Matthew Wilkas as Lawrence Wright and Skylar Astin as Todd Wright in ‘So Help Me Todd’ season 2 episode 6
Dean Winters, from Allstate’s “Mayhem” commercials, continues his guest-starring arc as a veteran private investigator on CBS’s So Help Me Todd season two episode six. “Is the Jury Out?” will air on Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 9pm Et/Pt. Todd Holland directs from a script by Scott Prendergast and Katherine Langenfeld.
Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden leads the cast as Margaret Wright and Skylar Astin stars as the titular Todd. Season two also features Madeline Wise as Allison, Tristen J. Winger as Lyle, Inga Schlingmann as Susan, and Rosa Arredondo as Francey.
“Is the Jury Out?” Plot: Lawrence enlists Todd’s services to find out the sexual orientation of a judge. Also, with her client’s livelihood at stake, Margaret and Lyle search for a reluctant witness.
Dean Winters and Allison Wise...
Dean Winters, from Allstate’s “Mayhem” commercials, continues his guest-starring arc as a veteran private investigator on CBS’s So Help Me Todd season two episode six. “Is the Jury Out?” will air on Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 9pm Et/Pt. Todd Holland directs from a script by Scott Prendergast and Katherine Langenfeld.
Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden leads the cast as Margaret Wright and Skylar Astin stars as the titular Todd. Season two also features Madeline Wise as Allison, Tristen J. Winger as Lyle, Inga Schlingmann as Susan, and Rosa Arredondo as Francey.
“Is the Jury Out?” Plot: Lawrence enlists Todd’s services to find out the sexual orientation of a judge. Also, with her client’s livelihood at stake, Margaret and Lyle search for a reluctant witness.
Dean Winters and Allison Wise...
- 4/13/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
The mother-son duo of Todd and Margaret are back in the second season of So Help Me Todd. Season 2 of the CBS series sees Todd finally getting his license back and setting up his own small P.I. firm in the offices of his mother’s law firm. Some unexpected characters make a comeback and we also may get a conclusion for Allison’s drawn-out character arc, which seems to be heading nowhere.
So, if you have been tuning in for the new episodes of So Help Me Todd, we have prepared a guide for you which will be updated regularly. Let’s find out what happens to Todd in the second season together.
So Help Me Todd Season 2 – Episode Guide (When Will the New Episodes Air?) Episode 1 “Iceland Was Horrible” – February 15 Episode 2 “Your Day In Court” – February 22 Episode 3 “The Queen of Courts” – February 29 Episode 4 “Dial Margaret for Murder” – March...
So, if you have been tuning in for the new episodes of So Help Me Todd, we have prepared a guide for you which will be updated regularly. Let’s find out what happens to Todd in the second season together.
So Help Me Todd Season 2 – Episode Guide (When Will the New Episodes Air?) Episode 1 “Iceland Was Horrible” – February 15 Episode 2 “Your Day In Court” – February 22 Episode 3 “The Queen of Courts” – February 29 Episode 4 “Dial Margaret for Murder” – March...
- 3/2/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
With a title like “God Save Texas, “ a new three-part docuseries inspired by an acclaimed piece of nonfiction carrying the same name and authored by Lawrence Wright, one might think this particular program will unquestionably take a harsh look at the Lone Star State, focusing solely on its flaws and a bleak viewpoint as it looks to the future. There’s no doubt that Texas has, time and again, been mired in a barrage of controversial moments throughout the past 178 years of its existence as the 28th United state, but under the direction of Texas natives Richard Linklater, Alex Stapleton and Iliana Sosa (“What We Leave Behind”), here three specific Texan sticking points are touched upon extensively, each handled well individually but when joined together paint a fascinating picture of how far Texas has come and how far it has yet to go.
Continue reading ‘God Save Texas’ Review: Richard...
Continue reading ‘God Save Texas’ Review: Richard...
- 2/27/2024
- by Brian Farvour
- The Playlist
Three acclaimed filmmakers—Richard Linklater, Alex Stapleton, and Iliana Sosa—take an intimate and multifaceted look at their home state of Texas through both the people that propel it forward the problems that set it back, from the prison and oil industries and their impact on disenfranchised community to the feelings of “in-between-ness” from straddling multiple cultures. The three-part HBO Original documentary “God Save Texas” will premiere on Tuesday, Feb. 27 at 9 p.m. Et on HBO and Max with Parts Two and Three debuting back-to-back on Wednesday, Feb. 28. All three parts will be available to stream on Max beginning on Feb. 27. You can watch with a subscription to Max.
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Inspired by the book “God Save Texas: A Journey Into the...
How to Watch ‘God Save Texas’ Premiere When: Tuesday, February 27, 2024 Where: Max Stream: Watch with a subscription to Max. Sign Up$9.99+ / month Max via amazon.com About ‘God Save Texas’ Premiere
Inspired by the book “God Save Texas: A Journey Into the...
- 2/27/2024
- by Ashley Steves
- The Streamable
"It's hard to be a Texan right now." HBO has revealed an official trailer for a fascinating new docu series titled God Save Texas, a three part look into the lives of Texans living in three different cities. This brand new HBO Original Documentary Trilogy is inspired by Lawrence Wright's book that's also called "God Save Texas", and follows three filmmakers' distinct perspectives on their own Texas hometowns. The three Texan filmmakers who direct the films in this series are Richard Linklater, Alex Stapleton, and Iliana Sosa – a personal and panoramic journey through one of the most controversial states in the union. Returning to their hometowns to shed light on an underrepresented story, the filmmakers chronicle the complex history of each city, exploring how it intertwines with their own provenance and evolution, and placing it in the larger picture of America today. Linklater's film God Save Texas: Hometown Prison is set in Huntsville.
- 2/19/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Three Texas directors head back to their hometowns and focus their cameras on stories that affect their cities in HBO’s documentary series God Save Texas. Inspired by Lawrence Wright’s God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State, the three-part documentary focuses on Huntsville’s prisons, the impact of the oil industry in Houston, and immigration issues in El Paso.
Oscar nominee Richard Linklater directs God Save Texas: Hometown Prison premiering on Tuesday, February 27, 2024 at 9pm Et/Pt. Part two, The Price of Oil, debuts on February 28th at 9pm Et/Pt, followed by La Frontera at 10pm Et/Pt.
HBO released the following descriptions of the documentary trilogy:
God Save Texas: Hometown Prison – Huntsville is the capital of the Texas prison colossus, with seven prisons in the area and one-quarter of the town’s adult population incarcerated. In his second documentary, five-time Oscar nominated filmmaker Richard Linklater,...
Oscar nominee Richard Linklater directs God Save Texas: Hometown Prison premiering on Tuesday, February 27, 2024 at 9pm Et/Pt. Part two, The Price of Oil, debuts on February 28th at 9pm Et/Pt, followed by La Frontera at 10pm Et/Pt.
HBO released the following descriptions of the documentary trilogy:
God Save Texas: Hometown Prison – Huntsville is the capital of the Texas prison colossus, with seven prisons in the area and one-quarter of the town’s adult population incarcerated. In his second documentary, five-time Oscar nominated filmmaker Richard Linklater,...
