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Animated Comedy ‘Prince Wawa’ From Tim Baltz, Lily Sullivan, ‘Cobra Kai’ Creators & Sony Pictures TV In The Works At Fox

Animated Comedy ‘Prince Wawa’ From Tim Baltz, Lily Sullivan, ‘Cobra Kai’ Creators & Sony Pictures TV In The Works At Fox
Exclusive: Fox is going royal with its latest animated comedy development.

The network has handed a script commitment to Price Wawa, an animated comedy from comedians Tim Baltz and Lily Sullivan and exec produced by Cobra Kai creators Jon Hurwitz, Josh Heald and Hayden Schlossberg.

The comedy centers around a naive merman prince, voiced by Baltz, who juggles life between the ocean, the only home he’s ever known, and his new life on land with his human mother in the breathtaking metropolis of Tampa, Florida.

Baltz, who stars in HBO’s The Righteous Gemstones, and Sullivan, who appeared in Netflix’s sketch show I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson, will write and exec produce Prince Wawa.

Heald, Hurwitz and Schlossberg will exec produce via their production company Counterbalance Entertainment along with Counterbalance head of development Dina Hillier.

It comes from Sony Pictures Television, where Counterbalance has an overall deal,
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Jessica Rhoades’ Pacesetter Productions Sets Two Projects At NBC; Hires Rachel Polan As SVP

Jessica Rhoades’ Pacesetter Productions Sets Two Projects At NBC; Hires Rachel Polan As SVP
Jessica Rhoades’ Pacesetter Productions has sold two one-hour projects to NBC – dramedy Matched from writer Rohit Kumar (13 Reasons Why) and The Village creator Mike Daniels and drama Sidekicks, from NCIS: Los Angeles Co-Executive Producer Jordana Lewis Jaffe. Both will be produced by Universal Television. The network sales come as the company expands its executive team, hiring former Chelsea Handler Productions exec Rachel Polan as SVP. In her new role, Polan will help identify and foster development for the company and add support to the current productions.

“I’ve been a fan of Rachel’s for some time,” said Rhoades. “She’s got fantastic taste and is a champion of creators. I know how supported and connected the writers who work with her feel. Nothing matters more to me. As we continue to build Pacesetter, finding team members who share my commitment to writers and their vision is paramount, and I
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National Geographic Orders NASA Series ‘Return To The Moon’ From ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Producer Lightbox

  • 09 December 2020
  • by Naman Ramachandran
  • Variety
National Geographic Orders NASA Series ‘Return To The Moon’ From ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Producer Lightbox
National Geographic has commissioned event series “Return To The Moon” (working title), which will chronicle NASA’s historic Artemis program that will see a woman step on the lunar surface for the first time.

Named after Greek mythology’s goddess of the moon, National Geographic will take a comprehensive look at the mission, using all of its print and digital storytelling platforms to invest in extensive, multi-year coverage of NASA’s journey.

The series will be produced by Lightbox, the company co-founded by Simon Chinn, double Oscar winner for “Searching for Sugar Man” and “Man on Wire,” and Jonathan Chinn, double Primetime Emmy winner for “LA 92” and “American High.” The Chinns will serve as executive producers alongside Emmy-nominated producer Suzanne Lavery (“Cajun Navy”), with Simon Raikes executive producing for National Geographic.

Sundance winner Jerry Rothwell (“The Reason I Jump”) is the series director.

“For more than 130 years, National Geographic
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Amazon Prime Video New Releases: December 2020

Amazon Prime Video New Releases: December 2020
As a most unusual holiday season begins, it’s going to be harder for streaming services to demand our attention. With its new releases for December 2020, Amazon Prime is trying its best anyway.

This is actually an uncommonly jam-packed and intriguing roster of content for Bezos’s outfit. The list this month is highlighted by the release of The Expanse season 5 on Dec. 16. The beloved sci-fi series made the jump from Syfy to Amazon last year and things went well enough that it’s coming back for more. That returning show is complemented by another new genre series. The Wilds premieres on Dec. 11 and will follows a group of teenage girls lost (or Lost) on a deserted island.

