Exclusive: Jordan Peele‘ s Monkeypaw Productions is getting back on the documentary horse and is using his movie Nope as inspiration.
The Get Out filmmaker is producing a documentary series that dismantles the whitewashed mythology of the cowboy for Peacock.
Produced through his Monkeypaw Productions label, Peele is producing the untitled series with Universal Television Alternative Studio as part of his overall deal with Universal Studio Group.
The series is inspired by themes from his movie Nope, which starred Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer as horse-wrangling siblings attempting to capture evidence of a UFO in Agua Dulce, California.
The docuseries will rewrite a foundational piece of American history, unmasking the forces that erased the identity of the Black cowboy from frontier history and present.
Keith McQuirter, who directed MGM+’s By Whatever Means Necessary: The Godfather of Harlem, will serve as showrunner, director and exec producer.
Peele will exec produce...
The Get Out filmmaker is producing a documentary series that dismantles the whitewashed mythology of the cowboy for Peacock.
Produced through his Monkeypaw Productions label, Peele is producing the untitled series with Universal Television Alternative Studio as part of his overall deal with Universal Studio Group.
The series is inspired by themes from his movie Nope, which starred Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer as horse-wrangling siblings attempting to capture evidence of a UFO in Agua Dulce, California.
The docuseries will rewrite a foundational piece of American history, unmasking the forces that erased the identity of the Black cowboy from frontier history and present.
Keith McQuirter, who directed MGM+’s By Whatever Means Necessary: The Godfather of Harlem, will serve as showrunner, director and exec producer.
Peele will exec produce...
- 5/2/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
John Wayne Bobbitt, known for the horrific incident in 1993 when his wife severed his genitals, has recently undergone a medical procedure to amputate his toes, more than three decades after the traumatic event.
At the age of 57, Bobbitt shared that the amputation was necessary due to toxic peripheral polyneuropathy. This condition is a result of his time as a Marine stationed at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina in the 1980s when the base’s water supply was severely contaminated. The contaminated water has since been linked to various illnesses, such as cancer.
According to the Mayo Clinic, toxic peripheral polyneuropathy often manifests as weakness, numbness, and pain and primarily affects the hands and feet. It can also impact other bodily functions, such as digestion and urination.
Bobbitt expressed his belief that the government concealed the contamination for four decades. “They knew,” he told The Sun. “They were testing the water...
At the age of 57, Bobbitt shared that the amputation was necessary due to toxic peripheral polyneuropathy. This condition is a result of his time as a Marine stationed at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina in the 1980s when the base’s water supply was severely contaminated. The contaminated water has since been linked to various illnesses, such as cancer.
According to the Mayo Clinic, toxic peripheral polyneuropathy often manifests as weakness, numbness, and pain and primarily affects the hands and feet. It can also impact other bodily functions, such as digestion and urination.
Bobbitt expressed his belief that the government concealed the contamination for four decades. “They knew,” he told The Sun. “They were testing the water...
- 4/21/2024
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
John Wayne Bobbitt, who made headlines in 1993 when his then-wife Lorena Bobbitt sliced off his penis, has now had all his toes amputated. The former Marine opened up about the amputations in an interview with The Sun, where he revealed he was diagnosed with toxic peripheral polyneuropathy after being exposed to contaminated water at the Camp Lejeune military training facility in the late 1980s. According to the Foundation For Pn, the condition can result in pain, tingling, and numbness in the feet, as well as weakness and difficulty walking. In some cases, it can also cause gastrointestinal symptoms, central nervous system involvement, optic neuropathy, muscle lesions, or other systemic involvement. As a result, Bobbitt underwent several operations to remove his toes. He told The Sun that he had his remaining toes amputated in 2023. He now wears prosthetic shoes, walks with a limp, and has no sensations in his feet due to the nerve damage.
- 4/15/2024
- TV Insider
Steven Spielberg kissed his wife and embraced his mother before his left hand floated to his temple in disbelief. Then he grew visibly emotional as he made his way to the stage of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. The 46-year-old Spielberg had just won his first Oscar — as best director for “Schindler’s List,” an unflinching look at the Holocaust and its horrors. “This is a big surprise,” presenter Clint Eastwood said somewhat sarcastically.
As Eastwood’s joke suggests, Spielberg’s victory at the 1994 Academy Awards was preordained — an unavoidable coronation after he had dominated popular culture so completely over the past year. Not only had he subverted his image as a boy genius, spinning escapist fantasies out of celluloid, by tackling a project as grown up as “Schindler’s List,” but he had also reestablished himself as the most successful director in Hollywood with another 1993 release, “Jurassic Park.” The adventure film, essentially “Jaws” with dinosaurs,...
As Eastwood’s joke suggests, Spielberg’s victory at the 1994 Academy Awards was preordained — an unavoidable coronation after he had dominated popular culture so completely over the past year. Not only had he subverted his image as a boy genius, spinning escapist fantasies out of celluloid, by tackling a project as grown up as “Schindler’s List,” but he had also reestablished himself as the most successful director in Hollywood with another 1993 release, “Jurassic Park.” The adventure film, essentially “Jaws” with dinosaurs,...
- 3/6/2024
- by Brent Lang
- Variety Film + TV
When you think of Ashlee Simpson, there’s probably only one image that comes to mind: her lip-syncing snafu on SNL, in which she went to perform her second song of the night, only for the playback to trigger her first song, “Pieces of Me”. She had been caught going full Milli Vanilli. And to get herself out of the situation, Simpson basically la-la’d her way off stage while doing a jig, leaving her band behind to “play”. Twenty years after the incident, Simpson is remembering the moment as a life lesson. But this may not be the case for others who also made some serious bonehead moves on SNL…
It’s extremely rare for musical guests on SNL to go through gaffes of Ashlee Simpson’s magnitude: musicians like Elvis Costello would instead raise intentional hell by playing whatever song he wanted, while Sinead O’Connor used her moment to send a message.
It’s extremely rare for musical guests on SNL to go through gaffes of Ashlee Simpson’s magnitude: musicians like Elvis Costello would instead raise intentional hell by playing whatever song he wanted, while Sinead O’Connor used her moment to send a message.
- 2/21/2024
- by Mathew Plale
- JoBlo.com
When Ryan White first met Pamela Anderson, she wanted to know all about his mother. “We spent a good 30 minutes talking about my mom,” says the Emmy-nominated director. It was the first thing that surprised him about the Nineties bombshell, who was for a not-so-brief moment in time the most famous person on the planet. Literally. The second surprise was her sense of humour, which, he says, is dark and slapstick. “I really think Pamela has a whole second career in romantic comedies.”
Her big heart and funny bone may not be what made Anderson world-famous, but they are what make the Netflix documentary Pamela, A Love Story so compelling. Made in collaboration with Anderson, White’s film unspools her life and career as we know it. On the surface, it is a two-hour tour through the big bullet points of both: Playboy, Baywatch, Tommy Lee, sex tape, that campaign...
Her big heart and funny bone may not be what made Anderson world-famous, but they are what make the Netflix documentary Pamela, A Love Story so compelling. Made in collaboration with Anderson, White’s film unspools her life and career as we know it. On the surface, it is a two-hour tour through the big bullet points of both: Playboy, Baywatch, Tommy Lee, sex tape, that campaign...
