew, writers, actors and fans. "You can't win 'em all," she added.
Ben Stiller, who served as an executive producer on the series, also addressed the cancellation.
"We are all disappointed," he wrote.
"Our entire #HighDesert cast was amazing and to all our fans, thank you for embracing this show."
"I Love Patricia Arquette, who gave an awards worthy performance," he continued.
- 7/2/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
The Apple TV+ series High Desert will not be returning for a second season, according to show lead Patricia Arquette.
The actress, who starred as Peggy, took to Instagram on Saturday to share the news in a video, with the caption, “It stinks.”
“A lot of you have asked about High Desert and if there was going to be a second season, so I just wanted to let you know that we just found out that we won’t be coming back,” Arquette said. “That’s a sad bummer for all of us.”
She went on to express her appreciation for the show’s writers, actors and the entire crew. “We just had a blast,” she added. “Thanks to you guys for watching. You can’t win them all.”
The comedy follows Peggy, a former addict, who decides to start a new life after the death of her mother and becomes a private investigator.
The actress, who starred as Peggy, took to Instagram on Saturday to share the news in a video, with the caption, “It stinks.”
“A lot of you have asked about High Desert and if there was going to be a second season, so I just wanted to let you know that we just found out that we won’t be coming back,” Arquette said. “That’s a sad bummer for all of us.”
She went on to express her appreciation for the show’s writers, actors and the entire crew. “We just had a blast,” she added. “Thanks to you guys for watching. You can’t win them all.”
The comedy follows Peggy, a former addict, who decides to start a new life after the death of her mother and becomes a private investigator.
- 7/2/2023
- by Carly Thomas
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“High Desert” is headed beyond the horizon at Apple TV+. In a video posted on Instagram Saturday morning, series star Patricia Arquette shared that the production had not received an order for a second season at the streamer.
“A lot of you have asked about ‘High Desert’ and if there was going to be a second season, so I just wanted to let you know that we just found out that we won’t be coming back,” Arquette opened. “That’s a sad bummer for all of us.”
Arquette extended her gratitude to the crew, writers and actors on the series. The post was accompanied with a text caption: “It stinks.”
“We just had a blast. I love Peggy and that punk rock world,” Arquette continued. “Thanks to you guys for watching. Can’t win them all. You know, it sucks but… tough.”
Representatives for Apple TV+ were not immediately available for comment.
“A lot of you have asked about ‘High Desert’ and if there was going to be a second season, so I just wanted to let you know that we just found out that we won’t be coming back,” Arquette opened. “That’s a sad bummer for all of us.”
Arquette extended her gratitude to the crew, writers and actors on the series. The post was accompanied with a text caption: “It stinks.”
“We just had a blast. I love Peggy and that punk rock world,” Arquette continued. “Thanks to you guys for watching. Can’t win them all. You know, it sucks but… tough.”
Representatives for Apple TV+ were not immediately available for comment.
- 7/2/2023
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Patricia Arquette-fronted comedy drama High Desert is ending after one season.
Apple has axed the series, which launched on May 17 and ran through June 21.
Arquette revealed the news on Instagram. “A lot of you have asked about High Desert and if there was going to be a second season, we just found out that it won’t be coming back. That’s a sad bummer for all of us,” she said.
Arquette, who played Peggy, thanked the writers, crew and actors. “I loved Peggy and that punk rock world,” she added. “You can’t win ‘em all and it sucks. I’ve got this cactus and we’re going to hug it out.”
Arquette plays Peggy, an addict who decides to make a new start by becoming a private investigator after the death of her beloved mother with whom she lived in the small California desert town of Yucca Valley.
Apple has axed the series, which launched on May 17 and ran through June 21.
Arquette revealed the news on Instagram. “A lot of you have asked about High Desert and if there was going to be a second season, we just found out that it won’t be coming back. That’s a sad bummer for all of us,” she said.
Arquette, who played Peggy, thanked the writers, crew and actors. “I loved Peggy and that punk rock world,” she added. “You can’t win ‘em all and it sucks. I’ve got this cactus and we’re going to hug it out.”
Arquette plays Peggy, an addict who decides to make a new start by becoming a private investigator after the death of her beloved mother with whom she lived in the small California desert town of Yucca Valley.
- 7/1/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Chicago – One of the peculiar secrets … since revealed … in the new Apple TV+ series “High Desert” is that the icon Bernadette Peters portrays two characters. One is the mother (Rosalyn) of main character Peggy, and the other is mysterious actor Ginger who somehow ended up in California desert country. New episodes drop every Wednesday.
“High Desert” features Peggy Newman (Patricia Arquette), an ex-heroin addict who lives in arid California and needs a life change. That is difficult, for besides her visits to a local methadone clinic she is just barely holding on as a performer in Pioneer Town, a rundown tourist attraction. The only thing she desperately wants to cling to is the house of her deceased mother (Bernadette Peters), but her sister Dianne (Christine Taylor) is intent on selling it. Peggy needs to raise some extra cash, so she comes up with a plan to become a private investigator,...