Amazon’s original movies in December are just as intriguing. Riz Ahmed plays a heavy metal drummer losing his hearing in Sound of Metal on Dec. 4. Rachel Brosnahan stars as a mother
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HBO Max Wades Into the ‘Is ‘Die Hard’ a Christmas Movie?’ Debate

HBO Max Wades Into the ‘Is ‘Die Hard’ a Christmas Movie?’ Debate
HBO Max is throwing its hat into one of the longest-running debates in Hollywood: Is “Die Hard” a Christmas movie? — by trying to delicately find a middle ground.

The streaming service is rolling out a “Holiday Wonderland” page that lists all of its Christmas-themed and Christmas-adjacent movies and TV shows. Guess where “Die Hard” (and its sequel) fell.

As you can see below, HBO Max puts “Die Hard,” “Die Hard 2” and “Lethal Weapon” in a list that includes “Shazam” and “A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas” as films that “have just the right amount of spirit.” We’re not sure what precludes “Harold & Kumar” from being a de facto Christmas movie, but this list features movies that take place around Christmastime, even if they don’t fully lean into the holiday festivities.

The argument over whether “Die Hard” should be considered a Christmas movie stems from the fact
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Amazon Prime Announces Over 80 New Movies/TV Shows For December

Amazon Prime Announces Over 80 New Movies/TV Shows For December
Hard as it is to believe with everything going on right now, but Christmas is only about five weeks away, and the streaming market is already looking crowded. Although Netflix can probably expect to continue their dominance over subscribers through the end of 2020, Amazon Prime are releasing some notable titles for the last month of the year, including original films like I’m Your Woman and new episodes of The Expanse.

In terms of the former, it stars Rachel Brosnahan of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in a picture about a woman who has to go on the run after her husband gets into trouble with his business partner. We’ll also be seeing the much-anticipated Sound of Metal, which features Riz Ahmed as a heavy metal drummer who develops hearing loss. This one will receive a limited theatrical release before heading to Amazon on December 4th. And elsewhere, viewers can expect
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Lightbox, Altitude Set ‘Diana’ Documentary for 2022 Theatrical Release

  • 02 November 2020
  • by Naman Ramachandran
  • Variety
Lightbox, Altitude Set ‘Diana’ Documentary for 2022 Theatrical Release
U.K./U.S. production outfit Lightbox, and U.K. sales agent and distributor Altitude, have announced “Diana,” the first theatrical release documentary about Princess Diana.

The documentary is set for a summer 2022 theatrical release worldwide to mark the 25th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death. The film, produced in association with HBO and Sky, will have its television premiere on HBO and stream on HBO Max in the U.S.; and on Sky Documentaries in the U.K. Altitude Film Distribution will release the film in the U.K. and Ireland.

Lightbox is the company co-founded by Simon Chinn, double Oscar winner for “Searching for Sugar Man” and “Man on Wire,” and Jonathan Chinn, double Primetime Emmy winner for “LA 92” and “American High.”

Using an archive-only approach, “Diana” will draw on thousands of hours of news reports, previously unseen footage and photographs, to create a documentary record of
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Lauded Docu Helmer R.J. Cutler Launches This Machine Production Shingle With Industrial Media Backing

Lauded Docu Helmer R.J. Cutler Launches This Machine Production Shingle With Industrial Media Backing
Exclusive: As his superb Showtime documentary Belushi premieres next month and with Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry upcoming from Apple TV+, R.J. Cutler has launched the production company This Machine, with an investment from Industrial Media. Cutler sealed the deal with Industrial Media’s CEO Eli Holzman and President Aaron Saidman.

In the new company, Industrial Media will have an ownership stake. Producer Elise Pearlstein will join Cutler’s This Machine as EVP of Documentaries, and Devon Hammonds — who had been Industrial Media SVP of Development & Current Programming – East Coast — will now serve in a dual role as EVP of Non-Fiction TV for This Machine. Hammonds’ focus will be returning series development for the new company. Trevor Smith, Cutler’s longtime producing partner, will serve as producer for the company’s original content.

In in its first talent deal, 14-time Emmy Award-nominee Jane Cha Cutler has
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Nicole Brown Promoted to President of Sony’s TriStar Pictures

Nicole Brown Promoted to President of Sony’s TriStar Pictures
Sony Pictures Entertainment has promoted Nicole Brown to president of TriStar Pictures, extending her contract with the studio to continue oversight of the specialty label.

Brown was appointed last year to head TriStar Pictures as executive vice president. She will continue to report to Tom Rothman, chairman of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, and oversee all of TriStar’s film development and production. She is currently the only Black woman running a live-action label at a major studio.

