A new story is emerging from the centuries-old legends of King Arthur, namely his mythic sage Merlin. The prophet's supernatural powers (to include future-telling and shape-shifting), it seems, are transferrable -- and a small-town coroner will be the recipient in "Delia Graves and the Order of Merlin," a new NBC drama in development from Phillip Iscove (he of "Sleepy Hollow") and filmmaker Justin Lin of the "Fast and Furious" movies. Lin is under contract at Universal Television, so that'll be the backing studio. Iscove also has an executive producing credit, along with Lin and Andrew Schneider under Lin's Perfect Storm...
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- 3/4/2022
- by Anya Stanley
- Slash Film
HBO Max released the first trailer for upcoming comedy series “Minx,” starring Ophelia Lovibond and Jake Johnson.
Set in 1970s Los Angeles, “Minx” follows Joyce (Lovibond) — a young feminist activist looking to launch a women’s magazine. When she can’t find anyone to publish her idea as is, she ends up teaming with a low-rent pornographic magazine publisher Doug (Johnson) to create the first erotic magazine for women. But when their creation “Minx” launches, it proves a lightning rod of controversy as protestors aim to shut it down.
The trailer shows Lovibond and Johnson’s characters launching the magazine and auditioning models, while teasing the tense dynamic between the two.
“God you love a pyrrhic victory,” Lovibond says to Johnson in the trailer. “I don’t know what that means so it doesn’t hurt my feelings,” Johnson replies.
In addition to Lovibond and Johnson, the cast also includes Idara Victor,...
Set in 1970s Los Angeles, “Minx” follows Joyce (Lovibond) — a young feminist activist looking to launch a women’s magazine. When she can’t find anyone to publish her idea as is, she ends up teaming with a low-rent pornographic magazine publisher Doug (Johnson) to create the first erotic magazine for women. But when their creation “Minx” launches, it proves a lightning rod of controversy as protestors aim to shut it down.
The trailer shows Lovibond and Johnson’s characters launching the magazine and auditioning models, while teasing the tense dynamic between the two.
“God you love a pyrrhic victory,” Lovibond says to Johnson in the trailer. “I don’t know what that means so it doesn’t hurt my feelings,” Johnson replies.
In addition to Lovibond and Johnson, the cast also includes Idara Victor,...
- 3/4/2022
- by Sasha Urban, Wyatte Grantham-Philips and Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
NBC has put in development Delia Graves and the Order of Merlin, a drama from Sleepy Hollow co-creator Phillip Iscove, Justin Lin and his Perfect Storm Entertainment and Universal Television, where Lin is under a deal.
Written by Iscove, Delia Graves and the Order of Merlin revolves around the title character Delia, a coroner in a small town where mysterious and unexplainable crimes are on the rise. Fearing for her safety her estranged mother shows up after 20 years to reveal that Delia had a spell cast on her at birth that will allow her to access Merlin’s powers and that she will need to train to protect the town, and maybe even the world.
Iscove executive produces with Lin and Andrew Schneider for Lin’s Perfect Storm. Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, is the studio.
Lin is best known for directing the Universal Pictures hits The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift...
Written by Iscove, Delia Graves and the Order of Merlin revolves around the title character Delia, a coroner in a small town where mysterious and unexplainable crimes are on the rise. Fearing for her safety her estranged mother shows up after 20 years to reveal that Delia had a spell cast on her at birth that will allow her to access Merlin’s powers and that she will need to train to protect the town, and maybe even the world.
Iscove executive produces with Lin and Andrew Schneider for Lin’s Perfect Storm. Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, is the studio.
Lin is best known for directing the Universal Pictures hits The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift...
- 3/3/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
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