- 1/31/2023
- by Annabel Nugent
- The Independent - Film
Audiences have been spoiled by a semi-recent run of scripted and documentary projects offering thoughtful reevaluations of celebrities, mostly female, whose images were shaped and manipulated by a corrosive corner of media culture in the ’90s, ’00s and beyond.
From Britney Spears to Princess Diana to Marcia Clark to Britney Spears to Tonya Harding to Princess Diana to Britney Spears to Monica Lewinsky to Lorena Bobbitt to Britney Spears, we’ve seen time and again how filters of sensationalism and sexism can pollute a public image and leave a very real person trapped in a constructed and commodified ...
From Britney Spears to Princess Diana to Marcia Clark to Britney Spears to Tonya Harding to Princess Diana to Britney Spears to Monica Lewinsky to Lorena Bobbitt to Britney Spears, we’ve seen time and again how filters of sensationalism and sexism can pollute a public image and leave a very real person trapped in a constructed and commodified ...
- 10/13/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Audiences have been spoiled by a semi-recent run of scripted and documentary projects offering thoughtful reevaluations of celebrities, mostly female, whose images were shaped and manipulated by a corrosive corner of media culture in the ’90s, ’00s and beyond.
From Britney Spears to Princess Diana to Marcia Clark to Britney Spears to Tonya Harding to Princess Diana to Britney Spears to Monica Lewinsky to Lorena Bobbitt to Britney Spears, we’ve seen time and again how filters of sensationalism and sexism can pollute a public image and leave a very real person trapped in a constructed and commodified ...
From Britney Spears to Princess Diana to Marcia Clark to Britney Spears to Tonya Harding to Princess Diana to Britney Spears to Monica Lewinsky to Lorena Bobbitt to Britney Spears, we’ve seen time and again how filters of sensationalism and sexism can pollute a public image and leave a very real person trapped in a constructed and commodified ...
- 10/13/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In the wake of documentaries on Britney Spears, Lorena Bobbitt, and other victims of a crueler, “more misogynistic” press machine, the hook to these projects is a prodding at both individual and collective memory. They claim to be recontextualizations, revisions, and rehabilitations, while they are still fundamentally pieced together as amalgamations of fame and identity, with the involvement of the subject or not. There’s a thrill, I assume, in knowing where one was during or remembering the date of a particularly heinous invasion of privacy, an illusion of proximity to a person who has, regardless of their volition, become available to everyone on the planet.
Continue reading ‘Impeachment: American Crime Story’: Ryan Murphy’s Latest Sensationalized Scandal Doesn’t Leave A Lasting Impact [Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘Impeachment: American Crime Story’: Ryan Murphy’s Latest Sensationalized Scandal Doesn’t Leave A Lasting Impact [Review] at The Playlist.
- 9/3/2021
- by Kyle Turner
- The Playlist
As the 2021 Oscars prepare to go hostless for the third year in a row, Whoopi Goldberg shares what it takes to emcee the biggest night in movies.
The 1991 best supporting actress Oscar winner has also hosted the Academy Awards four times, making history as the first (and still only) Black woman to emcee the broadcast solo in 1994 and hosting again in 1996, 1999 and 2002.
“I had a great time,” Goldberg tells Variety of her experiences hosting the show. “The critics didn’t love me, but I never cared much what the critics thought as long as people had a good time.”
So, what is the key to successfully managing the gig?
“Whoever the host is has to love the movies, because they have to keep you engaged,” Goldberg explains. “They have to be talking to you as the show has a break, and talk about what’s happening or what’s coming next.
The 1991 best supporting actress Oscar winner has also hosted the Academy Awards four times, making history as the first (and still only) Black woman to emcee the broadcast solo in 1994 and hosting again in 1996, 1999 and 2002.
“I had a great time,” Goldberg tells Variety of her experiences hosting the show. “The critics didn’t love me, but I never cared much what the critics thought as long as people had a good time.”
So, what is the key to successfully managing the gig?
“Whoever the host is has to love the movies, because they have to keep you engaged,” Goldberg explains. “They have to be talking to you as the show has a break, and talk about what’s happening or what’s coming next.
- 4/22/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
Hulu’s Sasquatch is not really about bigfoot, although the mythical creature looms large in the three-part series.
The Joshua Rofé-directed project is, in fact, a murder mystery centered around a dangerous, weed-growing community in the Pacific Northwest.
Rofé told Deadline, which broke the news of the series in January, that after he finished Lorena, the Amazon docuseries about Lorena Bobbitt, the woman who famously cut off her husband’s penis, he was looking for a story that was hard to search for, which led him to Sasquatch. Naturally.
“I was feeling so relieved that we were getting so much amazing archival footage [on Lorena], which is a gamechanger when you’re making a doc and you know you’ll be able to represent it visually and capture a time and a place. My weird thought was, what if next time you had a story that you couldn’t even Google.
The Joshua Rofé-directed project is, in fact, a murder mystery centered around a dangerous, weed-growing community in the Pacific Northwest.
Rofé told Deadline, which broke the news of the series in January, that after he finished Lorena, the Amazon docuseries about Lorena Bobbitt, the woman who famously cut off her husband’s penis, he was looking for a story that was hard to search for, which led him to Sasquatch. Naturally.
“I was feeling so relieved that we were getting so much amazing archival footage [on Lorena], which is a gamechanger when you’re making a doc and you know you’ll be able to represent it visually and capture a time and a place. My weird thought was, what if next time you had a story that you couldn’t even Google.
- 4/20/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s not evident right away why “Sasquatch” is split into three parts. Given the overall draw for the new Hulu series — the search for answers behind an early-‘90s triple homicide that may or may not have been perpetrated by a legendary cryptozoological figure — there doesn’t seem to be baked-in episodic cutoff points within that premise.
One of the strengths of director Joshua Rofé is how far afield of that central myth it’s willing to travel at various points. What begins as one intrepid journalist’s hunt for answers behind an overheard anecdote that’s lingered for nearly 30 years stretches to fit parts of the greater web surrounding that search. Yet, like so many other true crime-adjacent projects in recent memory, “Sasquatch” shrugs off its most fascinating context for a single thread, one that leaves the audience in as much of an ambling haze as its main surrogate.
One of the strengths of director Joshua Rofé is how far afield of that central myth it’s willing to travel at various points. What begins as one intrepid journalist’s hunt for answers behind an overheard anecdote that’s lingered for nearly 30 years stretches to fit parts of the greater web surrounding that search. Yet, like so many other true crime-adjacent projects in recent memory, “Sasquatch” shrugs off its most fascinating context for a single thread, one that leaves the audience in as much of an ambling haze as its main surrogate.
- 4/20/2021
- by Steve Greene
- Indiewire
Some legends are so powerful they can never die, but they might be able to kill. That is a pervading idea behind Sasquatch, Hulu’s three-part murder-mystery documentary that explores a strange story of the famous cryptid tearing three men limb from limb on a pot farm in Northern California’s Emerald Triangle.
Fittingly premiering on April 20 a.k.a. the weed holiday “420” the series is told through the eyes of investigative journalist David Holthouse. A man who has built his career chasing monstrous humans, such as Neo-Nazis and sexual predators, Holthouse heard of these Bigfoot murders back in 1993 while laying low to avoid some gangs, and passing time working on the farms in the Redwoods. Now, nearly three decades later, he revisits the region to further uncover the truth behind the story.
