Exclusive: Hulu is not proceeding with its planned limited series about Sammy Davis Jr., starring Elijah Kelley as the Candy Man, from Lee Daniels and 20th Television.
I hear 20th Television will be shopping the project to other buyers and plans to attach additional high-level talent before taking it out as part of an aggressive effort to find a new home.
The studio recently was able to set another streaming series, The Spiderwick Chronicles (co-production with lead studio Paramount TV Studios), at Roku, following Disney+’s decision not to move forward with it.
The pickup reversals for both shows come amid a content spend cut across all divisions of Hulu and Disney+ parent Disney, which the company announced earlier this year. Additionally, all media companies have been reevaluating their streaming strategies by cutting programming costs with a renewed focus on profitability.
Hulu ordered the long-gestating Sammy Davis Jr. limited series in April 2022. In February,...
I hear 20th Television will be shopping the project to other buyers and plans to attach additional high-level talent before taking it out as part of an aggressive effort to find a new home.
The studio recently was able to set another streaming series, The Spiderwick Chronicles (co-production with lead studio Paramount TV Studios), at Roku, following Disney+’s decision not to move forward with it.
The pickup reversals for both shows come amid a content spend cut across all divisions of Hulu and Disney+ parent Disney, which the company announced earlier this year. Additionally, all media companies have been reevaluating their streaming strategies by cutting programming costs with a renewed focus on profitability.
Hulu ordered the long-gestating Sammy Davis Jr. limited series in April 2022. In February,...
- 12/2/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Kimberly Harrison (The Crossover) has been tapped as showrunner for Hulu’s limited series about Sammy Davis Jr. from Lee Daniels and 20th Television, which stars Elijah Kelley as the Candy Man.
Written by Daniels and Thomas Westfall based on Will Haygood’s biography, In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis Jr., and inspired by Alex Haley’s interview of Davis, the yet untitled eight-episode series explores the entertainer’s life through the lens of his racial identity and his complex relationship with the Black community.
Related: 2023 Hulu Pilots & Series Orders
It centers on Davis (Kelley), who rose from childhood stardom on the vaudeville stage to become one of the most famous African American entertainers of the 1950s and ’60s (and the only Black member of Frank Sinatra’s Rat Pack). At the same time, he spent most of his career surrounded by controversy and ridicule – over...
Written by Daniels and Thomas Westfall based on Will Haygood’s biography, In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis Jr., and inspired by Alex Haley’s interview of Davis, the yet untitled eight-episode series explores the entertainer’s life through the lens of his racial identity and his complex relationship with the Black community.
Related: 2023 Hulu Pilots & Series Orders
It centers on Davis (Kelley), who rose from childhood stardom on the vaudeville stage to become one of the most famous African American entertainers of the 1950s and ’60s (and the only Black member of Frank Sinatra’s Rat Pack). At the same time, he spent most of his career surrounded by controversy and ridicule – over...
- 2/13/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
It was a little over a year ago that we first heard about Dennis Willman's new comic series Ginger-Stein: Rise of the Undead, and now that the first issue is about to launch on Tuesday, October 11th, we have a lot more details and an image gallery to share.
From the Press Release:
On October 11th artistic mastermind Dennis Willman reveals his newest creation, Ginger-Stein, to the world. Ginger-Stein is the title of a multimedia horror/sci-fi project that is written, created, and illustrated by Willman and is unlike anything the horror audience has ever seen.
Ginger-Stein: Rise of the Undead is the first in a set of six comic book mini-series featuring horror’s hottest new heroine. The story and artwork are deeply rooted in 1980’s horror and sci-fi nostalgia. The violence is over-the-top, and like any good 80’s horror story, there’s sex, drugs, and a breaking of...
From the Press Release:
On October 11th artistic mastermind Dennis Willman reveals his newest creation, Ginger-Stein, to the world. Ginger-Stein is the title of a multimedia horror/sci-fi project that is written, created, and illustrated by Willman and is unlike anything the horror audience has ever seen.
Ginger-Stein: Rise of the Undead is the first in a set of six comic book mini-series featuring horror’s hottest new heroine. The story and artwork are deeply rooted in 1980’s horror and sci-fi nostalgia. The violence is over-the-top, and like any good 80’s horror story, there’s sex, drugs, and a breaking of...
- 10/10/2011
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
Hey Army, here's a cool announcement from Artist/Jedi Master Dennis Willman about his upcoming Ginger-Stein: Rise of the Dead Sac Horror Preview Comic which I'm excited to be a part of, will be at the Sacremento Horror Convention coming up in September. Stay tuned for much more on these cool Comic Book Divas projects! Check out the bad-ass artwork below!
From Dennis Willman.
Here's a little announcement about the preview comic that will be available at the Sac Horror/ Sci-Fi Con this September. The mini-story will feature several of the characters from the series and explore the beginnings a sub plot that will expand as the comic book unfolds, most related to the character of Officer Sully, who first appears in issue #5. Not all of the characters in the series could be fit into the plot of this small preview, but rest assured, they're all still there. The characters...
From Dennis Willman.
Here's a little announcement about the preview comic that will be available at the Sac Horror/ Sci-Fi Con this September. The mini-story will feature several of the characters from the series and explore the beginnings a sub plot that will expand as the comic book unfolds, most related to the character of Officer Sully, who first appears in issue #5. Not all of the characters in the series could be fit into the plot of this small preview, but rest assured, they're all still there. The characters...
- 7/23/2010
- by brians
- GeekTyrant
So sick and twisted horror author ... actor ... stunt ass ... and guy with an amazingly large cock, Joe Knetter ... just dropped us a line on a project that was shot up in his neck of the woods called Camp Kill. While he had no involvement with the film, it stars some of his favorite indie actors to work with: Scarlet Salem, Rachel Grubb and Landyn Banx, co-stars from his film Terror Overload.
If Joe thinks it looks fun, then I'm going to believe him; he's never led me astray ... well ... except that time in Mexico with those damn female luchador tag team hookers. I never did get my money back for all the taco sauce that ended up on my underwear. Bastards.
Synopsis
Don't have anything to do this weekend? Why not take a trip to camp (kill). It's far enough out in the sticks and away from everything that you...
If Joe thinks it looks fun, then I'm going to believe him; he's never led me astray ... well ... except that time in Mexico with those damn female luchador tag team hookers. I never did get my money back for all the taco sauce that ended up on my underwear. Bastards.
Synopsis
Don't have anything to do this weekend? Why not take a trip to camp (kill). It's far enough out in the sticks and away from everything that you...
- 7/14/2009
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
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