“High Desert” features Peggy Newman (Patricia Arquette), an ex-heroin addict who lives in arid California and needs a life change. That is difficult, for besides her visits to a local methadone clinic she is just barely holding on as a performer in Pioneer Town, a rundown tourist attraction. The only thing she desperately wants to cling to is the house of her deceased mother (Bernadette Peters), but her sister Dianne (Christine Taylor) is intent on selling it. Peggy needs to raise some extra cash, so she comes up with a plan to become a private investigator,...
- 5/29/2023
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
In the new Apple TV+ comedy noir series “High Desert,” Patricia Arquette and Matt Dillon play an off-and-on again couple so naturally that it seems like they must have starred together in some iconic 1990s indie movie. Surprisingly, they haven’t, but the off-kilter, sun-baked menace of films like Arquette starrers “True Romance” and “Lost Highway” permeates the new series, which is peopled with what Arquette calls “wild and weird creatures” in an environment that alternates between arid beauty and strip mall desolation.
In “High Desert,” Arquette’s methadone-dependent, perennial wild child Peggy Newman could not be more different than her buttoned-up “Severance” character Harmony Cobel, whether she’s piloting a dune buggy around the desert, swinging from a chandelier in a Pioneertown Old West show or getting mixed up with another half-baked scam. Peggy, who recently lost her mother, needs to raise money to stay in their house. She...
In “High Desert,” Arquette’s methadone-dependent, perennial wild child Peggy Newman could not be more different than her buttoned-up “Severance” character Harmony Cobel, whether she’s piloting a dune buggy around the desert, swinging from a chandelier in a Pioneertown Old West show or getting mixed up with another half-baked scam. Peggy, who recently lost her mother, needs to raise money to stay in their house. She...
- 5/19/2023
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
[This story includes spoilers from the first three episodes of Apple TV+’s High Desert.]
Patricia Arquette is continuing her relationship with Apple, but her new comedy, High Desert, is much different than last year’s Severance.
In the half-hour series High Desert from co-creators Nancy Fichman, Katie Ford and Jennifer Hoppe-House, the Oscar winner plays Peggy, a recovering addict with a predilection for chaos who, after the death of her mother (Bernadette Peters), winds up working as a private investigator in the California desert town where she grew up. Jay Roach directs and Ben Stiller is an executive producer for the series that includes Matt Dillon as ex-husband Denny, alongside fellow castmembers Rupert Friend, Weruche Opia, Brad Garrett, Christine Taylor, Keir O’Donnell and Eric Petersen.
During the below interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Arquette explains why she connected so personally to Peggy’s path, how her work on Severance impacted the new show, why Stiller was unable to direct the series as initially planned,...
Patricia Arquette is continuing her relationship with Apple, but her new comedy, High Desert, is much different than last year’s Severance.
In the half-hour series High Desert from co-creators Nancy Fichman, Katie Ford and Jennifer Hoppe-House, the Oscar winner plays Peggy, a recovering addict with a predilection for chaos who, after the death of her mother (Bernadette Peters), winds up working as a private investigator in the California desert town where she grew up. Jay Roach directs and Ben Stiller is an executive producer for the series that includes Matt Dillon as ex-husband Denny, alongside fellow castmembers Rupert Friend, Weruche Opia, Brad Garrett, Christine Taylor, Keir O’Donnell and Eric Petersen.
During the below interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Arquette explains why she connected so personally to Peggy’s path, how her work on Severance impacted the new show, why Stiller was unable to direct the series as initially planned,...
- 5/18/2023
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Chicago – How has actor/singer/Broadway icon Bernadette Peters ended up in the arid lands of California? She is featured in the new Apple TV+ series “High Desert.” It has an ensemble cast led by Patricia Arquette as Peggy Newman, a recovering human being in an odd and spiritual place. The series begins streaming on May 17th.
Newman is an ex-heroin addict who realizes her life needs to begin again. That is difficult, for besides her visits to a local methadone clinic, she is just barely holding on as a performer in Pioneertown, a rundown tourist attraction. The only thing she desperately wants to cling to is the house of her deceased mother (Bernadette Peters), but her sister Dianne (Christine Taylor) is intent on selling it. Peggy needs to raise some extra cash, so she comes up with a plan to become a private investigator, in the office of Bruce...
Newman is an ex-heroin addict who realizes her life needs to begin again. That is difficult, for besides her visits to a local methadone clinic, she is just barely holding on as a performer in Pioneertown, a rundown tourist attraction. The only thing she desperately wants to cling to is the house of her deceased mother (Bernadette Peters), but her sister Dianne (Christine Taylor) is intent on selling it. Peggy needs to raise some extra cash, so she comes up with a plan to become a private investigator, in the office of Bruce...
- 5/17/2023
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Patricia Arquette is an Emmy favorite nowadays, and she’s not even “High Desert’s” most decorated performer. Between her, Brad Garrett (“Everybody Loves Raymond”), Rupert Friend (“Homeland”) and Bernadette Peters (“Ally McBeal”), the main cast of Apple TV+’s upcoming comedy series from “Miss Congeniality” writer Katie Ford and creative partners Nancy Fichman and Jennifer Hoppe-House has a total of 16 acting nominations and five wins.