Directed by Joshua Rofé (Lorena), and produced by Duplass Brothers Productions, Sasquatch is more than a monster hunt.
Fittingly premiering on April 20 a.k.a. the weed holiday “420” the series is told through the eyes of investigative journalist David Holthouse. A man who has built his career chasing monstrous humans, such as Neo-Nazis and sexual predators, Holthouse heard of these Bigfoot murders back in 1993 while laying low to avoid some gangs, and passing time working on the farms in the Redwoods. Now, nearly three decades later, he revisits the region to further uncover the truth behind the story.
Directed by Joshua Rofé (Lorena), and produced by Duplass Brothers Productions, Sasquatch is more than a monster hunt.
- 4/20/2021
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
When I first sat down to watch Joshua Rofé’s three-episode series entitled Sasquatch last month, I thought I knew what I was in for, but I couldn’t have been more wrong. What starts off as a possibly quirky story about a Bigfoot creature that attacked some weed farmers up in Northern California quickly evolved into something far more shocking that I could have ever imagined, and I was wholly riveted throughout the project from start to finish.
That being said, this writer was thrilled to catch up with Rofé to talk about Sasquatch, and he discussed how the project first came about because of a podcast, how integral journalist David Holthouse was to the success of Sasquatch, the danger they all faced—David, in particular—throughout the making of the documentary and more.
Sasquatch premieres tomorrow, April 20th, exclusively on Hulu.
This documentary was such an unbelievable journey.
That being said, this writer was thrilled to catch up with Rofé to talk about Sasquatch, and he discussed how the project first came about because of a podcast, how integral journalist David Holthouse was to the success of Sasquatch, the danger they all faced—David, in particular—throughout the making of the documentary and more.
Sasquatch premieres tomorrow, April 20th, exclusively on Hulu.
This documentary was such an unbelievable journey.
- 4/19/2021
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
From its title, “Sasquatch” sounds like the story of Bigfoot — and at the start, it looks that way too. The three-part documentary series begins with journalist David Holthouse recounting the time he visited a cannabis farm and overheard the tale of three workers who had been devoured by the legendary beast.
“Sasquatch” shares with its most prominent on-screen voice, Holthouse, an abiding interest in looking beneath the surface of the seemingly ordinary. “As an investigative journalist, I believe the truth is never told in nine to five hours,” he tells us. Experienced at going undercover — he has lived among those aforementioned cannabis farmers as well as street gangs and neo-Nazis — Holthouse sets out now to uncover the truth of this piece of his memory.
What he finds at first is a deep belief in Bigfoot among the rural Northern California milieu. This sense of a monstrous presence has many roots,...
“Sasquatch” shares with its most prominent on-screen voice, Holthouse, an abiding interest in looking beneath the surface of the seemingly ordinary. “As an investigative journalist, I believe the truth is never told in nine to five hours,” he tells us. Experienced at going undercover — he has lived among those aforementioned cannabis farmers as well as street gangs and neo-Nazis — Holthouse sets out now to uncover the truth of this piece of his memory.
What he finds at first is a deep belief in Bigfoot among the rural Northern California milieu. This sense of a monstrous presence has many roots,...
- 4/19/2021
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Hulu is continuing to ramp up its original documentary push with a three-part series about Bigfoot from the Duplass Brothers and Lorena director Joshua Rofé.
The streamer has ordered Sasquatch, which investigates rumors of a bizarre twenty-five-year old triple homicide said to be the work of a mythical creature.
The series will launch this spring.
Rofé, who directed Amazon’s doc series on the Lorena Bobbitt case, will direct the series and will exec produce alongside Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass, and Mel Eslyn of Duplass Brothers Productions, Steven Berger of Number 19, David Holthouse and Zach Cregger. M. Elizabeth Hughes produces.
It is the latest documentary series from Mark and Jay Duplass, who are behind Netflix’s Wild Wild Country and Evil Genius: The True Story of America’s Most Diabolical Bank Heist. Their four-part series The Lady and the Dale, which tells the story of Elizabeth Carmichael and the Twentieth Century Motor Car Corporation,...
The streamer has ordered Sasquatch, which investigates rumors of a bizarre twenty-five-year old triple homicide said to be the work of a mythical creature.
The series will launch this spring.
Rofé, who directed Amazon’s doc series on the Lorena Bobbitt case, will direct the series and will exec produce alongside Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass, and Mel Eslyn of Duplass Brothers Productions, Steven Berger of Number 19, David Holthouse and Zach Cregger. M. Elizabeth Hughes produces.
It is the latest documentary series from Mark and Jay Duplass, who are behind Netflix’s Wild Wild Country and Evil Genius: The True Story of America’s Most Diabolical Bank Heist. Their four-part series The Lady and the Dale, which tells the story of Elizabeth Carmichael and the Twentieth Century Motor Car Corporation,...
- 1/14/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Welcome to this week’s Impact Wrestling review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have Penelope Spheeris here to whoop your ass. Schwing! Agnes Varda framed my kitty-cat and it died…of framing. We’ve got more build to Bound For Glory on the way, so get your wrestling cap on so…wrestling cap? Jesus Titty-Fukking…well, we’ve got six matches and no “The Whole F’n Show” with Rob Van Dam, even though it was advertised last week. Well, I guess Katie Forbes got her ass stuck in the elevator, so she couldn’t reach the stage…maybe? I don’t know. I hope Katie Forbes’s ass is okay and Impact Wrestling starts now. Also, Barry Scott, the magnificent announcer of Total Non-Stop Action Wrestling during its best period, has died. Barry Scott had a tremendous voice and the gravitas to match it.
- 9/16/2020
- by Nathan Favel
- Nerdly
In every cultural figure or moment’s lifespan, there comes a point where they are subject to what can be summarized as the “You’re Wrong About” treatment, or the concept that even our most deeply held beliefs and cherished orthodoxies are ripe for reappraisal. (There’s even an eponymous podcast devoted to this process.)
The “You’re Wrong About” treatment isn’t necessarily contrarianism, though it can be a result of that impulse; nor is it what people these days call “cancellation,” though it can often be a precursor to that.
The “You’re Wrong About” treatment isn’t necessarily contrarianism, though it can be a result of that impulse; nor is it what people these days call “cancellation,” though it can often be a precursor to that.
- 8/4/2020
- by EJ Dickson
- Rollingstone.com
Charity Carson-Hawke never thought she’d be best friends with a porn star. She’d grown up a preacher’s daughter, and largely led what she describes as a “biblical life.” Then she married one of the brothers of John Wayne Bobbitt, the tabloid fixture and ex-husband of Lorena Bobbitt, and appeared on a radio show in 1996 with Dennis Hof, the now-deceased owner of Nevada’s Moonlite Bunny Ranch, who told her there was someone who wanted to meet her. It was Ron Jeremy. They grew close, staying friends for nearly 25 years.
- 7/20/2020
- by EJ Dickson
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Canadian director Danishka Esterhazy, whose recent projects include helming Lifetime’s TV pic I Was Lorena Bobbitt and horror comedy The Banana Splits Movie, has signed with Paradigm.