- 2/17/2024
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Inspired by God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Lawrence Wright’s examination of the contradictions and history of Texas, God Save Texas is an anthology series in which three Texan directors offer their own perspective on the state. The second of these, God Save Texas: The Price of Oil, is Corman’s World director Alex Stapleton’s examination of the history of the country’s energy sector and its relationship to her own family history, who arrived as enslaved people in the 1830s. Below, God Save Texas: The Price of Oil editor Rosella Tursi discusses editing the […]
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- 1/25/2024
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Inspired by God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Lawrence Wright’s examination of the contradictions and history of Texas, God Save Texas is an anthology series in which three Texan directors offer their own perspective on the state. The second of these, God Save Texas: The Price of Oil, is Corman’s World director Alex Stapleton’s examination of the history of the country’s energy sector and its relationship to her own family history, who arrived as enslaved people in the 1830s. Below, God Save Texas: The Price of Oil editor Rosella Tursi discusses editing the […]
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The post “This is the Story of Environmental Racism”: Editor Rosella Tursi on God Save Texas: The Price of Oil first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 1/25/2024
- by Filmmaker Staff
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Anchored by Richard Linklater’s exceptional feature-length “Hometown Prison,” HBO’s God Save Texas may only be a three-part anthology docuseries, but in those three parts, it manages to be wide-ranging, timely and vitally important.
While the inspiration is Lawrence Wright’s book of the same title, and the focus is the Lone Star State, the template set by Linklater, Alex Stapleton and Iliana Sosa could be applied to personal/political hybrid storytelling delving into the fractured identities of all 50 states and the artists who call them home.
Or maybe we just need more seasons of God Save Texas — premiering at Sundance before coming to HBO on Feb. 27 and 28 — since Texas represents so much of what 21st century America is likely to look like moving forward. A red state with blue cities, in which the ideology and voting interests of each demographic are far more complicated than “Democrat” or “Republican,...
While the inspiration is Lawrence Wright’s book of the same title, and the focus is the Lone Star State, the template set by Linklater, Alex Stapleton and Iliana Sosa could be applied to personal/political hybrid storytelling delving into the fractured identities of all 50 states and the artists who call them home.
Or maybe we just need more seasons of God Save Texas — premiering at Sundance before coming to HBO on Feb. 27 and 28 — since Texas represents so much of what 21st century America is likely to look like moving forward. A red state with blue cities, in which the ideology and voting interests of each demographic are far more complicated than “Democrat” or “Republican,...
- 1/24/2024
- by Daniel Fienberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In an election year when civil rights are being threatened, authoritarianism is spreading around the globe and minorities are a popular political target, it’s no wonder that films exploring the U.S. criminal justice system are everywhere you look in the Sundance Film Festival lineup.
“There’s so much inequality and injustice in the justice system,” says “God Save Texas: Hometown Prison” director Richard Linklater. “There’s a lot to be outraged by and examined.” Variety spoke with him and other filmmakers such as Chiwetel Ejiofor, Debra Granik and Yance Ford about their Park City projects — when taken together, they paint a devastating and sometimes hopeful picture of contemporary policing, criminal trials, incarceration and rehabilitation.
Linklater’s “Prison,” inspired by Lawrence Wright’s book “God Save Texas,” is the first feature in a doc trilogy about his home state, debuting Jan. 23 in Park City and late February on HBO...
“There’s so much inequality and injustice in the justice system,” says “God Save Texas: Hometown Prison” director Richard Linklater. “There’s a lot to be outraged by and examined.” Variety spoke with him and other filmmakers such as Chiwetel Ejiofor, Debra Granik and Yance Ford about their Park City projects — when taken together, they paint a devastating and sometimes hopeful picture of contemporary policing, criminal trials, incarceration and rehabilitation.
Linklater’s “Prison,” inspired by Lawrence Wright’s book “God Save Texas,” is the first feature in a doc trilogy about his home state, debuting Jan. 23 in Park City and late February on HBO...
- 1/20/2024
- by Gregg Goldstein
- Variety Film + TV
Jimmy Fallon probably wakes up every day grateful that the SAG strike is over. How else could he fill The Tonight Show‘s air time with skits about insanely tight pants and convince Matthew McConaughey to be part of it?
In a remarkably silly sketch, McConaughey joined Fallon for a number titled “Tight Pants,” where the duo donned — you guessed it — tight white pants and sang about it. Also wearing wigs and striped blue shirts, the pair argued about whose tight pants were better. In the end, it was actually...
In a remarkably silly sketch, McConaughey joined Fallon for a number titled “Tight Pants,” where the duo donned — you guessed it — tight white pants and sang about it. Also wearing wigs and striped blue shirts, the pair argued about whose tight pants were better. In the end, it was actually...
- 1/12/2024
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Matthew McConaughey will always call Texas home. Rolling Stone has an exclusive first listen of the actor joining Gordon Wright for “Texas My Home,” a track written for Pulitzer Prize winner Lawrence Wright’s audiobook Mr. Texas.
“It’s one of a kind/And a state of mind,” McConaughey and Gordon sing. “It’s not just my home/It’s me.”
McConaughey — who was born in Uvalde, Texas, just outside of San Antonio — was once Mr. Texas writer Lawrence Wright’s neighbor. Mid-pandemic, Wright says he reached out to the...
“It’s one of a kind/And a state of mind,” McConaughey and Gordon sing. “It’s not just my home/It’s me.”
McConaughey — who was born in Uvalde, Texas, just outside of San Antonio — was once Mr. Texas writer Lawrence Wright’s neighbor. Mid-pandemic, Wright says he reached out to the...
- 9/19/2023
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Film Independent is currently in the middle of a Matching Campaign to raise support for the next 30 years of filmmaker support. All donations make before or on September 15 will be doubled—dollar-for-dollar up to $100,000. To kick off the campaign, we’re re-posting a few of our most popular blogs.
Among other consumer benefits, one major upside to the increasing niche-ification of popular culture has been the continuing emergence of esoteric micro-genres of film and TV. Twenty years ago, you might not necessarily think of “horror documentaries” as its own subgenre. Sure, there were documentaries that maybe fell a little more on the creepy/unsettling side, but it was rare that a nonfiction film would be tailored to appeal to a horror-first genre audience. Now, of course, things are different. In recent years, a robust tradition of terrifying nonfiction films have emerged, many as terrifying – or even more eerie – than their traditional narrative counterparts.
Among other consumer benefits, one major upside to the increasing niche-ification of popular culture has been the continuing emergence of esoteric micro-genres of film and TV. Twenty years ago, you might not necessarily think of “horror documentaries” as its own subgenre. Sure, there were documentaries that maybe fell a little more on the creepy/unsettling side, but it was rare that a nonfiction film would be tailored to appeal to a horror-first genre audience. Now, of course, things are different. In recent years, a robust tradition of terrifying nonfiction films have emerged, many as terrifying – or even more eerie – than their traditional narrative counterparts.
- 7/27/2023
- by Matt Warren
- Film Independent News & More
There are movie stars and then there is Tom Cruise. Forty years a star, enough classics to make listing even a few here pointless, and, now, someone who can stake a legitimate claim to saving Hollywood (or at least jolting some life into that lazy, bloated monstrosity). Last year’s Top Gun: Maverick, with its millions at the box office, helped rescue the movies and movie theaters from the brink of Covid-19 and streaming. This year’s Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, the seventh and ostensibly penultimate installment of the secret agent series,...