Set in Yucca Valley, California, “High Desert” follows addict and former dealer Peggy Newman (Arquette), who decides to become a private investigator following her mother’s (Peters) death. Along Peggy’s hazardous journey toward self-discovery, she meets the uptight business owner who hires her (Garrett) and an anchorman-turned-desert-shaman (Friend). Other characters include her on-and-off parolee lover (Matt Dillon), best friend (Weruche Opia) and sister (Christine Taylor).
See Patricia Arquette on playing the villain on ‘Severance’ (‘I love it!’) and looking back at Oscar, Emmy...
Set in Yucca Valley, California, “High Desert” follows addict and former dealer Peggy Newman (Arquette), who decides to become a private investigator following her mother’s (Peters) death. Along Peggy’s hazardous journey toward self-discovery, she meets the uptight business owner who hires her (Garrett) and an anchorman-turned-desert-shaman (Friend). Other characters include her on-and-off parolee lover (Matt Dillon), best friend (Weruche Opia) and sister (Christine Taylor).
See Patricia Arquette on playing the villain on ‘Severance’ (‘I love it!’) and looking back at Oscar, Emmy...
- 5/4/2023
- by Ronald Meyer
- Gold Derby
Apple TV+ has unveiled the trailer for ‘High Desert,’ the new eight-episode dark comedy starring Patricia Arquette, who also serves as executive producer.
The series follows Peggy (Arquette), an on-again-off-again addict who decides to make a new start after the death of her beloved mother, with whom she lived in the small desert town of Yucca Valley, California, and makes a life-changing decision to become a private investigator.
Directed by Emmy Award-winner Jay Roach, created by Nancy Fichman, Katie Ford and Jennifer Hoppe, Matt Dillon, Christine Taylor, Weruche Opia, Brad Garrett, Bernadette Peters, Rupert Friend and Keir O’Donnell also star.
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The half-hour series will make its global debut on Apple TV+ with the first three episodes on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, followed by new episodes weekly, every Wednesday.
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The series follows Peggy (Arquette), an on-again-off-again addict who decides to make a new start after the death of her beloved mother, with whom she lived in the small desert town of Yucca Valley, California, and makes a life-changing decision to become a private investigator.
Directed by Emmy Award-winner Jay Roach, created by Nancy Fichman, Katie Ford and Jennifer Hoppe, Matt Dillon, Christine Taylor, Weruche Opia, Brad Garrett, Bernadette Peters, Rupert Friend and Keir O’Donnell also star.
Also in trailers – “This girl is connected to us…” Trailer drops for AppleTV+ series ‘City on Fire’
The half-hour series will make its global debut on Apple TV+ with the first three episodes on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, followed by new episodes weekly, every Wednesday.
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- 4/20/2023
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Patricia Arquette needs a change of pace, not to mention a car that isn’t crumpled, in the first full trailer for Apple TV+’s High Desert.
The eight-episode dark comedy series is set to launch May 17 from director Jay Roach and executive producer Ben Stiller. Arquette stars as Peggy, a former drug dealer and recovering addict who seeks a new path after her mother’s death and decides to become a private investigator in the desert town of Yucca Valley, California.
At one point in the trailer, Arquette’s character gets grilled about her past and admits to having sold marijuana but fires back after she’s accused of dabbling in cocaine. “Well, that was much later, and I did it — I didn’t sell it,” she clarifies.
Matt Dillon co-stars as Peggy’s ex, Denny, who has his own criminal past, and the trailer shows his rousing pep talk: “This is the time,...
The eight-episode dark comedy series is set to launch May 17 from director Jay Roach and executive producer Ben Stiller. Arquette stars as Peggy, a former drug dealer and recovering addict who seeks a new path after her mother’s death and decides to become a private investigator in the desert town of Yucca Valley, California.
At one point in the trailer, Arquette’s character gets grilled about her past and admits to having sold marijuana but fires back after she’s accused of dabbling in cocaine. “Well, that was much later, and I did it — I didn’t sell it,” she clarifies.
Matt Dillon co-stars as Peggy’s ex, Denny, who has his own criminal past, and the trailer shows his rousing pep talk: “This is the time,...
- 4/19/2023
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Patricia Arquette is having a “Severance” reunion with a noir twist — in a show you probably haven’t heard of.
The Emmy winner collaborates again with “Severance” and “Escape at Dannemora” director Ben Stiller for Apple TV+ dark comedy “High Desert.” Arquette plays Peggy, an on-again-off-again addict who decides to make a new start after the death of her beloved mother, with whom she lived in the small desert town of Yucca Valley, California, and makes a life-changing decision to become a private investigator.
Matt Dillon, Christine Taylor, Brad Garrett, Weruche Opia, Bernadette Peters, Rupert Friend, and Keir O’Donnell also star in the series. “High Desert” is created and written by Nancy Fichman (“Grace and Frankie”), Katie Ford (“Miss Congeniality”), and Jennifer Hoppe (“Nurse Jackie”), who all also serve as executive producers. Both Stiller and Arquette serve as executive producers.
Jay Roach (“Meet the Parents”) directs all eight episodes of the half-hour series.
The Emmy winner collaborates again with “Severance” and “Escape at Dannemora” director Ben Stiller for Apple TV+ dark comedy “High Desert.” Arquette plays Peggy, an on-again-off-again addict who decides to make a new start after the death of her beloved mother, with whom she lived in the small desert town of Yucca Valley, California, and makes a life-changing decision to become a private investigator.