The move comes as has come aboard as producer-director on the new Syfy series The Surrealtor, which is set to begin shooting in Newfoundland in the fall. The project reunites Esterhazy with the network after Banana Splits Movie, a dark reboot of the Hanna-Barbera children’s series. It bowed at San Diego Comic-Con last year before premiering on Syfy in October.
Esterhazy also recently directed episodes of Syfy’s action adventure Vagrant Queen starring Adriyan Rae, which bowed in March.
“I couldn’t be more excited to be part of the team at Paradigm,” said said. “I look forward to working with them, developing and expanding my work in both television and feature films in Canada, the USA, and internationally.”
The Surrealtor,...
The move comes as has come aboard as producer-director on the new Syfy series The Surrealtor, which is set to begin shooting in Newfoundland in the fall. The project reunites Esterhazy with the network after Banana Splits Movie, a dark reboot of the Hanna-Barbera children’s series. It bowed at San Diego Comic-Con last year before premiering on Syfy in October.
Esterhazy also recently directed episodes of Syfy’s action adventure Vagrant Queen starring Adriyan Rae, which bowed in March.
“I couldn’t be more excited to be part of the team at Paradigm,” said said. “I look forward to working with them, developing and expanding my work in both television and feature films in Canada, the USA, and internationally.”
The Surrealtor,...
- 7/17/2020
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
If there’s one person whose reputation definitely precedes her, it’s Lorena Bobbitt. During the early 90s, Lorena Bobbitt became well-known all over the world after several her husband’s penis while he slept. To most people’s surprise, Lorena was acquitted of the crime and went on to live her life. In the years since the incident, she has become infamous. Even if you don’t know all of the specifics, you probably have a general understanding of what occurred. Although she’s been relatively low key over the last 25 years, her name has started to circulate again thanks to a new Lifetime
10 Things You Didn’t Know about Lorena Bobbitt...
10 Things You Didn’t Know about Lorena Bobbitt...
- 5/29/2020
- by Camille Moore
- TVovermind.com
Boy meets girl. Boy marries girl. Girl cuts off boy's penis. Girl throws penis out the window. Boy has penis reattached. Boy and girl become punchlines. The world moves on but continues to snicker from time to time. On June 23, 1993, 24-year-old Lorena Bobbitt took a 12-inch kitchen knife and sliced off her 26-year-old husband John Wayne Bobbitt's penis while he was asleep in the bedroom of their apartment in Manassas, Va. Then she got in her car and drove off, throwing the detached member into a nearby field before driving to her boss Janna Bisutti's house, where they called police. Lorena told authorities and later testified in court that her husband of four years had come home that night,...
- 5/25/2020
- E! Online
Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba are back on the beat: Their Spectrum Originals Bad Boys offshoot L.A.’s Finest will return for Season 2 with three episodes on Monday, June 8 via Spectrum’s On Demand service. New installments will then debut weekly on Mondays.
In the upcoming season, “Syd (Union) mourns the sudden loss of a friend and struggles to find answers, while McKenna (Alba) must deal with the aftermath of Izzy’s kidnapping and the rift it has left in her marriage,” per the official synopsis. “But when a powerful crime wave in Koreatown threatens to destroy the community,...
In the upcoming season, “Syd (Union) mourns the sudden loss of a friend and struggles to find answers, while McKenna (Alba) must deal with the aftermath of Izzy’s kidnapping and the rift it has left in her marriage,” per the official synopsis. “But when a powerful crime wave in Koreatown threatens to destroy the community,...
- 4/30/2020
- TVLine.com
In a Gold Derby exclusive, we have learned the category placements of the key Emmy Awards contenders for A&e, History and Lifetime. For this season, the network group has such scripted series as “Project Blue Book” and “Vikings.” TV Movie stars include Niecy Nash, Aunjanue Ellis, Megan Hilty and Jessie Mueller as part of their 2020 campaign.
Below, their list of submissions for all scripted and unscripted programs. More names might be added by the networks on the final Emmy ballot. Also note that performers not included on this list may well be submitted by their personal reps.
Scripted —
Abducted: The Mary Stauffer Story (Lifetime)
Movie/Limited Actress – Alyson Hannigan
The Clark Sisters: First Ladies Of Gospel (Lifetime)
TV Movie
Movie/Limited Actress – Aunjanue Ellis
Movie/Limited Supporting Actress – Christina Bell, Angela Birchett, Shelea Frazier, Raven Goodwin, Kierra Sheard
The College Admissions Scandal (Lifetime)
Movie/Limited Actress – Penelope Ann Miller
I...
Below, their list of submissions for all scripted and unscripted programs. More names might be added by the networks on the final Emmy ballot. Also note that performers not included on this list may well be submitted by their personal reps.
Scripted —
Abducted: The Mary Stauffer Story (Lifetime)
Movie/Limited Actress – Alyson Hannigan
The Clark Sisters: First Ladies Of Gospel (Lifetime)
TV Movie
Movie/Limited Actress – Aunjanue Ellis
Movie/Limited Supporting Actress – Christina Bell, Angela Birchett, Shelea Frazier, Raven Goodwin, Kierra Sheard
The College Admissions Scandal (Lifetime)
Movie/Limited Actress – Penelope Ann Miller
I...
- 4/22/2020
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
In today’s TV News Roundup, Netflix unveiled a trailer for The Eddy,” and Starz released a trailer for its new crime drama “Hightown.”
Dates
Lifetime will air its “I Was Lorena Bobbitt” on May 25 at 8 p.m, the cabler announced. Part of the network’s “Ripped from the Headlines” series of programming, the new original movie is based on an incident in 1993 in which Lorena Bobbitt (Dani Montalvo) cut off her abusive husband’s (Luke Humphrey) penis, as well as the subsequent media blitz that engulfed Bobbitt. The TV movie comes from Cineflix Productions. Lorena Gallo, now going by her birth name, serves as executive producer, along with Andy Streitfeld, Jeff Vanderwal, Sherri Rufh and Charles Tremayne.
First Looks
Netflix released a trailer for “The Eddy,” the streamer’s upcoming limited series following a struggling jazz club in modern-day Paris. The trailer offers a peek at the club’s...
Dates
Lifetime will air its “I Was Lorena Bobbitt” on May 25 at 8 p.m, the cabler announced. Part of the network’s “Ripped from the Headlines” series of programming, the new original movie is based on an incident in 1993 in which Lorena Bobbitt (Dani Montalvo) cut off her abusive husband’s (Luke Humphrey) penis, as well as the subsequent media blitz that engulfed Bobbitt. The TV movie comes from Cineflix Productions. Lorena Gallo, now going by her birth name, serves as executive producer, along with Andy Streitfeld, Jeff Vanderwal, Sherri Rufh and Charles Tremayne.
First Looks
Netflix released a trailer for “The Eddy,” the streamer’s upcoming limited series following a struggling jazz club in modern-day Paris. The trailer offers a peek at the club’s...
- 4/14/2020
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s TV News Roundup, Netflix released the first trailer for the third season of “Ozark” and the premiere weekend of “Tyler Perry’s Young Dylan” broke ratings records on Nickelodeon.