Tuesday’s announcement noted that Brown has been instrumental in securing rights to the Whitney Houston musical biopic “I Wanna Dance With Somebody; “The Woman King,” directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood and starring Viola Davis; the first LGBTQ+ holiday rom-com from a major studio “Happiest Season;” “The Nightingale,” starring Dakota and Elle Fanning; the sequel to “Baby Driver”; “Matilda the Musical, a co-production with Netflix: and Scott Derrickson’s sequel to “Labyrinth.
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Nicole Brown Named TriStar Pictures President

Nicole Brown has been promoted to president of TriStar Pictures, a year after she was appointed as head of the specialty label.

Brown will continue to report to Tom Rothman, chairman of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, and oversee all of TriStar’s film development and production.

Brown served as executive vice president of TriStar for a year before she stepped in to run the label following Hannah Minghella’s exit in October 2019. Brown has been instrumental in securing major projects for the studio, including the Whitney Houston biopic “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” Gina Prince-Blythewood’s “The Woman King,” “Happiest Season,” the first LGBTQ+ holiday rom-com from a major studio and “The Nightingale starring Dakota and Elle Fanning.

“Nicole was the very first person I hired when I came to the company seven years ago, and that was a lucky day for me and for Sony Pictures,” Rothman said.
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Nicole Brown Named President of TriStar Pictures

Nicole Brown Named President of TriStar Pictures
Exclusive: Sony Pictures Entertainment has officially promoted Nicole Brown to president of TriStar Pictures, one-year after Brown was tapped to head the film division for the specialty label following the departure of long-time exec Hannah Minghella. Brown, who last year was appointed to head TriStar Pictures as executive vice president, will continue to oversee all the film development and production slate and report to Tom Rothman, chairman of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group.

“Nicole was the very first person I hired when I came to the company seven years ago, and that was a lucky day for me and for Sony Pictures,” said Rothman. “She is a first-rate executive whose energy, drive, taste and relationships are a boon to us, and this promotion is richly deserved. TriStar is a historic brand and I know she will continue to add mightily to its great legacy.”

It’s worth noting that Brown
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‘Supernatural’ Star Jensen Ackles Forms Production Company With Wife Danneel, Signs Overall Deal With Warner Bros. TV

‘Supernatural’ Star Jensen Ackles Forms Production Company With Wife Danneel, Signs Overall Deal With Warner Bros. TV
Supernatural star Jensen Ackles is staying in the Warner Bros television family after striking an overall deal with the production company that he has formed with his wife Danneel.

The pair have launched Chaos Machine Productions and have hired former DC creative executive Renee Reiff as head of development.

The overall deal will see the trio create, develop and produce new shows for streaming services, cable, and the broadcast networks. No financial terms were disclosed but it is an exclusive, multi-year agreement.

It comes ahead of the launch of the final run of Warner Bros-produced Supernatural.

The drama returns for its final seven episodes, which were hit by the Covid-19 production shutdown, tonight on The CW. Ackles has starred in the series, as Dean Winchester, for 15 years as the show is the longest-running sci-fi show in the history of U.S. television. He has also directed multiple episodes of the show.
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Harold & Kumar 4 May Go to Outer Space Teases a Hopeful Kal Penn

Harold & Kumar 4 May Go to Outer Space Teases a Hopeful Kal Penn
It's probably just a matter of time until we see Harold and Kumar 4, and franchise star Kal Penn thinks the inevitable sequel should send the two stoners to outer space. In 2004, Penn began playing Kumar alongside John Cho as Harold in the first movie of the series, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle. The stoner comedy was a surprise hit, spawning a movie franchise that's still ongoing with both Penn and Cho interested in returning for a fourth installment.

When asked if he had high hopes for a fourth Harold & Kumar movie and where he'd like to see them go next, Kal Penn had this to say.

"Helllll yes! Oh man, look, all my tattoos are astronomy-related, so I kinda like the idea of going to the space station."

Penn goes on to explain that the biggest roadblock in getting the sequel made will be scheduling, as everyone
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Harold & Kumar Star Wants The Fourth Movie To Go To Outer Space

Harold & Kumar Star Wants The Fourth Movie To Go To Outer Space
The three entries in the Harold & Kumar franchise may not have done particularly massive business at the box office, with none of the movies managing to even crack $50 million globally, but they remain firm cult favorites. Far from appealing entirely to the stoner crowd, the title duo’s adventures are also surprisingly heartfelt comedies that deal with issues like parental pressure, growing up and then growing apart, although there’s no shortage of gross-out humor, either.