Matt Dillon, Christine Taylor, Brad Garrett, Weruche Opia, Bernadette Peters, Rupert Friend, and Keir O’Donnell also star in the series. “High Desert” is created and written by Nancy Fichman (“Grace and Frankie”), Katie Ford (“Miss Congeniality”), and Jennifer Hoppe (“Nurse Jackie”), who all also serve as executive producers. Both Stiller and Arquette serve as executive producers.
Jay Roach (“Meet the Parents”) directs all eight episodes of the half-hour series.
- 4/19/2023
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Oscar winner Patricia Arquette (Boyhood) stars as a wannabe private detective who has a lengthy history of drug abuse, a messed up personal life, and an unwillingness to do a job any earlier than 11am in the Apple TV+ comedy High Desert. The first trailer for the streaming service’s new dark comedy shows Arquette’s character’s basically a walking, talking trainwreck.
Matt Dillon, Christine Taylor, Weruche Opia, Brad Garrett, Bernadette Peters, Rupert Friend, and Keir O’Donnell also star.
Nancy Fichman, Katie Ford, and Jennifer Hoppe created the series and serve as writers and executive producers. Patricia Arquette and Ben Stiller executive produce, and four-time Emmy Award winner Jay Roach directs.
The eight-episode half-hour series will premiere on Apple TV+ on May 17, 2023 with the release of the first three episodes. Additional new episodes will premiere on Wednesdays.
Patricia Arquette stars in Apple TV+’s ‘High Desert’
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Matt Dillon, Christine Taylor, Weruche Opia, Brad Garrett, Bernadette Peters, Rupert Friend, and Keir O’Donnell also star.
Nancy Fichman, Katie Ford, and Jennifer Hoppe created the series and serve as writers and executive producers. Patricia Arquette and Ben Stiller executive produce, and four-time Emmy Award winner Jay Roach directs.
The eight-episode half-hour series will premiere on Apple TV+ on May 17, 2023 with the release of the first three episodes. Additional new episodes will premiere on Wednesdays.
Patricia Arquette stars in Apple TV+’s ‘High Desert’
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- 4/19/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
After announcing the series in 2021, Apple TV+‘s High Desert, a dark comedy starring Patricia Arquette, Matt Dillon, and Bernadette Peters and executive produced by Ben Stiller, is almost here. High Desert follows Peggy (Arquette), an on-again-off-again addict who decides to make a new start after the death of her beloved mother, with whom she lived in the small desert town of Yucca Valley, California, and makes a life-changing decision to become a private investigator. Watch the trailer above for a look at her life. The eight-episode comedy will premiere on Wednesday, May 17 with its first three episodes. Episodes will release once weekly after that. Additional stars include Christine Taylor, Weruche Opia, Brad Garrett, Rupert Friend, and Keir O’Donnell. The series is created and written by Nancy Fichman, Katie Ford (Miss Congeniality), and Jennifer Hoppe, with Emmy Award-winner Jay Roach serving as director. Arquette executive produces in addition to starring.
- 4/19/2023
- TV Insider
Apple TV+ keeps bringing us exciting new content.
Today, the streamer unveiled the trailer for High Desert, the new eight-episode dark comedy starring Patricia Arquette, who also serves as executive producer, Matt Dillon, Christine Taylor, Weruche Opia, Brad Garrett, Bernadette Peters, Rupert Friend and Keir O’Donnell.
That's a pretty exciting cast, and the creatives behind the show are just as impressive.
High Desert is directed by Emmy Award-winner Jay Roach, created by Nancy Fichman, Katie Ford and Jennifer Hoppe, and executive produced by Ben Stiller.
The half-hour series will make its global debut on Apple TV+ with the first three episodes on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, followed by new episodes weekly, every Wednesday.
High Desert follows Peggy (Arquette), an on-again-off-again addict who decides to make a new start after the death of her beloved mother, with whom she lived in the small desert town of Yucca Valley, California.
Peggy makes a life-changing...
Today, the streamer unveiled the trailer for High Desert, the new eight-episode dark comedy starring Patricia Arquette, who also serves as executive producer, Matt Dillon, Christine Taylor, Weruche Opia, Brad Garrett, Bernadette Peters, Rupert Friend and Keir O’Donnell.
That's a pretty exciting cast, and the creatives behind the show are just as impressive.
High Desert is directed by Emmy Award-winner Jay Roach, created by Nancy Fichman, Katie Ford and Jennifer Hoppe, and executive produced by Ben Stiller.
The half-hour series will make its global debut on Apple TV+ with the first three episodes on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, followed by new episodes weekly, every Wednesday.
High Desert follows Peggy (Arquette), an on-again-off-again addict who decides to make a new start after the death of her beloved mother, with whom she lived in the small desert town of Yucca Valley, California.
Peggy makes a life-changing...
- 4/19/2023
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Patricia Arquette is taking the world of private investigation by storm… as long as the gig doesn’t start before 11 am.