Casting
Mike Vogel, Adam Demos and Margaret Odette have joined the cast of the upcoming Netflix dramedy series “Sex/Life.” Vogel will play the husband of series protagonist Billie (Sarah Shahi); Demos will play the music mogul heartbreak that Billie hasn’t gotten over; Odette will play Billie’s best friend who accompanies her on the dating scene of Manhattan. Additionally, an entirely female directing team will helm the series, including Patricia Rozema, Jessika Borsiczky, Samira Radsi and Sheree Folkson. “Sex/Life” is executive produced by showrunner and writer Stacy Rukeyser, as well as Jordan Hawley and Borsiczky.
Netflix has announced new series regulars for its upcoming spy thriller “In from the Cold.” Ivanna Sakhno will play a young Russian...
Casting
Mike Vogel, Adam Demos and Margaret Odette have joined the cast of the upcoming Netflix dramedy series “Sex/Life.” Vogel will play the husband of series protagonist Billie (Sarah Shahi); Demos will play the music mogul heartbreak that Billie hasn’t gotten over; Odette will play Billie’s best friend who accompanies her on the dating scene of Manhattan. Additionally, an entirely female directing team will helm the series, including Patricia Rozema, Jessika Borsiczky, Samira Radsi and Sheree Folkson. “Sex/Life” is executive produced by showrunner and writer Stacy Rukeyser, as well as Jordan Hawley and Borsiczky.
Netflix has announced new series regulars for its upcoming spy thriller “In from the Cold.” Ivanna Sakhno will play a young Russian...
- 3/6/2020
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Dani Montalvo (Dispatches from Elsewhere) and Luke Humphrey (Tiny Pretty Things) are set to star as controversial couple Lorena and John Bobbitt in the Lifetime feature I Was Lorena Bobbitt. Currently in production in Toronto, the film will premiere this summer as part of the network’s Ripped from the Headlines slate.
Lorena Bobbitt became a household name and made tabloid headlines when after years of abuse by her husband, she cut off his penis with a knife in 1993. Now nearly 30 years later, the fully authorized film in which Bobbitt serves as an executive producer, follows her journey from a wide-eyed, immigrant bride to a battered wife into an unlikely media sensation. I Was Lorena Bobbitt also documents her ultimately emerging as a strong, thoughtful woman who has devoted her life to advocating for other abused women.
Following the premiere of the movie, Lifetime will run a PSA for...
Lorena Bobbitt became a household name and made tabloid headlines when after years of abuse by her husband, she cut off his penis with a knife in 1993. Now nearly 30 years later, the fully authorized film in which Bobbitt serves as an executive producer, follows her journey from a wide-eyed, immigrant bride to a battered wife into an unlikely media sensation. I Was Lorena Bobbitt also documents her ultimately emerging as a strong, thoughtful woman who has devoted her life to advocating for other abused women.
Following the premiere of the movie, Lifetime will run a PSA for...
- 3/5/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
From TorontoFilm.Net here is the Toronto Film Production Update for March 2020, including "Fatman", "Flint Strong", "Nightmare Alley" and a whole lot more:
Blood And Water Season 4
Episodic Series – TV
4Breakthrough Entertainment Inc.
Prod.: Paula J. Smith
Dir.: Felipe Rodriguez
Mar 2 - Mar 31/20
Fatman
Feature Films – Theatrical
Fatman Prods. Services Inc.
Prod.: Robert Menzies, Michelle Lang, Lisa Wolofsky, Brandon James
Dir.: Ian Nelms, Eshom Nelms
Jan 29 - Mar 12/20
Flint Strong
Feature Films – Theatrical
NBC Universal
Prod. Michael DeLuca, Elishia Holmes, Barry Jenkins
Dir.: Rachel Morrison
Mar 16 - May 6/20
I Was Lorena Bobbitt
Movies for Television
Cineflix Media Inc.
Prod.: Peter Schneider, Sherri Rufh
Dir.: Danishka Esterhazy
Feb 24 - Mar 16/20
Nightmare Alley
Feature – Theatrical
Prod.: Miles Dale
Dir.: Guillermo del Toro
Jan 13 - May 5/20
Nurses Season 2
Episodic Series – TV
Nurses Season Two Inc.
Prod.: Ilana Frank, Linda Pope, Brian Gibson
Dir.
Blood And Water Season 4
Episodic Series – TV
4Breakthrough Entertainment Inc.
Prod.: Paula J. Smith
Dir.: Felipe Rodriguez
Mar 2 - Mar 31/20
Fatman
Feature Films – Theatrical
Fatman Prods. Services Inc.
Prod.: Robert Menzies, Michelle Lang, Lisa Wolofsky, Brandon James
Dir.: Ian Nelms, Eshom Nelms
Jan 29 - Mar 12/20
Flint Strong
Feature Films – Theatrical
NBC Universal
Prod. Michael DeLuca, Elishia Holmes, Barry Jenkins
Dir.: Rachel Morrison
Mar 16 - May 6/20
I Was Lorena Bobbitt
Movies for Television
Cineflix Media Inc.
Prod.: Peter Schneider, Sherri Rufh
Dir.: Danishka Esterhazy
Feb 24 - Mar 16/20
Nightmare Alley
Feature – Theatrical
Prod.: Miles Dale
Dir.: Guillermo del Toro
Jan 13 - May 5/20
Nurses Season 2
Episodic Series – TV
Nurses Season Two Inc.
Prod.: Ilana Frank, Linda Pope, Brian Gibson
Dir.
- 2/26/2020
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
February will feature yet another new Jordan Peele original release on Amazon. Last year, Peele celebrated Valentine's Day with the release of a Lorena Bobbitt docuseries; and in 2020, he's got a new series based on the true story of a group of people who tracked down Nazis hiding throughout New
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- 1/30/2020
- by Amanda Bell
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Lifetime is bringing more true-crime to primetime. The network has commissioned six “Smart Justice” specials with Elizabeth Smart to serve as companion docs for its “Ripped from the Headlines” true-crime movie slate.
In each “Smart Justice” special, Smart — the woman who became famous for escaping from her abductors after being kidnapped at the age of 14 — will analyze the details of the real-life case presented in each movie.
Two other projects greenlit from the headlines: the four-hour documentary “Surviving Jeffrey Epstein,” and a new authorized biopic “I Was Lorena Bobbitt” — based on the sensationalized ’90s slashing. Bobbit will serve as an executive producer on her own biopic.
Here is the description for “I Was Lorena Bobbit.”
“Lorena Bobbitt became a household name and made tabloid headlines when after years of abuse by her husband, she cut off his penis with a knife in 1993. Now nearly 30 years later, Lorena tells her story,...
In each “Smart Justice” special, Smart — the woman who became famous for escaping from her abductors after being kidnapped at the age of 14 — will analyze the details of the real-life case presented in each movie.
Two other projects greenlit from the headlines: the four-hour documentary “Surviving Jeffrey Epstein,” and a new authorized biopic “I Was Lorena Bobbitt” — based on the sensationalized ’90s slashing. Bobbit will serve as an executive producer on her own biopic.
Here is the description for “I Was Lorena Bobbit.”
“Lorena Bobbitt became a household name and made tabloid headlines when after years of abuse by her husband, she cut off his penis with a knife in 1993. Now nearly 30 years later, Lorena tells her story,...