- 7/15/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Are there any sweeter words in the age of too much TV than “limited series?” It’s a category that guarantees minimal time commitment with maximum return — be it weekly watercooler gossip or a delicious binge. The limited series is the perfect hybrid between a movie and a longer-running TV series, with intricate stories, complex characters, and just the right amount of moving parts. The fact that a series will not return makes the narrative precious and the ending paramount, even if that means leaving things deliberately open-ended. This one-off nature makes them perfect for literary adaptations, epic events, and period pieces.
What doesn’t qualify? Those that started as limited series but then blew up enough to get a second season. We’ve also limited (ha!) ourselves to scripted for now, since Ken Burns will probably deserve his own ranking down the line, once he slows down and we...
What doesn’t qualify? Those that started as limited series but then blew up enough to get a second season. We’ve also limited (ha!) ourselves to scripted for now, since Ken Burns will probably deserve his own ranking down the line, once he slows down and we...
- 2/21/2023
- by Steve Greene and Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
Pop culture icon and all-around delightful human being Henry Winkler has signed on to yet another project with HBO. Just a few weeks after the Emmy-winning comedy "Barry" returned for its highly-anticipated fourth season, HBO has announced that Winkler has signed on to the limited series "King Rex," based on the 1980 Texas Monthly article, "Rex Cauble And The Cowboy Mafia," written by Lawrence Wright. If another Winkler-led project wasn't enough of an excitement, his son Max is set to direct the pilot.
This marks the first time Max and Henry Winkler will have worked together in the industry, and the father-son...
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This marks the first time Max and Henry Winkler will have worked together in the industry, and the father-son...
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- 5/7/2022
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Exclusive: Even as their hit Emmy-winning comedy Barry makes its long awaited return, HBO is looking to stay in business with its star Henry Winkler as sources tell Deadline that HBO is developing the new limited series King Rex with Henry Winkler attached to star and his son, Max, directing the pilot. It would mark the first time the father-son duo have worked together in the business and both Winklers are also exec producing. Joining them as exec producers are Malcolm Spellman and Nichelle Tramble Spellman who will exec produce through their The 51 banner along with Eli Dansky (the Spellman’s have a first look deal with HBO). Scott Brown and Megan Creydt of Texas Monthly (who also has first look deal with HBO) will also exec produce with Trey Selman writing the pilot and co-exec producing.
Based on the November 1980 Texas Monthly article, “Rex Cauble and the Cowboy Mafia,...
Based on the November 1980 Texas Monthly article, “Rex Cauble and the Cowboy Mafia,...
- 5/6/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
Jeff Daniels, star of Showtime’s upcoming drama American Rust, said his career in television would not have been as prolific if it weren’t for his late God of Carnage co-star James Gandolfini and HBO’s The Sopranos.
“Jim Gandolfini made it happen,” the Emmy-winning actor said about his transition from stage and film to TV. “The Sopranos changed television, as did HBO, Showtime, Netflix, Amazon, Hulu. All of a sudden you have all these other places to go.”
During Showtime’s TCA slot, where Daniels joined fellow American Rust co-stars and the creative team behind the drama, the actor said that premium networks and streamers allowed for more crossover between the mediums – also citing co-star Bill Camp who recently appeared in Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit.
“I don’t know if Bill or I would get the roles that we would get if it weren’t places like Showtime and others,...
“Jim Gandolfini made it happen,” the Emmy-winning actor said about his transition from stage and film to TV. “The Sopranos changed television, as did HBO, Showtime, Netflix, Amazon, Hulu. All of a sudden you have all these other places to go.”
During Showtime’s TCA slot, where Daniels joined fellow American Rust co-stars and the creative team behind the drama, the actor said that premium networks and streamers allowed for more crossover between the mediums – also citing co-star Bill Camp who recently appeared in Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit.
“I don’t know if Bill or I would get the roles that we would get if it weren’t places like Showtime and others,...
- 8/24/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
For years the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi walked a tightrope—balancing his access to powerful Saudi Royals while pushing for reform in the kingdom—until the tightrope became a noose.
Khashoggi’s murder in 2018 at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul—where a “kill team” allegedly dispatched by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman suffocated and then dismembered him—brought a gruesome end to a career of remarkable firsts. Among Kashoggi’s journalistic scoops had been reporting on his fellow Saudi Osama bin Laden, long before anyone in the West paid much attention to the radical Islamist.
“He was right there at the beginning when al-Qaeda was being formed, the first journalist to ever take a photograph of Bin Laden,” notes Rick Rowley, director of Kingdom of Silence, the Showtime documentary about Khashoggi. “He was right there in the halls of power in London and in Washington and in Riyadh after September 11th,...
Khashoggi’s murder in 2018 at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul—where a “kill team” allegedly dispatched by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman suffocated and then dismembered him—brought a gruesome end to a career of remarkable firsts. Among Kashoggi’s journalistic scoops had been reporting on his fellow Saudi Osama bin Laden, long before anyone in the West paid much attention to the radical Islamist.
“He was right there at the beginning when al-Qaeda was being formed, the first journalist to ever take a photograph of Bin Laden,” notes Rick Rowley, director of Kingdom of Silence, the Showtime documentary about Khashoggi. “He was right there in the halls of power in London and in Washington and in Riyadh after September 11th,...
- 12/24/2020
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
The Washington Post said it will offer a free screening of the Jamal Khashoggi documentary Kingdom of Silence for its subscribers beginning Thursday, the day before the film’s Friday premiere on Showtime.
Friday, October 2 marks the two-year anniversary of the murder of Khashoggi, the dissident Saudi Arabia-born WaPo journalist who had been openly critical of Saudi Arabia’s government and its Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. Saudi Arabia and bin Salman denied involvement, but a CIA investigation eventually concluded that the Crown Prince had ordered the murder, which took place at the Saudi consulate in Turkey.
The doc, directed by Documenting Hate filmmaker Rick Rowley and executive produced by Alex Gibney in collaboration with Lawrence Wright, explores the history between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia as a backdrop to Khashoggi’s death.
For Thursday’s early screening, WaPo subscribers must register early via the newspaper’s website.
Kingdom of Silence...
Friday, October 2 marks the two-year anniversary of the murder of Khashoggi, the dissident Saudi Arabia-born WaPo journalist who had been openly critical of Saudi Arabia’s government and its Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman. Saudi Arabia and bin Salman denied involvement, but a CIA investigation eventually concluded that the Crown Prince had ordered the murder, which took place at the Saudi consulate in Turkey.
The doc, directed by Documenting Hate filmmaker Rick Rowley and executive produced by Alex Gibney in collaboration with Lawrence Wright, explores the history between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia as a backdrop to Khashoggi’s death.
For Thursday’s early screening, WaPo subscribers must register early via the newspaper’s website.
Kingdom of Silence...
- 9/30/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Showtime’s documentary Kingdom of Silence examines the relationship between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia as a backdrop to the assassination of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The film premieres on October 2, the two-year anniversary of Khashoggi’s death.