Apple TV+’s dark comedy High Desert (which will release its first three-of-eight episodes Wednesday, May 17, followed by one new installment weekly) “follows Peggy (Arquette), an on-again-off-again addict who decides to make a new start after the death of her beloved mother, with whom she lived in the small desert town of Yucca Valley, Calif., and makes a life-changing decision to become a private investigator,” reads the official description.
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Apple TV+’s dark comedy High Desert (which will release its first three-of-eight episodes Wednesday, May 17, followed by one new installment weekly) “follows Peggy (Arquette), an on-again-off-again addict who decides to make a new start after the death of her beloved mother, with whom she lived in the small desert town of Yucca Valley, Calif., and makes a life-changing decision to become a private investigator,” reads the official description.
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- 4/19/2023
- by Nick Caruso
- TVLine.com
Apple TV+ has released first-look images of its upcoming limited series “The Crowded Room,” which stars Tom Holland, Amanda Seyfried and Emmy Rossum.
The 10-episode thriller series will premiere with its first three episodes on June 9. The remaining seven episodes will then air one episode per week, concluding on Friday, July 28.
“The Crowded Room,” according to its official plot description, follows “Danny Sullivan (Holland) after he was arrested for his involvement in a New York City shooting in 1979. Danny unveils his life through a series of interviews with interrogator Rya Goodwin (Seyfried), and slowly details to Rya, and the audience, his mysterious past that led him to the fateful incident. As Danny retrospectively examines his life, he reckons with his past and a few pivotal moments, that ultimately leads him to uncover a life-altering revelation.”
The series also stars Sasha Lane (“Conversations With Friends”), Will Chase (“Dopesick”), Lior Raz (“Fauda”), Laila Robins,...
The 10-episode thriller series will premiere with its first three episodes on June 9. The remaining seven episodes will then air one episode per week, concluding on Friday, July 28.
“The Crowded Room,” according to its official plot description, follows “Danny Sullivan (Holland) after he was arrested for his involvement in a New York City shooting in 1979. Danny unveils his life through a series of interviews with interrogator Rya Goodwin (Seyfried), and slowly details to Rya, and the audience, his mysterious past that led him to the fateful incident. As Danny retrospectively examines his life, he reckons with his past and a few pivotal moments, that ultimately leads him to uncover a life-altering revelation.”
The series also stars Sasha Lane (“Conversations With Friends”), Will Chase (“Dopesick”), Lior Raz (“Fauda”), Laila Robins,...
- 4/7/2023
- by Charna Flam, McKinley Franklin and Sophia Scorziello
- Variety Film + TV
Apple TV+ today has announced the global premiere date for “High Desert,” and shared a first look at the new eight-episode dark comedy starring Patricia Arquette, who also serves as executive producer, Matt Dillon, Christine Taylor, Weruche Opia, Brad Garrett, Bernadette Peters, Rupert Friend and Keir O’Donnell. Directed by Emmy Award-winner Jay Roach, created by Nancy Fichman, Katie Ford and Jennifer Hoppe, and executive produced by Ben Stiller, the half-hour series will make its global debut on Apple TV+ with the first three episodes on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, followed by new episodes weekly, every Wednesday. “High Desert” follows Peggy (Arquette), an on-again-off-again addict who decides to make a new start after the death of her beloved mother, with whom she lived in the small desert town of Yucca Valley, California, and makes a life-changing decision to become a private investigator. The series is created and written by Nancy Fichman, Katie Ford (“Miss Congeniality”) and Jennifer Hoppe,...
- 4/5/2023
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
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The famed Chateau Marmont, a perennially trendy industry hangout which had turned radioactive in recent years over toxic workplace allegations, is set to unionize, according to a joint memo released by owner Andre Balazs and the co-president of Unite Here Local 11, which had long been seeking to organize the hotel. “All prior disputes have been laid to rest,” they wrote in the statement, released on Aug. 25. “Both the Chateau Marmont and Unite Here Local 11 are pleased with this new relationship. We believe that it solidifies the foundation of the Chateau’s historic success: the commitment to its guests and employees, both of which are famous for their loyalty and longevity.”
A bargaining committee will now begin negotiations on a first contract.
The iconic Sunset Strip lodging had faced years of lawsuits, protests and a celebrity-backed boycott. Employees had described a pattern of sexual misconduct,...
The famed Chateau Marmont, a perennially trendy industry hangout which had turned radioactive in recent years over toxic workplace allegations, is set to unionize, according to a joint memo released by owner Andre Balazs and the co-president of Unite Here Local 11, which had long been seeking to organize the hotel. “All prior disputes have been laid to rest,” they wrote in the statement, released on Aug. 25. “Both the Chateau Marmont and Unite Here Local 11 are pleased with this new relationship. We believe that it solidifies the foundation of the Chateau’s historic success: the commitment to its guests and employees, both of which are famous for their loyalty and longevity.”
A bargaining committee will now begin negotiations on a first contract.
The iconic Sunset Strip lodging had faced years of lawsuits, protests and a celebrity-backed boycott. Employees had described a pattern of sexual misconduct,...