- 1/18/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Lorena Bobbitt’s story is getting the biopic treatment.
Lifetime has greenlit “I Was Lorena Bobbitt,” a feature about the woman who became a household name and made tabloid headlines when she cut off her husband’s penis with a knife in 1993 after years of abuse.
Bobbitt was the subject of a Jordan Peele-produced Amazon docuseries which came out less than a year ago, and this new retelling has Bobbitt herself on board as an executive producer. Casting on the project is underway and production will begin later this month. The film, announced by A+E Networks president of programming Rob Sharenow at Lifetime’s Television Critics’ Association winter tour press day, will follow Bobbitt’s “journey from a wide-eyed, immigrant bride to a battered wife into an unlikely media sensation.”
“I Was Lorena Bobbitt” hails from Cineflix International and executive producers Andy Streitfeld, Jeff Vanderwal and Charles Tremayne. Barbara Nance...
Lifetime has greenlit “I Was Lorena Bobbitt,” a feature about the woman who became a household name and made tabloid headlines when she cut off her husband’s penis with a knife in 1993 after years of abuse.
Bobbitt was the subject of a Jordan Peele-produced Amazon docuseries which came out less than a year ago, and this new retelling has Bobbitt herself on board as an executive producer. Casting on the project is underway and production will begin later this month. The film, announced by A+E Networks president of programming Rob Sharenow at Lifetime’s Television Critics’ Association winter tour press day, will follow Bobbitt’s “journey from a wide-eyed, immigrant bride to a battered wife into an unlikely media sensation.”
“I Was Lorena Bobbitt” hails from Cineflix International and executive producers Andy Streitfeld, Jeff Vanderwal and Charles Tremayne. Barbara Nance...
- 1/18/2020
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
Reemerging in pop culture in 2019 courtesy of an Amazon documentary series, Lorena Bobbitt is now getting the scripted treatment. The controversial ‘90s figure is set to executive produce a fully authorized Lifetime original movie based on her life.
I Was Lorena Bobbitt is expected to air in 2020, an ambitious year for the network as it celebrates the 30th anniversary of its infamous telepics and plans to roll out 100 new titles. The project will tell Bobbitt’s story from her perspective, tracing her life from immigrant bride to abused wife to unlikely media sensation after she cut off her ...
I Was Lorena Bobbitt is expected to air in 2020, an ambitious year for the network as it celebrates the 30th anniversary of its infamous telepics and plans to roll out 100 new titles. The project will tell Bobbitt’s story from her perspective, tracing her life from immigrant bride to abused wife to unlikely media sensation after she cut off her ...
- 1/18/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
For months, industry insiders have been growing increasingly concerned about what appeared to be a cash-flow issue at independent studio Sonar Entertainment.
Multiple sources report that Sonar has been late on payments for writers on scripts and to talent agencies for packaging fees. The slowdown in the payment schedule has raised questions about Sonar’s ability to continue funding shows. The company has also seen a number of executive departures in recent months. A new CEO was appointed in August.
According to a source familiar with the situation, Sonar has been juggling payments to writers and agencies after its parent company, Canadian private equity firm Catalyst Capital Group tightened the purse strings in advance of the management shakeup implemented last month. With 10 shows in production, sources said Sonar took the step of delaying some writer and packaging fee payments in order to manage its cash-flow needs.
But slowing down the...
Multiple sources report that Sonar has been late on payments for writers on scripts and to talent agencies for packaging fees. The slowdown in the payment schedule has raised questions about Sonar’s ability to continue funding shows. The company has also seen a number of executive departures in recent months. A new CEO was appointed in August.
According to a source familiar with the situation, Sonar has been juggling payments to writers and agencies after its parent company, Canadian private equity firm Catalyst Capital Group tightened the purse strings in advance of the management shakeup implemented last month. With 10 shows in production, sources said Sonar took the step of delaying some writer and packaging fee payments in order to manage its cash-flow needs.
But slowing down the...
- 9/13/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
The term “space case” may as well have been invented for Lucy Cola, a fictional astronaut loosely inspired by Lisa Nowak, who famously (if not entirely factually) donned adult diapers and powered her way cross-country to confront a romantic rival at the Orlando airport, where she was arrested for what amounted to attempted kidnapping and battery. When the story broke — this was a dozen years back, in 2007 — news outlets and tabloids alike treated it as a kind of pathetic “Fatal Attraction” scenario, in which a jealous Nasa engineer couldn’t handle being dumped by one of her colleagues and went berserk.
Now, Natalie Portman offers an alternate interpretation. In its oddly understanding and stylistically ambitious way, “Lucy in the Sky” suggests that maybe outer space was to blame for Nowak’s actions. You see, as an astronaut, Nowak belonged to a very small club of super-achievers who have actually touched the heavens,...
Now, Natalie Portman offers an alternate interpretation. In its oddly understanding and stylistically ambitious way, “Lucy in the Sky” suggests that maybe outer space was to blame for Nowak’s actions. You see, as an astronaut, Nowak belonged to a very small club of super-achievers who have actually touched the heavens,...
- 9/12/2019
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
The amount of time that passes between a traumatic or otherwise subjective event and the way that event is recounted often greatly determines the response to and reception of those involved. In some cases, it may mean seeing someone who was once put on a pedestal as a much more complex and even criminal individual, while in others it allows for greater empathy toward someone previously thought of as a villain. And in some very special cases, revisiting a situation also allows for real social and systemic change.
“This series coming out in a post #MeToo [era] obviously adds an extra layer to it,” says “Lorena” executive producer and director Joshua Rofé. “There’s another lens through which it is viewed — I would say an even clearer lens than perhaps it would have been viewed a few years ago.”
Hindsight was vital to Rofé’s four-part series, which focuses on Lorena Bobbitt,...
“This series coming out in a post #MeToo [era] obviously adds an extra layer to it,” says “Lorena” executive producer and director Joshua Rofé. “There’s another lens through which it is viewed — I would say an even clearer lens than perhaps it would have been viewed a few years ago.”
Hindsight was vital to Rofé’s four-part series, which focuses on Lorena Bobbitt,...
- 6/13/2019
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
It’s been over 25 years since Lorena Bobbitt – now Lorena Gallo – severed John Wayne Bobbitt’s penis, a singular act of violence that sparked a media firestorm. Overnight, the pair were transformed into household names, as well as late-night punchlines, but lost amongst the jokes and innuendo was the opportunity to honestly engage with the serious issues that predicated Gallo’s actions: a documented history of domestic abuse and accusations of marital rape. But times change, and in the aftermath of #MeToo and #TimesUp Gallo’s story is ripe for reassessment, as evidenced by Joshua Rofé’s stellar Amazon four-part docuseries “Lorena,” which strips the signal from the noise and contextualizes both the incident, as well as the media circus that followed. For as unique as Gallo’s tale is, Rofé was almost uniquely qualified to tell it. The director’s two previous documentaries explore similar stories, explorations of individuals...
- 5/27/2019
- by Libby Hill
- Indiewire
Image Source: Universal Pictures
Raise your hands if you're too terrified to look into the mirror after watching Us. Jordan Peele has done it again, following his incisive social thriller Get Out with the full-blown horror Us, which is already a box office smash (and the source of our existential nightmares). If you're looking for more content from the writer-director-actor extraordinaire, you won't necessarily have to dig through all of his MadTV and Key and Peele sketches. So, what is he doing? The question you should ask is: What isn't he doing?