Kingdom of Silence examines U.S.-Saudi Arabia history in the decades leading up to today’s troubling interactions between the Trump administration and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The film shines a new light on Khashoggi’s remarkable journey – from the battlefields of Afghanistan to the halls of power in Riyadh and Washington, from the Arab Spring to the rise of Saudi Arabia’s new Crown Prince.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and EP Lawrence Wright expounded on how the film will carry on Khashoggi’s legacy and confronts the dour reality of obtaining justice.
“The killing of Jamal was an attempt to crush [hope]. By bringing his voice back, it...
Kingdom of Silence examines U.S.-Saudi Arabia history in the decades leading up to today’s troubling interactions between the Trump administration and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The film shines a new light on Khashoggi’s remarkable journey – from the battlefields of Afghanistan to the halls of power in Riyadh and Washington, from the Arab Spring to the rise of Saudi Arabia’s new Crown Prince.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and EP Lawrence Wright expounded on how the film will carry on Khashoggi’s legacy and confronts the dour reality of obtaining justice.
“The killing of Jamal was an attempt to crush [hope]. By bringing his voice back, it...
- 9/10/2020
- by Brandon Choe
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, YouTube TV added the NFL Network to its roster of content, and Showtime shared a premiere date and trailer for its new documentary, “Kingdom of Silence.”
First Looks
DreamWorks has shared an exclusive first look into the animated “Spirit Riding Free: Riding Academy Part 2” with Variety, introducing a new character named Eleanor (Cassidy Huff). Eleanor is a young rider who uses a wheelchair to get around, with the clip showing her and her horse, Beans, racing to a close finish against Lucky and her horse, Spirit. On disability representation in television, Huff said, “I have always said that my ultimate mission in my career is to be what I didn’t have growing up. I want someone to look at me performing in whatever capacity and think to themselves: ‘Well, if she can do it, I can do it too!’ If I can genuinely inspire or motivate one person,...
First Looks
DreamWorks has shared an exclusive first look into the animated “Spirit Riding Free: Riding Academy Part 2” with Variety, introducing a new character named Eleanor (Cassidy Huff). Eleanor is a young rider who uses a wheelchair to get around, with the clip showing her and her horse, Beans, racing to a close finish against Lucky and her horse, Spirit. On disability representation in television, Huff said, “I have always said that my ultimate mission in my career is to be what I didn’t have growing up. I want someone to look at me performing in whatever capacity and think to themselves: ‘Well, if she can do it, I can do it too!’ If I can genuinely inspire or motivate one person,...
- 9/3/2020
- by Eli Countryman
- Variety Film + TV
Showtime will premiere its original documentary Kingdom of Silence about the 2018 murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi on October 2 – the two-year anniversary of Khashoggi’s death.
Directed by Emmy-winning Documenting Hate filmmaker Rick Rowley and exec-produced by Alex Gibney in collaboration with Lawrence Wright, Kingdom of Silence examines the relationship between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia as a backdrop to the murder of Khashoggi. Showtime made the premiere date announcement today, and released a trailer (watch it above).
“With the killing of Khashoggi as a launching point, Kingdom of Silence will explore the history between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia in the decades leading up to today’s troubling interactions between the Trump administration and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman,” according to Showtime. “In the process, the film shines new light on Khashoggi’s remarkable journey – from the battlefields of Afghanistan to the halls of power in Riyadh and Washington,...
Directed by Emmy-winning Documenting Hate filmmaker Rick Rowley and exec-produced by Alex Gibney in collaboration with Lawrence Wright, Kingdom of Silence examines the relationship between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia as a backdrop to the murder of Khashoggi. Showtime made the premiere date announcement today, and released a trailer (watch it above).
“With the killing of Khashoggi as a launching point, Kingdom of Silence will explore the history between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia in the decades leading up to today’s troubling interactions between the Trump administration and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman,” according to Showtime. “In the process, the film shines new light on Khashoggi’s remarkable journey – from the battlefields of Afghanistan to the halls of power in Riyadh and Washington,...
- 9/3/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
A day after Bryan Fogel’s documentary “The Dissident” about the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi found a buyer and released a trailer, Showtime has released a trailer for its own Khashoggi documentary, “Kingdom of Silence.”
Showtime has also set a release date for “Kingdom of Silence” on October 2, the second anniversary of Khashoggi’s death.
“Kingdom of Silence” is directed by “Dirty Wars” and “16 Shots” director Rick Rowley and is executive produced by Alex Gibney and author Lawrence Wright, and while it too examines the details surrounding Khashoggi’s death at the hands of the Saudi Arabia regime, this film focuses more on the complicated relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United States.
The film explores the decades of diplomacy and politicking that led up to President Trump’s interactions with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammaed bin Salman. In the process it shines a light on Khasoggi...
Showtime has also set a release date for “Kingdom of Silence” on October 2, the second anniversary of Khashoggi’s death.
“Kingdom of Silence” is directed by “Dirty Wars” and “16 Shots” director Rick Rowley and is executive produced by Alex Gibney and author Lawrence Wright, and while it too examines the details surrounding Khashoggi’s death at the hands of the Saudi Arabia regime, this film focuses more on the complicated relationship between Saudi Arabia and the United States.
The film explores the decades of diplomacy and politicking that led up to President Trump’s interactions with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammaed bin Salman. In the process it shines a light on Khasoggi...
- 9/3/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Entertainment One has officially appointed former HBO president of programming Michael Lombardo as President, Global Television.
Lombardo, who was initially brought in as consultant, will oversee the studio’s development and production across scripted and unscripted programming on a global basis. Following its acquisition by Hasbro last year, eOne serves as the entertainment arm of the company and is charged with creating content from Hasbro’s library of over 1,500 properties including popular brands such as Dungeons & Dragons, Power Rangers and Transformers. Lombardo will oversee the television adaptation of Hasbro brands, shepherd eOne’s existing development and production slate, and create a new slate of premium content for global audiences.
“We couldn’t be more thrilled to welcome Michael to the eOne team,” said Steve Bertram, eOne’s President of Film & Television. “His incredibly impressive history of success during his long tenure at HBO resulted in some of the most ground-breaking,...
Lombardo, who was initially brought in as consultant, will oversee the studio’s development and production across scripted and unscripted programming on a global basis. Following its acquisition by Hasbro last year, eOne serves as the entertainment arm of the company and is charged with creating content from Hasbro’s library of over 1,500 properties including popular brands such as Dungeons & Dragons, Power Rangers and Transformers. Lombardo will oversee the television adaptation of Hasbro brands, shepherd eOne’s existing development and production slate, and create a new slate of premium content for global audiences.
“We couldn’t be more thrilled to welcome Michael to the eOne team,” said Steve Bertram, eOne’s President of Film & Television. “His incredibly impressive history of success during his long tenure at HBO resulted in some of the most ground-breaking,...
- 6/10/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Lawrence Wright’s pandemic novel The End of October is published today by Knopf, and Scott Free is tactfully in the slow process of setting up a movie or limited series that Ridley Scott will eye as a potential directing project with his Scott Free producing. After all, it was Scott’s suggestion to Wright about six years ago that unlocked the idea, after Scott read Cormac McCarthy’s The Road and asked Wright if the societal breakdown in an apocalyptic event could actually happen. Luckily, the breakdown depicted in Wright’s novel is much worse, as is the fast-spreading virus.