- 8/25/2022
- by Gary Baum
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Oscars Abrams Zimel & Associates has promoted Daniel Abrams to partner, joining longtime partners Michael Oscars, Gayle Abrams and Perry Zimel. The management and production company is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month,. Oaz reps a roster that includes Christopher Plummer, Andrea Martin, Wendy Crewson, Kim Coates, Victor Garber, Edward Asner, Sharon Gless, Henry Czerny, Katie Ford, Susan Coyne, Mark McKinney and Kristin Lehman among others. Daniel Abrams began…...
- 6/22/2017
- Deadline
Oscars Abrams Zimel & Associates has promoted Daniel Abrams to partner, joining longtime partners Michael Oscars, Gayle Abrams and Perry Zimel. The management and production company is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month,. Oaz reps a roster that includes Christopher Plummer, Andrea Martin, Wendy Crewson, Kim Coates, Victor Garber, Edward Asner, Sharon Gless, Henry Czerny, Katie Ford, Susan Coyne, Mark McKinney and Kristin Lehman among others. Daniel Abrams began…...
- 6/22/2017
- Deadline TV
Eileen Ford, who co-founded Ford Models with her husband Jerry in 1946 - essentially inventing the modern modeling business, and exerting enormous influence on the world's views of human beauty - has died at 92. She had been hospitalized last week after suffering a fall at her New York apartment. In a statement to People about her mother, Katie Ford said: "Eileen loved Jerry and her family and her friends, as well as Le Cirque, football, ballet, bellini's, Benny Goodman, “21”, books on history, the New York Post and The New York Times, Seinfeld, The Stork Club, her flower garden, The Ritz in Paris,...
- 7/10/2014
- by Tim Nudd
- PEOPLE.com
Toronto -- Martin Short and Eugene Levy are set to guest star on the Andrea Martin comedy vehicle Working the Engels for NBC and Shaw Media. Martin, Short and Levy worked together in the Toronto production of Godspell before later joining Sctv as performers and writers. The Halfire-core comedy will see Short play Chuck Pastry, the head of huge corporation Big Pastry, while Levy will perform the role of Arthur Horowitz, a family-oriented, well-connected and much-loved lawyer who is a neighbor of the Engels. The series, created and written by Katie Ford and Jane Ford, centers on
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- 12/10/2013
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NBC is co-producing 12 episodes of the comedy “Working the Engels” in its first collaboration with a Canadian partner. The series will star “Sctv” vet Andrea Martin. The network has entered a deal to co-produce the half-hour singlecam comedy from producers Halfire-core Entertainment in partnership with Shaw Media. Also read: Andy Kaufman Still Alive, Still Posing as Sacha Baron Cohen The series, created and written by Katie Ford and Jane Ford, focuses on a family who come together when their father passes away, leaving them a mountain of debt. They band together to take over their father’s law firm, even though only one.
- 11/14/2013
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
NBC has picked up 12-episode series single-camera comedy Working The Engels, starring Sctv alumna Andrea Martin. NBC will co-produce the series with Core Media/Noreen Halpern’s Halfire-core Entertainment, which has a 3-for-1 drama series deal at NBC, and Canada’s Shaw Media. American networks have teamed with Canadian broadcasters on comedy projects before — most recently last season when ABC partnered with Shaw to co-produce a half-hour by Bob Martin — but this is the first time such a collaboration has gone to series. Working The Engles, created and written by Katie Ford and Jane Ford, centers on a family who must band together to keep their heads above water when their father and breadwinner passes away, leaving them a mountain of debt. The Engels must all go to work running Dad’s storefront law firm, with one minor problem — daughter Jenna is the only one who is qualified to practice law.
- 11/14/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: This past summer, Lifetime picked up Devious Maids, Marc Cherry’s follow-up to Desperate Housewives. Now the cable network has added to its development slate Paranormal Housewives, a light drama executive produced by Julia Roberts, her longtime collaborator Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas as well as Robyn Meisinger of Madhouse Entertainment. Written/exec produced by Miss Congeniality scribe Katie Ford, it is about an all-female group of paranormal investigators who call themselves The Paranormal Housewives. The show is inspired by the real Paranormal Housewives, a Southern California group of female professional paranormal investigators. It was launched in 2010 by Erin Potter and her friends Kirsten Thorne and Marsha Covert-Garcia in part as a response to their field being dominated by male investigators. Potter, Thorne and Covert-Garcia will serve as consultants on the Lifetime series, which is produced by ABC Studios, Roberts’ Red Om Films and 3 Arts, where Goldsmith-Thomas is a manager-producer. Om principals...
- 11/16/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Toronto – The CBC is ordering to pilot the comedy Leilah and Jen from Canadian director Jacob Tierney and indie producer Entertainment One. The Canadian pubcaster has made its order cast-contingent, as Entertainment One is yet to confirm the cast. The pilot script was penned by Katie Ford (Miss Congeniality), a Canadian-American screenwriter based in Los Angeles who worked on an earlier CBC comedy, Michael: Tuesdays & Thursdays. Leilah and Jen follows two very different sisters going through different lives, and which then come to depend more on one another as they reinvent themselves to ease life crises
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- 7/18/2012
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Courtney Love has reportedly rekindled her romance with hotelier Andre Balazs. The Hole singer was seen kissing Andre at the Mercer Hotel, in New York, and the pair are said to be an item again after splitting in May. A source said, "They were all over each other."