Peele will lend his voice to Toy Story 4 as Bunny. He'll also appear in the currently filming horror flick Abruptio as Danny across Buffy the Vampire Slayer's James Marsters and Pitch Perfect's Hana Mae Lee.
On top of these parts, Peele has his own production company called Monkeypaw Productions that gives him the resources to create...
Raise your hands if you're too terrified to look into the mirror after watching Us. Jordan Peele has done it again, following his incisive social thriller Get Out with the full-blown horror Us, which is already a box office smash (and the source of our existential nightmares). If you're looking for more content from the writer-director-actor extraordinaire, you won't necessarily have to dig through all of his MadTV and Key and Peele sketches. So, what is he doing? The question you should ask is: What isn't he doing?
Peele will lend his voice to Toy Story 4 as Bunny. He'll also appear in the currently filming horror flick Abruptio as Danny across Buffy the Vampire Slayer's James Marsters and Pitch Perfect's Hana Mae Lee.
On top of these parts, Peele has his own production company called Monkeypaw Productions that gives him the resources to create...
- 4/4/2019
- by Stacey Nguyen
- Popsugar.com
Over the past several months, there have been a slew of documentaries and true-crime style movies that have attempted to look at high-profile figures and cases in a new light. There's Ryan Murphy's FX anthology American Crime Story, which has so far explored the trial of O.J. Simpson and the murder of Gianni Versace. There's Conversations With a Killer, the eerie Ted Bundy documentary featuring actual footage of interviews with the infamous serial killer. Even the longtime punchline of the Lorena Bobbitt case got a new look with Lorena, which dug into the context surrounding the crime and the media attention around it. The latest entry into this genre is Leaving Neverland, a documentary focused on a pair of men who say they were abused as boys while in Michael Jackson's inner circle.
The first part of the documentary will debut on HBO at 8 p.m. on Sunday,...
The first part of the documentary will debut on HBO at 8 p.m. on Sunday,...
- 3/3/2019
- by Amanda Prahl
- Popsugar.com
Welcome to Trailer Watch, a regular feature that helps put the spotlight on series that may fly under the radar in the crowded Peak TV landscape. Each installment of Trailer Watch will explain what the show is and why it looks interesting. This week it's Amazon's Jordan Peele-produced true crime documentary Lorena, which revisits the notorious Lorena and John Wayne Bobbitt trials.
It's been more than 25 years since Lorena Bobbitt became the center of a media hurricane after cutting off her husband's penis in response to suffering years of alleged domestic violence and sexual abuse at ...
It's been more than 25 years since Lorena Bobbitt became the center of a media hurricane after cutting off her husband's penis in response to suffering years of alleged domestic violence and sexual abuse at ...
- 2/23/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Thanks to the new docuseries Lorena, the infamous Bobbitt trial is back in the headlines, more than 25 years after Lorena Bobbitt cut off a particular part of her husband John's anatomy, resulting in a pair of trials that captivated the nation in the 1990s. Now that so many years have passed, where is Lorena (pictured above at the Sundance Film Festival in 2019) now, and what has she been doing in the years since this headline-grabbing true crime case?
After her trial ended in a verdict of not guilty by reason of temporary insanity, Lorena was sent for a 45-day psychiatric evaluation. The evaluation period came and went, she was deemed not a danger to herself or others, and she was released to try to rebuild her life after being at the center of a gory, tragicomic court case that captured the attention of an entire country. In an interview with Vanity Fair,...
After her trial ended in a verdict of not guilty by reason of temporary insanity, Lorena was sent for a 45-day psychiatric evaluation. The evaluation period came and went, she was deemed not a danger to herself or others, and she was released to try to rebuild her life after being at the center of a gory, tragicomic court case that captured the attention of an entire country. In an interview with Vanity Fair,...
- 2/20/2019
- by Amanda Prahl
- Popsugar.com
Amazon's new documentary series Lorena is exactly as described in the title: a four-part documentary miniseries focused on Lorena Bobbitt, the woman at the center of the 1990s criminal case that simultaneously brought attention to domestic violence and became one of the most inappropriate true crime punchlines ever. Although the case of John and Lorena Bobbitt has a considerable pop culture legacy, the story itself is even wilder.
The Crime
The Bobbitts came to the attention of the public on June 23, 1993. Following a domestic dispute, Lorena used a knife to cut off John's penis, drove away and threw it in a field, and eventually called 911. Although the crime that gained the most infamy was that act of castration, it wasn't the only crime committed that night, as a 1994 report from The New York Times explains.
Soon after their wedding in 1989, the Bobbitts' marriage reportedly began to crumble. According to...
The Crime
The Bobbitts came to the attention of the public on June 23, 1993. Following a domestic dispute, Lorena used a knife to cut off John's penis, drove away and threw it in a field, and eventually called 911. Although the crime that gained the most infamy was that act of castration, it wasn't the only crime committed that night, as a 1994 report from The New York Times explains.
Soon after their wedding in 1989, the Bobbitts' marriage reportedly began to crumble. According to...
- 2/16/2019
- by Amanda Prahl
- Popsugar.com
Welcome back to Tune In: our weekly newsletter offering a guide to the best of the week’s TV.
Each week, Variety’s TV team combs through the week’s schedule, selecting our picks of what to watch and when/how to watch them. This week, Jordan Peele’s “Lorena” debuts on Amazon as does “The Umbrella Academy” on Netflix.
“Miracle Workers,” TBS, Tuesday, 10:30 p.m.
Frustrated with the mess that earth’s become, God contemplates the end while two determined angels try to change his mind in the series premiere of this comedy.
“Doom Patrol,” DC Universe, Friday
In this new super hero series, The Doom Patrol’s members each suffered horrible accidents that gave them superhuman abilities, but also left them scarred and disfigured. Traumatized and downtrodden, the team found purpose through The Chief, who brought them together to investigate the weirdest phenomena in existence and to...
Each week, Variety’s TV team combs through the week’s schedule, selecting our picks of what to watch and when/how to watch them. This week, Jordan Peele’s “Lorena” debuts on Amazon as does “The Umbrella Academy” on Netflix.
“Miracle Workers,” TBS, Tuesday, 10:30 p.m.
Frustrated with the mess that earth’s become, God contemplates the end while two determined angels try to change his mind in the series premiere of this comedy.
“Doom Patrol,” DC Universe, Friday
In this new super hero series, The Doom Patrol’s members each suffered horrible accidents that gave them superhuman abilities, but also left them scarred and disfigured. Traumatized and downtrodden, the team found purpose through The Chief, who brought them together to investigate the weirdest phenomena in existence and to...
- 2/11/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Ahead of its streaming debut on Amazon Prime later this month, “Lorena” had its world premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. The documentary series flips the script on the 1993 John and Lorena Bobbitt scandal to allow the latter to finally tell her side of the story. The scandal made headlines and turned Lorena into a joke after she cut off her husband’s penis with a knife while he was asleep in bed, but the real story behind Lorena’s decision was rooted in a history of physical and emotional abuse at the hands of her husband.