The timing is coincidental, but the Wright book coming to the market as a film or limited TV series hasn’t contained this level of ripped-from-the-headlines element since The China Syndrome got released and then two weeks later came the meltdown of the second reactor at the Three...
The timing is coincidental, but the Wright book coming to the market as a film or limited TV series hasn’t contained this level of ripped-from-the-headlines element since The China Syndrome got released and then two weeks later came the meltdown of the second reactor at the Three...
- 4/28/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Ten years ago, Lawrence Wright was sitting at his desk thinking about the end of the world. The Looming Tower, his book about the rise of Al Qaeda and the events that led to 9/11, had won a Pulitzer, making him the go-to guy for penning tales about catastrophes of epic proportions. So it was no surprise when director Ridley Scott called him up one day to talk about The Road, Cormac McCarthy’s apocalyptic literary masterpiece. “Ridley’s question was, ‘Well, what the fuck happened?’ ” Wright, 72, tells me over the...
- 4/27/2020
- by Alex Morris
- Rollingstone.com
Showtime has set its latest documentary slate with projects from the likes of Jesus Camp directors Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing, A Private War director Matthew Heineman, Homeland’s Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon, Generation Wealth director Lauren Greenfield and Dirty War director Rick Rowley.
The 2020 slate was revealed by Gary Levine, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks at the Winter TCA press tour.
Grady and Ewing are making their first foray into episodic television with Love Fraud, which will launch at the Sundance Film Festival, the first time a TV series will run on day one of the festival. The project follows the search for one man, Richard Scott Smith, who over the past 20 years used the internet and his dubious charms to prey upon unsuspecting women in search of love – conning them out of their money and dignity. It will launch on May 8 and is directed and exec produced...
The 2020 slate was revealed by Gary Levine, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks at the Winter TCA press tour.
Grady and Ewing are making their first foray into episodic television with Love Fraud, which will launch at the Sundance Film Festival, the first time a TV series will run on day one of the festival. The project follows the search for one man, Richard Scott Smith, who over the past 20 years used the internet and his dubious charms to prey upon unsuspecting women in search of love – conning them out of their money and dignity. It will launch on May 8 and is directed and exec produced...
- 1/13/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Showtime’s upcoming Documentary Films slate includes “Kingdom of Silence,” “The Kingmaker,” “The Longest War” and “Love Fraud,” “The Trade” the premium cabler announced Monday.
“The Kingmaker,” which comes from Lauren Greenfield, explores the disturbing legacy of the Marcos regime in the Philippines, and chronicles Imelda’s present-day push to help her son, Bongbong, win the vice presidency. It had a theatrical run last year, which culminated in a WGA Award for documentary screenplay. It will premiere Feb. 28 at 9 p.m. on Showtime. “The Kingmaker” is produced by Frank Evers and Greenfield of Evergreen Pictures. Julie Parker Benello, Dan Cogan, R.J. Cutler, Geralyn Dreyfous, Bill Haney, Lilly Hartley, Patricia Lambrecht, Nion McEvoy, Patty Quillin, Regina K. Scully and Jamie Wolf also serve as executive producers.
“The Trade” Season 2 is directed by Matthew Heineman and is an Ida winner itself. This season, the four-part series follows some Central Americans on an odyssey to the United States,...
“The Kingmaker,” which comes from Lauren Greenfield, explores the disturbing legacy of the Marcos regime in the Philippines, and chronicles Imelda’s present-day push to help her son, Bongbong, win the vice presidency. It had a theatrical run last year, which culminated in a WGA Award for documentary screenplay. It will premiere Feb. 28 at 9 p.m. on Showtime. “The Kingmaker” is produced by Frank Evers and Greenfield of Evergreen Pictures. Julie Parker Benello, Dan Cogan, R.J. Cutler, Geralyn Dreyfous, Bill Haney, Lilly Hartley, Patricia Lambrecht, Nion McEvoy, Patty Quillin, Regina K. Scully and Jamie Wolf also serve as executive producers.
“The Trade” Season 2 is directed by Matthew Heineman and is an Ida winner itself. This season, the four-part series follows some Central Americans on an odyssey to the United States,...
- 1/13/2020
- by Danielle Turchiano
- Variety Film + TV
“Leave No Trace” has won the USC Libraries Scripter Award for best movie adaptation and “A Very English Scandal” took the television award.
“Leave No Trace,” was adapted by Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini, based on the 2009 novel “My Abandonment” by Peter Rock. “A Very English Scandal” was adapted by Russell T. Davies from John Preston’s book.
Granik also directed “Leave No Trace,” which stars Ben Foster as an Iraq War veteran suffering from Ptsd and Thomasin McKenzie as his 13-year-old daughter living in isolation in a public park in Portland, Ore., and then in the trackless woods.
The winners were announced Saturday night at USC’s Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library. “Leave No Trace” topped “Black Panther,” “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” “The Death of Stalin,” and “If Beale Street Could Talk.
“A Very English Scandal,” which centers on the Jeremy Thorpe scandal of the mid 1970s,...
“Leave No Trace,” was adapted by Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini, based on the 2009 novel “My Abandonment” by Peter Rock. “A Very English Scandal” was adapted by Russell T. Davies from John Preston’s book.
Granik also directed “Leave No Trace,” which stars Ben Foster as an Iraq War veteran suffering from Ptsd and Thomasin McKenzie as his 13-year-old daughter living in isolation in a public park in Portland, Ore., and then in the trackless woods.
The winners were announced Saturday night at USC’s Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library. “Leave No Trace” topped “Black Panther,” “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” “The Death of Stalin,” and “If Beale Street Could Talk.
“A Very English Scandal,” which centers on the Jeremy Thorpe scandal of the mid 1970s,...
- 2/10/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
The USC Libraries has revealed the finalists for the 31st-annual USC Libraries Scripter Award, which honors the year’s best film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based. This group of academics, industry professionals and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race.
Last year’s Scripter winners were “Call Me by Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory (who won the Oscar), and author André Aciman; past winners include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short” and “The Imitation Game,” which all won Oscars. In fact the past eight Scripter Award winners have gone on to win Oscars.
The finalist writers for film adaptation (listed in alphabetical order by film title):
Screenwriters Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole for “Black Panther,” based on the character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Screenwriters Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty and author Lee Israel...
Last year’s Scripter winners were “Call Me by Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory (who won the Oscar), and author André Aciman; past winners include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short” and “The Imitation Game,” which all won Oscars. In fact the past eight Scripter Award winners have gone on to win Oscars.
The finalist writers for film adaptation (listed in alphabetical order by film title):
Screenwriters Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole for “Black Panther,” based on the character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Screenwriters Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty and author Lee Israel...
- 1/15/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The USC Libraries has revealed the finalists for the 31st-annual USC Libraries Scripter Award, which honors the year’s best film and television adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based. This group of academics, industry professionals and critics (for which I vote) is often predictive of the Adapted Screenplay Oscar race.
Last year’s Scripter winners were “Call Me by Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory (who won the Oscar), and author André Aciman; past winners include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short” and “The Imitation Game,” which all won Oscars. In fact the past eight Scripter Award winners have gone on to win Oscars.
The finalist writers for film adaptation (listed in alphabetical order by film title):
Screenwriters Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole for “Black Panther,” based on the character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Screenwriters Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty and author Lee Israel...