The reunited couple are now planning to move to the U.K. together and want to buy a house in north-west London when Andre opens two new hotels in the British capital next year. Andre, 56, is also trying to be a calming influence on 46-year-old Courtney, famed for her hellraising behavior and past drug use, and has told her if they are going to be a couple she needs to turn her back on her wild ways.
A friend told The Mail on Sunday newspaper, "Andre flew Courtney to St. Tropez to meet his father in the summer. He calls her by...
The reunited couple are now planning to move to the U.K. together and want to buy a house in north-west London when Andre opens two new hotels in the British capital next year. Andre, 56, is also trying to be a calming influence on 46-year-old Courtney, famed for her hellraising behavior and past drug use, and has told her if they are going to be a couple she needs to turn her back on her wild ways.
A friend told The Mail on Sunday newspaper, "Andre flew Courtney to St. Tropez to meet his father in the summer. He calls her by...
- 11/8/2010
- by celebrity-mania.com
- Celebrity Mania
R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe will join Helena Christensen, Katie Ford, Natane Boudreau, Andre Balazs and Steven Klein as a host of a special event to benefit Free The Slaves on Wednesday, October 20, in NYC.
The event will feature cocktails and entertainment, and will include a special live auction to raise funds for Free The Slaves, an organization that works with a wide variety of people, be it Restavek children in Haiti, war children in Uganda, women and children forced into prostitution in Nepal or entire villages in debt bondage in India. Free The Slaves rescues, rehabilitates and educates victims, and also does substantial advocacy on their behalf. Through on-the-ground partnerships in Haiti, Brazil, Ghana, Uganda, Congo, India and Nepal, Free The Slaves focuses on systemic changes to ensure that the communities they work with will never be vulnerable to slavery again.
The event takes place at the Top Of The Standard,...
The event will feature cocktails and entertainment, and will include a special live auction to raise funds for Free The Slaves, an organization that works with a wide variety of people, be it Restavek children in Haiti, war children in Uganda, women and children forced into prostitution in Nepal or entire villages in debt bondage in India. Free The Slaves rescues, rehabilitates and educates victims, and also does substantial advocacy on their behalf. Through on-the-ground partnerships in Haiti, Brazil, Ghana, Uganda, Congo, India and Nepal, Free The Slaves focuses on systemic changes to ensure that the communities they work with will never be vulnerable to slavery again.
The event takes place at the Top Of The Standard,...
- 10/19/2010
- Look to the Stars
Astral Media The Harold Greenberg Fund has revealed the list of upcoming films that will get financial support through its Script Development Program and Equity Investment Program.
The list reveals all the 27 films (chosen out of 139 applications), which are either in production or pre-production period, that will get some financial backing.
Story Optioning
The Flying Troutmans
Four Seasons Productions Inc.
Screenwriters: Semi Chellas and Miriam Toews
King Leary
Verite Films Inc.
Screenwriter: Paul Quarrington
The Outlander
Strada Films Inc. and Triptych Media Inc.
Screenwriter: Tbd
First Draft
Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet
Hand Picked Films Inc.
Screenwriter: Richard Bell
The Diary of Laura’s Twin
pUNK Films Inc.
Screenwriter: Laura Phillips
Don’t Talk To Irene
Alyson Richards Productions Inc.
Screenwriter: Pat Mills
King Leary
Verite Films Inc.
Screenwriter: Paul Quarrington
The Lizard Cage
Sienna Films Inc.
Screenwriter: David Vainola
Queen Kristina
Triptych Media Inc.
Screenwriter: Michel Marc Bouchard
Second...
The list reveals all the 27 films (chosen out of 139 applications), which are either in production or pre-production period, that will get some financial backing.
Story Optioning
The Flying Troutmans
Four Seasons Productions Inc.
Screenwriters: Semi Chellas and Miriam Toews
King Leary
Verite Films Inc.
Screenwriter: Paul Quarrington
The Outlander
Strada Films Inc. and Triptych Media Inc.
Screenwriter: Tbd
First Draft
Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet
Hand Picked Films Inc.
Screenwriter: Richard Bell
The Diary of Laura’s Twin
pUNK Films Inc.
Screenwriter: Laura Phillips
Don’t Talk To Irene
Alyson Richards Productions Inc.
Screenwriter: Pat Mills
King Leary
Verite Films Inc.
Screenwriter: Paul Quarrington
The Lizard Cage
Sienna Films Inc.
Screenwriter: David Vainola
Queen Kristina
Triptych Media Inc.
Screenwriter: Michel Marc Bouchard
Second...
- 1/20/2010
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
Corus Entertainment announced the identity of its Corus Made with Pay Fund recipients. Of course, the recepients in question are actually 34 upcoming Canadian films.
By reading the press release, we can come to the conclusion that the high-profile upcoming films among the 34 recipients are:
King Leary, the novel from acclaimed screenwriter and author Paul Quarrington and Verite Films Inc., which follows the final adventure of old-timer Percival Leary, a one-time hockey legend, as he heads to Toronto to become the face of a marketing campaign. Quarrington’s previous works include Galveston, which was nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, Whale Music, winner of the Governor General’s Award for Fiction in 1989 and King Leary, winner of the Stephen Leacock Medal.Author and screenwriter Miriam Toews’ The Flying Troutmans brings her hilarious and heartwarming novel about a family’s road trip across Canada to life in collaboration with screenwriter Semi Chellas...