During an interview at the IndieWire Studio, presented by Dropbox, “Lorena” director Joshua Rofé admitted getting interview subjects to agree to appear on camera wasn’t exactly the easiest thing, despite the fact that Lorena’s story has been justly recontextualized in the #MeToo era. Rofé said there were two tricks to getting...
During an interview at the IndieWire Studio, presented by Dropbox, “Lorena” director Joshua Rofé admitted getting interview subjects to agree to appear on camera wasn’t exactly the easiest thing, despite the fact that Lorena’s story has been justly recontextualized in the #MeToo era. Rofé said there were two tricks to getting...
- 2/6/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Netflix has a trio of new features from big name talents, as well as a new puzzle-box series that’s blowing critics’ minds and a comic-adapted fan-favorite-in-the-making. Amazon’s working the true-crime beat with a Lorena Bobbitt docuseries and the fake-crime beat with a new Agatha Christie adaptation. And let’s throw in a couple of left-field comedy series from Hulu and YouTube just for kicks. Here’s what you’ll be streaming this month. (For your best network and cable TV options, click here.)
The ABC Murders (Amazon Prime,...
The ABC Murders (Amazon Prime,...
- 2/1/2019
- by Charles Bramesco
- Rollingstone.com
Amazon Prime Video has confirmed that several original shows will be debuting new episodes on the streaming service in February, including the first season of “White Dragon”; a new adaptation of the Agatha Christie mystery “The ABC Murders,” with John Malkovich as the famed detective Hercule Poirot; and the documentary “Lorena,” which chronicles the life of Lorena Bobbitt, the wife who castrated her husband after years of abuse.
Likewise, there will be plenty of movies making their first appearances on Amazon Prime Video in February with the service showcasing films from every decade of the 20th century beginning with the 1910s and the Cecil B. DeMille silent classic “A Romance of the Redwoods.” More recent fare includes the Oscar-nominated romantic comedy “Four Weddings and a Funeral,”
Below is the full schedule of everything that is coming to Amazon Prime Video in February 2019. Unlike Netflix, Amazon does not disclose the shows...
Likewise, there will be plenty of movies making their first appearances on Amazon Prime Video in February with the service showcasing films from every decade of the 20th century beginning with the 1910s and the Cecil B. DeMille silent classic “A Romance of the Redwoods.” More recent fare includes the Oscar-nominated romantic comedy “Four Weddings and a Funeral,”
Below is the full schedule of everything that is coming to Amazon Prime Video in February 2019. Unlike Netflix, Amazon does not disclose the shows...
- 2/1/2019
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Just in time for Valentine’s day, Amazon Prime Video is bringing in a haul of Prime Originals — seven to be exact. For those who air on the cynical side this V-day, check out the twisted love story that led to “Lorena,” which details the story of Lorena Bobbitt, the woman who cut off her husband’s penis after enduring years of abuse. And if after watching that you remain a fan of crime and murder stories, another Prime Original to watch is “Agatha Christie Presents: ABC Murders.”
True romantics can try a rom-com like “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” “Along Came Polly,” or “Barefoot.” For fans of old black-and-white movies, Prime has several in store. Silent film enthusiasts will rejoice at Cecil B. DeMille’s “A Romance of the Redwoods” from 1917, as well as 1919’s “A Romance of Happy Valley,” and 1937’s “23 1/2 Hours Leave.” There are a lot more...
True romantics can try a rom-com like “Four Weddings and a Funeral,” “Along Came Polly,” or “Barefoot.” For fans of old black-and-white movies, Prime has several in store. Silent film enthusiasts will rejoice at Cecil B. DeMille’s “A Romance of the Redwoods” from 1917, as well as 1919’s “A Romance of Happy Valley,” and 1937’s “23 1/2 Hours Leave.” There are a lot more...
- 1/31/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- Variety Film + TV
Even in a world overflowing with d— jokes, the name “Lorena Bobbitt” has proved to be one of the most enduring punchlines that pop culture’s ever had. The extremity of the inciting situation — which left her husband mutilated and both of them on trial — immediately captured the country’s attention and became a genuine phenomenon. The ins and outs of the cases were covered obsessively, kicking off debates and controversy that consumed the media and its consumers alike. And yet, 25 years later, the one detail that most will remember about Lorena Bobbitt is that she once snapped and cut off her husband’s penis. Her experience, for those who don’t remember or weren’t around for the trials, has been reduced to shorthand for the worst thing that a woman scorned could possibly ever do.
But that narrative, as Joshua Rofé’s new docuseries “Lorena” convincingly argues, is...
But that narrative, as Joshua Rofé’s new docuseries “Lorena” convincingly argues, is...
- 1/29/2019
- by Caroline Framke
- Variety Film + TV
Here's a tip for Jordan Peele ... Don't Make This Woman Angry!! The lady in the photo is Lorena Bobbitt -- who infamously sliced off her husband's penis back in 1993. No, Peele's not making a new horror flick -- he's actually the executive producer of a 4-episode documentary series about her life called "Lorena." The two are promoting the series at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah -- and everyone seems to be having a good time.
- 1/29/2019
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Director Joshua Rofe was only 10 years old when Lorena Bobbitt was a nightly news mainstay. It wasn't until he was an adult and began reading about and researching Bobbitt's story that he came to understand that, in spite of wall-to-wall news coverage of Bobbitt's personal life and public trial, it was as if, as he puts it, "no one heard her."
"You had this young girl — she was 23 years old at the time — who was essentially on CNN every night during her trial when she was testifying, pouring her heart ...
"You had this young girl — she was 23 years old at the time — who was essentially on CNN every night during her trial when she was testifying, pouring her heart ...
- 1/29/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
“Lorena,” a four-part documentary series from Amazon Studios, wants the world to see Lorena Bobbitt in a different light.
In 1993, the 24-year-old woman became a tabloid fixture and late-night punchline for cutting off her husband’s penis with a knife. Although she alleged that she was raped and abused by her partner John Wayne Bobbitt, some of those details got buried in the sensationalistic media coverage.
With new interviews interspersed with old TV footage, “Lorena” director Joshua Rofe refocuses on Lorena Bobbitt’s life as a victim of domestic abuse. The docuseries, which premieres this week at the Sundance Film Festival, argues that Bobbitt was re-victimized by the sexist coverage of her case. In one particularly disturbing clip, Howard Stern attacks Bobbitt’s looks to question the accuracy of her testimony at trial.
Bobbitt and Rofe spoke to Variety about their project and why Bobbitt’s story is more timely...
In 1993, the 24-year-old woman became a tabloid fixture and late-night punchline for cutting off her husband’s penis with a knife. Although she alleged that she was raped and abused by her partner John Wayne Bobbitt, some of those details got buried in the sensationalistic media coverage.
With new interviews interspersed with old TV footage, “Lorena” director Joshua Rofe refocuses on Lorena Bobbitt’s life as a victim of domestic abuse. The docuseries, which premieres this week at the Sundance Film Festival, argues that Bobbitt was re-victimized by the sexist coverage of her case. In one particularly disturbing clip, Howard Stern attacks Bobbitt’s looks to question the accuracy of her testimony at trial.
Bobbitt and Rofe spoke to Variety about their project and why Bobbitt’s story is more timely...
- 1/27/2019
- by Ramin Setoodeh
- Variety Film + TV
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