Last year’s Scripter winners were “Call Me by Your Name” screenwriter James Ivory (who won the Oscar), and author André Aciman; past winners include “Moonlight,” “The Big Short” and “The Imitation Game,” which all won Oscars. In fact the past eight Scripter Award winners have gone on to win Oscars.
The finalist writers for film adaptation (listed in alphabetical order by film title):
Screenwriters Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole for “Black Panther,” based on the character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Screenwriters Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty and author Lee Israel...
- 1/15/2019
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The USC Libraries has unveiled the finalists for the 31st annual Scripter Awards, which honor the year’s best adapted screenplays in film and television along with the works on which they are based. Winners will be announced at a ceremony February 9 at USC’s Doheny Library
This year, a tie in the TV voting resulted in six nominees. Overall, the 2019 Scripter selection committee chose finalists from a field of 90 film and 55 television adaptations.
Last year, the group chose James Ivory’s Call Me By Your Name based on André Aciman original novel on the film side, and Bruce Miller for adapting Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale in TV. The latter duo is nominated again this year.
Here’s the full list of this year’s noms:
Film
Black Panther
Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole, based on the character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Disney...
This year, a tie in the TV voting resulted in six nominees. Overall, the 2019 Scripter selection committee chose finalists from a field of 90 film and 55 television adaptations.
Last year, the group chose James Ivory’s Call Me By Your Name based on André Aciman original novel on the film side, and Bruce Miller for adapting Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale in TV. The latter duo is nominated again this year.
Here’s the full list of this year’s noms:
Film
Black Panther
Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole, based on the character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Disney...
- 1/15/2019
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
“Black Panther,” “Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” “The Death of Stalin,” “If Beale Street Could Talk,” and “Leave No Trace” have received nominations for the USC Libraries Scripter Award for best movie adaptation.
Due to a tie, six noms were announced on Tuesday in the television category for episodes of “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “The Looming Tower,” “Patrick Melrose,” “Sharp Objects,” and “A Very English Scandal.”
The Scripter Awards, now in their 31st year, honor the year’s best film and television adaptations, along with the works on which they are based. The USC Libraries will announce the winners on Feb. 9 at the Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library.
The scripts for “Black Panther,” “If Beale Street Could Talk” and “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” received nominations on Jan. 7 for the Writers Guild of America’s adapted screenplay award, along with “A Star Is Born” and “BlacKkKlansman.
Due to a tie, six noms were announced on Tuesday in the television category for episodes of “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story,” “The Handmaid’s Tale,” “The Looming Tower,” “Patrick Melrose,” “Sharp Objects,” and “A Very English Scandal.”
The Scripter Awards, now in their 31st year, honor the year’s best film and television adaptations, along with the works on which they are based. The USC Libraries will announce the winners on Feb. 9 at the Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library.
The scripts for “Black Panther,” “If Beale Street Could Talk” and “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” received nominations on Jan. 7 for the Writers Guild of America’s adapted screenplay award, along with “A Star Is Born” and “BlacKkKlansman.
- 1/15/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Thirty one years after his death, esteemed author James Baldwin has been nominated for his first Hollywood award. Baldwin is now a nominee for the 31st Annual USC Libraries Scripter Award, an honor that recognizes both the author of an original work and the writer of its film or television adaptation.
“If Beale Street Could Talk” is one of five films nominated for this year’s Scripter Award, along with “Black Panther,” “Leave No Trace,” “The Death of Stalin” and “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
In addition to Baldwin and Jenkins for “Beale Street,” the nominated writers are screenwriters Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole and original character creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for “Black Panther”; screenwriters Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty and author Lee Israel for “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”; screenwriters Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin and David Schneider and graphic novelists Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin for...
“If Beale Street Could Talk” is one of five films nominated for this year’s Scripter Award, along with “Black Panther,” “Leave No Trace,” “The Death of Stalin” and “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
In addition to Baldwin and Jenkins for “Beale Street,” the nominated writers are screenwriters Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole and original character creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby for “Black Panther”; screenwriters Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty and author Lee Israel for “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”; screenwriters Armando Iannucci, Ian Martin and David Schneider and graphic novelists Fabien Nury and Thierry Robin for...
- 1/15/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
A new documentary with the working title of House of Saud, helmed by filmmaker Alex Gibney and author Lawrence Wright will examine the United States’ tenuous relationship with Saudi Arabia. Showtime announced Monday that the film was in development but did not announce a projected premiere date.
The film will attempt to make sense of how the White House works with the Saudi royal family, beginning with the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the way the Trump administration seemed to walked on eggshells when it came to implicating Saudis.
The film will attempt to make sense of how the White House works with the Saudi royal family, beginning with the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the way the Trump administration seemed to walked on eggshells when it came to implicating Saudis.
- 1/7/2019
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
As the complicated dynamic between the Trump administration and Saudi Arabia continues to dominate the news, Alex Gibney and Lawrence Wright (The Looming Tower) have teamed to produce House of Saud (working title), a documentary feature that will explore the relationship between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, for Showtime Documentary Films.
Beginning with the October murder of Washington Post journalist and U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi, the feature will explore the history between the two nations in the decades leading up to today’s troubling interactions between the Trump administration and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Gibney will produce under his Jigsaw Productions banner in collaboration with Wright.
The film marks the third collaboration for Gibney and Wright, who previously teamed on Emmy-nominated series The Looming Tower and the three-time Emmy-winning documentary Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, based on...
Beginning with the October murder of Washington Post journalist and U.S. resident Jamal Khashoggi, the feature will explore the history between the two nations in the decades leading up to today’s troubling interactions between the Trump administration and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Gibney will produce under his Jigsaw Productions banner in collaboration with Wright.
The film marks the third collaboration for Gibney and Wright, who previously teamed on Emmy-nominated series The Looming Tower and the three-time Emmy-winning documentary Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, based on...
- 1/7/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Showtime and documentarian Alex Gibney are teaming up for a film about the complex relationship between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia.
The Oscar- and Emmy-winning Gibney will produce a feature-length documentary with the working title House of Saud. Using the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi as a starting point, the film will examine the shared history of the two nations leading up to the Trump administration's current relationship with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Gibney is producing via his Jigsaw Films banner in collaboration with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright. House of Saud will be their third project together, following ...
The Oscar- and Emmy-winning Gibney will produce a feature-length documentary with the working title House of Saud. Using the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi as a starting point, the film will examine the shared history of the two nations leading up to the Trump administration's current relationship with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Gibney is producing via his Jigsaw Films banner in collaboration with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright. House of Saud will be their third project together, following ...
“What the three of us had for literally a decade … was an unbelievable amount of joy and happiness,” said Robert Shafran, one of the subjects of the documentary “Three Identical Strangers,” “but there was also tragedy and there was also this whole sinister thing behind it.” He joined director Tim Wardle for a special Hanukkah dinner and Q&A at Sammy’s Roumanian Steakhouse in New York City to discuss the heartwarming, but also unsettling true story behind their film. Watch them above.
Shafran lived almost 20 years before discovering that he had a twin brother, Eddy Galland. And shortly after they were reunited they discovered a third identical brother, David Kellman. Their remarkable reunion made them media sensations during the 1980s, but an uncomfortable question lingered for each of their families: why were the three siblings secretly separated from each other as infants and placed with different adoptive families? If you...