By reading the press release, we can come to the conclusion that the high-profile upcoming films among the 34 recipients are:
King Leary, the novel from acclaimed screenwriter and author Paul Quarrington and Verite Films Inc., which follows the final adventure of old-timer Percival Leary, a one-time hockey legend, as he heads to Toronto to become the face of a marketing campaign. Quarrington’s previous works include Galveston, which was nominated for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, Whale Music, winner of the Governor General’s Award for Fiction in 1989 and King Leary, winner of the Stephen Leacock Medal.Author and screenwriter Miriam Toews’ The Flying Troutmans brings her hilarious and heartwarming novel about a family’s road trip across Canada to life in collaboration with screenwriter Semi Chellas...
- 12/24/2009
- by anhkhoido@hotmail.com (Anh Khoi Do)
- The Cultural Post
All it takes is one hookup with the queen of Pop to give you the biggest boast of your career. Madonna made headlines last month for hooking up with 21 year-old Brazilian male model Jesus Luz, and this month the attention's all on him. Jesus used his Madonna contacts to score a very lucrative modeling contract with Ford Models Agency. Brazilian spies told Glamurama.com.br, "All the modeling agencies came after him, but he chose Ford Models because [photographer and Madonna pal] Steven Klein had a talk with Katie Ford and convinced her that Jesus is, in...
- 1/18/2009
- Hollyscoop.com
Madonna is going to Jesus' head.
Madge's current obsession, Brazilian male model Jesus Luz, 21 - whom she met on the South American wing of her Sticky & Sweet tour - is putting all of his eggs into the Material Mom's basket and using her name and the resulting publicity to demand huge prices and build his career.
Brazilian spies told Glamurama.com.br, "All the modeling agencies came after him, but he chose Ford Models because [photographer and Madonna pal] Steven Klein had a talk with Katie Ford and convinced her that Jesus is, in fact, holy material."
Sergio Mattos, the...
Madge's current obsession, Brazilian male model Jesus Luz, 21 - whom she met on the South American wing of her Sticky & Sweet tour - is putting all of his eggs into the Material Mom's basket and using her name and the resulting publicity to demand huge prices and build his career.
Brazilian spies told Glamurama.com.br, "All the modeling agencies came after him, but he chose Ford Models because [photographer and Madonna pal] Steven Klein had a talk with Katie Ford and convinced her that Jesus is, in fact, holy material."
Sergio Mattos, the...
- 1/18/2009
- NYPost.com
It’s an admittedly gripping story: a conservative Christian woman refuses to accept her gay teenage son, hounding him to “change” to the point where he commits suicide. But then, overcome by the realization of what she has done, the woman educates herself, renounces her previous anti-gay beliefs, and becomes a crusader for Glbt youth and gay rights.
Perhaps it’s not surprising that the real-life story of Mary Griffith of Walnut Creek, California, has now become Prayers for Bobby, a TV movie starring Sigourney Weaver airing on Lifetime later this month.
And yet, as extraordinary as the story is, it was anything but an easy sell.
“Making movies is hard enough,” says Daniel Sladek, one of the film’s executive producers. “But when you have a movie about teen suicide, a woman questioning her faith, and gay rights, that’s a hot potato.”
The finished film is not your typical TV movie.
Perhaps it’s not surprising that the real-life story of Mary Griffith of Walnut Creek, California, has now become Prayers for Bobby, a TV movie starring Sigourney Weaver airing on Lifetime later this month.
And yet, as extraordinary as the story is, it was anything but an easy sell.
“Making movies is hard enough,” says Daniel Sladek, one of the film’s executive producers. “But when you have a movie about teen suicide, a woman questioning her faith, and gay rights, that’s a hot potato.”
The finished film is not your typical TV movie.
- 1/14/2009
- by dennis
- The Backlot
It's been an impressive first development season for 5-month-old Tagline Pictures, the production division of management company Thruline Entertainment, which has set up projects at five networks. "It's a nice start", Tagline president Kelly Kulchak said. At ABC, the company has a single-camera comedy in development based on Laurie Notaro's autobiography I Love Everybody (and Other Atrocious Lies). Katie Ford (Miss Congeniality) is adapting the book, which chronicles Notaro's life as a self-deprecating, underachieving columnist. Touchstone TV is producing. Notaro is repped by CAA. Ford is repped by the Rothman-Brecher Agency, manager Susan Landau and attorney Linda Lichter.
- 1/19/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
ABC is preparing a six-hour miniseries based on author Laura Ingalls Wilder's enduring stories of American frontier life. Sources said that Ed Friendly, producer of the 1970s Little House on the Prairie TV series who has long shepherded the film and TV rights to the Wilder books, is executive producing the ambitious project. Feature scribe Katie Ford, whose recent credits include Miss Congeniality and CBS' Lucille Ball biopic Lucy, is on board to pen the script; David Cunningham will direct, sources said. ABC declined to comment on the project Friday. It's understood that the mini will air under the Wonderful World of Disney telefilm banner, probably as a sweeps-month event.
- 11/3/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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