Shafran lived almost 20 years before discovering that he had a twin brother, Eddy Galland. And shortly after they were reunited they discovered a third identical brother, David Kellman. Their remarkable reunion made them media sensations during the 1980s, but an uncomfortable question lingered for each of their families: why were the three siblings secretly separated from each other as infants and placed with different adoptive families? If you...
- 12/7/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
Winners to be announced on February 17 at concurrent ceremonies in Los Angeles, New York.
The Crown, Succession, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story and The Looming Tower are among television series nominated for the 2019 Writers Guild Awards.
The list of nominees announced by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) West and East branches also includes The Handmaid’s Tale, longform projects Castle Rock, Paterno, Maniac and Sharp Objects and individual episodes of Narcos: Mexico, The Affair and Ozark.
Select categories appear below. WGA Award winners will be announced on February 17 at concurrent ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York.
The Crown, Succession, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story and The Looming Tower are among television series nominated for the 2019 Writers Guild Awards.
The list of nominees announced by the Writers Guild of America (WGA) West and East branches also includes The Handmaid’s Tale, longform projects Castle Rock, Paterno, Maniac and Sharp Objects and individual episodes of Narcos: Mexico, The Affair and Ozark.
Select categories appear below. WGA Award winners will be announced on February 17 at concurrent ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York.
- 12/6/2018
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
The Writers Guild Awards honor outstanding writing in film, television, new media, videogames, news, radio, promotional, and graphic animation categories. Today the nominees for the 2019 Writers Guild Awards were revealed. Check out the list below.
Television, New Media, And News Nominees
Daytime Drama
Days of Our Lives, Head Writer: Ron Carlivati; Writers: Sheri Anderson, Lorraine Broderick, David Cherrill, Joanna Cohen, Lisa Connor, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, Rick Draughon, Cydney Kelley, David Kreizman, David A. Levinson, Rebecca McCarty, Ryan Quan, Dave Ryan, Katherine Schock, Elizabeth Snyder, Tyler Topits; NBC
General Hospital, Head Writers: Shelly Altman, Christopher Van Etten; Writers: Barbara Bloom, Anna Theresa Cascio, Suzanne Flynn, Charlotte Gibson, Lucky Gold, Kate Hall, Elizabeth Korte, Daniel James O'Connor, Donny Sheldon, Scott Sickles; ABC
Drama Series
The Americans, Written by Peter Ackerman, Hilary Bettis, Joshua Brand, Joel Fields, Sarah Nolen, Stephen Schiff, Justin Weinberger, Joe Weisberg, Tracey Scott Wilson; FX Networks
Better Call Saul,...
Television, New Media, And News Nominees
Daytime Drama
Days of Our Lives, Head Writer: Ron Carlivati; Writers: Sheri Anderson, Lorraine Broderick, David Cherrill, Joanna Cohen, Lisa Connor, Carolyn Culliton, Richard Culliton, Rick Draughon, Cydney Kelley, David Kreizman, David A. Levinson, Rebecca McCarty, Ryan Quan, Dave Ryan, Katherine Schock, Elizabeth Snyder, Tyler Topits; NBC
General Hospital, Head Writers: Shelly Altman, Christopher Van Etten; Writers: Barbara Bloom, Anna Theresa Cascio, Suzanne Flynn, Charlotte Gibson, Lucky Gold, Kate Hall, Elizabeth Korte, Daniel James O'Connor, Donny Sheldon, Scott Sickles; ABC
Drama Series
The Americans, Written by Peter Ackerman, Hilary Bettis, Joshua Brand, Joel Fields, Sarah Nolen, Stephen Schiff, Justin Weinberger, Joe Weisberg, Tracey Scott Wilson; FX Networks
Better Call Saul,...
- 12/6/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
The HBO comedy “Barry” is having a great day. First it reaped three Golden Globe nominations and then it earned another three bids at the Writers Guild of America Awards. At the WGA, it competes for Best Comedy Series writing as well as for an individual episode and for the catch-all Best New Series award.
For the comedy series award, “Barry” faces off against reigning Emmy champ “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” as well as “Atlanta,” “Glow” and “The Good Place.” “Barry” is the only comedy up for the new series award alongside the dramas “The Haunting of Hill House,” “Homecoming,” “Pose” and “Succession.”
Of those four, only “Succession” made it into Best Drama Series where it competes against the final season of “The Americans,” season 4 of “Better Call Saul” and the sophomore editions of “The Crown” and “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
The WGA Awards winners will be revealed on Feb.
For the comedy series award, “Barry” faces off against reigning Emmy champ “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” as well as “Atlanta,” “Glow” and “The Good Place.” “Barry” is the only comedy up for the new series award alongside the dramas “The Haunting of Hill House,” “Homecoming,” “Pose” and “Succession.”
Of those four, only “Succession” made it into Best Drama Series where it competes against the final season of “The Americans,” season 4 of “Better Call Saul” and the sophomore editions of “The Crown” and “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
The WGA Awards winners will be revealed on Feb.
- 12/6/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
The WGA on Thursday unveiled its nominations for in TV, new media, news, radio/audio and promotional writing for 2018, with writers for Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale and NBC’s Saturday Night Live among last year’s winners to make the cut.
Last year, Handmaid’s Tale won the Drama Series category and the New Series category. HBO’s Succession has that same chance this year in drama, nominated in both categories. Another HBO series, its Bill Hader comedy Barry, was triple-nommed today including in the episodic race.
SNL returns to the Comedy/Variety sketch series category it won last season, this time facing the likes of the final season for IFC’s Portlandia and Sarah Silverman’s Hulu docuseries I Love You, America. Another returning champ, Comedy/Variety Talk Series’ Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, also landed a nom.
Like the Golden Globes earlier today the marquee...
Last year, Handmaid’s Tale won the Drama Series category and the New Series category. HBO’s Succession has that same chance this year in drama, nominated in both categories. Another HBO series, its Bill Hader comedy Barry, was triple-nommed today including in the episodic race.
SNL returns to the Comedy/Variety sketch series category it won last season, this time facing the likes of the final season for IFC’s Portlandia and Sarah Silverman’s Hulu docuseries I Love You, America. Another returning champ, Comedy/Variety Talk Series’ Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, also landed a nom.
Like the Golden Globes earlier today the marquee...
- 12/6/2018
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney (No Stone Unturned), who took producing reins on Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes, told a panel at the New Yorker Festival Sunday that while the late founder of Fox News — whose career was derailed by sexual harassment claims in July 2016 — is gone, his influence remains deeply ingrained in the network he created, and in society.
“The creation of the mighty house [of Fox News] was impressive and terrifying,” Gibney told the crowd following a screening of the film that hits theaters Dec. 7. “His evil genius was that he came to Fox News with an entertainment perspective…and an insight into the American character. The ministry of propaganda was privatized as Fox News. Once you get people hooked on rage,” Gibney added, “you can sell it over and over again.”
The film, directed by Emmy nominee Alexis Bloom (Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds...
“The creation of the mighty house [of Fox News] was impressive and terrifying,” Gibney told the crowd following a screening of the film that hits theaters Dec. 7. “His evil genius was that he came to Fox News with an entertainment perspective…and an insight into the American character. The ministry of propaganda was privatized as Fox News. Once you get people hooked on rage,” Gibney added, “you can sell it over and over again.”
The film, directed by Emmy nominee Alexis Bloom (Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds...
- 10/8/2018
- by Robert Edelstein
- Deadline Film + TV
The streaming revolution took another step forward on Monday night at the Primetime Emmys, with Amazon — powered by the success of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” — and Netflix highlighting Hollywood’s increasing dependence on new media.
In total, the big three streaming services — Amazon, Hulu, and Netflix — took home nearly half of the night’s awards, grabbing 12 of the 26 trophies handed out. That tripled last year’s total of four wins for the three companies. (It’s worth mentioning there were nine more trophies handed out at this year’s broadcast.)
“Mrs. Maisel” was the star of the show — much like “The Handmaid’s Tale” was last year for Hulu — netting five Emmys for Amazon, including for Outstanding Comedy Series. Rachel Brosnahan, playing aspiring late-1950s stand-up comic Midge Maisel, won for lead actress in a comedy, while Alex Bornstein won for her supporting role as Maisel’s brash manager. “The Looming Tower,...
In total, the big three streaming services — Amazon, Hulu, and Netflix — took home nearly half of the night’s awards, grabbing 12 of the 26 trophies handed out. That tripled last year’s total of four wins for the three companies. (It’s worth mentioning there were nine more trophies handed out at this year’s broadcast.)
“Mrs. Maisel” was the star of the show — much like “The Handmaid’s Tale” was last year for Hulu — netting five Emmys for Amazon, including for Outstanding Comedy Series. Rachel Brosnahan, playing aspiring late-1950s stand-up comic Midge Maisel, won for lead actress in a comedy, while Alex Bornstein won for her supporting role as Maisel’s brash manager. “The Looming Tower,...
- 9/18/2018
- by Sean Burch
- The Wrap
Can Susan Sarandon, Matt Bomer, and Edie Falco do what the U.S. Government cannot? Ok, that answer seems obvious, given the trio’s long-running history of humanitarian acts, but the real question posed in “Viper Club” is whether or not their characters can rescue a kidnapped reporter after American officials say there’s nothing to be done.
Iranian-American filmmaker Maryam Keshavarz’s upcoming drama is set to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, co-written by Keshavarz and Jonathan Mastro, and co-starring Lola Kirke, Julian Morris, Sheila Vand, and Adepero Oduye.
In “Viper Club, Helen (Sarandon) is an E.R. nurse whose son is kidnapped while reporting overseas. Given no assistance by her government — or reason to believe in them — the single mother embarks on a personal crusade to save him. Soon, she learns of an informal network of international journalists, Middle Eastern operatves, and well-meaning members of the 1 percent...
Iranian-American filmmaker Maryam Keshavarz’s upcoming drama is set to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, co-written by Keshavarz and Jonathan Mastro, and co-starring Lola Kirke, Julian Morris, Sheila Vand, and Adepero Oduye.
In “Viper Club, Helen (Sarandon) is an E.R. nurse whose son is kidnapped while reporting overseas. Given no assistance by her government — or reason to believe in them — the single mother embarks on a personal crusade to save him. Soon, she learns of an informal network of international journalists, Middle Eastern operatves, and well-meaning members of the 1 percent...
- 9/10/2018
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Editor’s note: This story originally ran on May 14. With one Emmy and five nominations to date, Jeff Daniels will compete this year in both Lead and Supporting Categories with roles in two acclaimed series, Hulu’s The Looming Tower and Netflix original Western Godless.
Jeff Daniels could be taking it easy. The Emmy Award-winning, and Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and Tony Award-nominated actor could be still coasting on the success of his turn as the lead of Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom, which came to an end in 2014, and which felt like the gilded cherry atop a career cake that has encompassed everything from The Purple Rose of Cairo to Dumb and Dumber, The Hours, Good Night, and Good Luck and The Squid and the Whale.
But this year has been amongst Daniels’ most productive, starting with a barnstorming performance as the villainous outlaw Frank Griffin, the antagonist...
Jeff Daniels could be taking it easy. The Emmy Award-winning, and Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and Tony Award-nominated actor could be still coasting on the success of his turn as the lead of Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom, which came to an end in 2014, and which felt like the gilded cherry atop a career cake that has encompassed everything from The Purple Rose of Cairo to Dumb and Dumber, The Hours, Good Night, and Good Luck and The Squid and the Whale.
But this year has been amongst Daniels’ most productive, starting with a barnstorming performance as the villainous outlaw Frank Griffin, the antagonist...
- 8/21/2018
- by Joe Utichi
- Deadline Film + TV
“Throughout the whole series, we felt the pressure to honor the people who lost their lives and their family members,” reveals “The Looming Tower” director Craig Zisk. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning nonfiction book by Lawrence Wright, the limited series explores how internal conflicts between the FBI and CIA unwittingly set the stage for the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Now Zisk is an Emmy nominee for helming the harrowing finale, “9/11.” Watch our exclusive video interview with him above.
See Jeff Daniels (‘The Looming Tower’) wonders, did we learn anything from 9/11, ‘or are we more divided than ever?’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
In revisiting the al-Qaeda attack on the World Trade Center, Zisk and the rest of the show’s creative team “wanted to make sure that, in each scene, we weren’t doing anything that could possibly offend” the victims and survivors, while still “trying to get at the truth.” That was an emotional task for all involved.
See Jeff Daniels (‘The Looming Tower’) wonders, did we learn anything from 9/11, ‘or are we more divided than ever?’ [Exclusive Video Interview]
In revisiting the al-Qaeda attack on the World Trade Center, Zisk and the rest of the show’s creative team “wanted to make sure that, in each scene, we weren’t doing anything that could possibly offend” the victims and survivors, while still “trying to get at the truth.” That was an emotional task for all involved.
- 8/14/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
In 1980, Robert Shafran drove from Westchester County to the Catskills. It was his first day of college – a community college, he modestly notes, but still, he was going. As he walked through the campus, the 19-year-old noticed how friendly everyone was ... excessively so, in some cases. Then people started calling him "Eddy" and welcoming him back, despite the fact he'd never attended a day of classes here before. Another student tells Robert that he's a dead ringer for his friend, Eddy Galland. Soon, they're driving to Long Island to meet him.
- 6/28/2018
- Rollingstone.com
Peter Sarsgaard is one of those actors who is so accomplished that it’s a genuine surprise when you realize they haven’t earned an Oscar, Emmy or, in this case, a Tony Award nomination yet. That may change with his performance in Hulu’s critically acclaimed limited series (currently), “The Looming Tower.”
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Based on Lawrence Wright’s non-fiction novel, the 10-part program chronicled the events leading up to Sept.
Continue reading Peter Sarsgaard On The Possibilities Of ‘The Looming Tower’ Season Two at The Playlist.
Read More: 2018 Outstanding Mini-Series Contenders
Based on Lawrence Wright’s non-fiction novel, the 10-part program chronicled the events leading up to Sept.
Continue reading Peter Sarsgaard On The Possibilities Of ‘The Looming Tower’ Season Two at The Playlist.
- 6/21/2018
- by Gregory Ellwood
- The Playlist
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