Harold and Kumar’s big screen adventures have also received widespread enthusiasm from critics, and the series holds average scores of 65% on Rotten Tomatoes and 57 on Metacritic – solid numbers for a comedic trilogy. 2011′s A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas even put a fresh spin on the formula by both mocking and utilizing the third dimension, and has since ascended to the status of an underrated holiday favorite.

Even though almost a decade
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Natalie Morales To Direct ‘Plan B’ Comedy For Hulu

Natalie Morales To Direct ‘Plan B’ Comedy For Hulu
Actress Natalie Morales, known for her role in Netflix’s Emmy-nominated series Dead to Me, will make her solo feature directorial debut with Plan B, a Counterbalance Entertainment and American High comedy which is set up at Hulu.

Set to begin production next month in Syracuse, NY, the film follows a straight-laced high school student and her slacker best friend who, after a regrettable first sexual encounter, have 24 hours to hunt down a Plan B pill in America’s heartland.

Prathi Srinivasan and Joshua Levy penned the screenplay. Producers are Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg, Josh Heald and Dina Hillier of Counterbalance Entertainment, Jeremy Garelick, Will Phelps, Ryan Bennett of American High, Mickey Liddell and Pete Shilaimon of Ld Entertainment, and Matt Lottman.

Morales has directed and starred in multiple episodes of HBO’s Room 104 from creators Jay and Mark Duplass. On the big screen, her recent credits include Fox
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Hulu in September: Here’s Everything Coming and Going

Hulu in September: Here’s Everything Coming and Going
Hulu is out with its list of everything new coming to the streaming service in the month of September — and everything that’s leaving.

Highlights in the new category include Season 2 of “Pen15,” which stars Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle as their middle school selves, out Sept. 18. Another highlight is the series premiere of “Woke,” inspired by the life and work of American cartoonist Keith Knight. That’s out Sept. 9.

Leaving at the end of the month are movies like “50 First Dates,” “A Mighty Wind,” and “Best in Show.”

See the full list below.

Sept. 1

Mike Tyson Mysteries: Complete Season 4 (Adult Swim)

Jeopardy!: Episode Refresh (ABC)

50 First Dates (2004)

Absolute Power (1997)

Aeon Flux (2005)

American Dragons (1998)

An American Haunting (2006)

Any Given Sunday (1999)

Anywhere but Here (1999)

Back to School (1986)

Bad Girls from Mars (1991)

The Bank Job (2008)

Because I Said So (2007)

The Birdcage (1997)

Broken Lizard’s Club Dread (2004)

Call Me (1988)

Carrington (1995)

The Cold Light Of Day
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Everything Coming To Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Hulu And Prime In September

Everything Coming To Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Hulu And Prime In September
As August winds down, it’s time to look ahead to everything that’s hitting the major streaming services in September. As always, there’s an enormous haul of originals and newly licensed titles going up across Netflix, Disney Plus, HBO Max, Hulu and Prime Video over the month, including content from every genre out there.

The first day of September brings the usual lengthy list of movies arriving on most of the sites. Just a few of the highlights include all three Back to the Future films returning to Netflix, every entry in the Twilight saga arriving on Hulu and countless iconic movies going up on HBO Max, including Grease, Miss Congeniality and V for Vendetta. Also, Doctor Who fans will want to take note, as the most recent season of the show lands on HBO Max the same day.

Feel free to inspect the full list of everything
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Hulu New Releases: September 2020

Hulu New Releases: September 2020
As one of the weirder “back to school” seasons in living memory rolls out, Hulu is heading back to school in its own way for September 2020.

The biggest Hulu original arriving to the streaming services stream this month is season 2 of coming-of-age comedy Pen15…which of course stars two adults who have already come of age playing their middle school selves.

Speaking of middle school, perhaps the biggest non-original addition to the Hulu library this month is the arrival of all The Twilight Saga movies on September 1. That should prove to be a real nostalgia trip for interested parties. Other library titles of note include Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle, The Terminator, and 2019’s Judy on September 25.

Bookending Hulu’s originals this month is another intriguing comedy, Woke. This series will star Lamorne Morris as a Black cartoonist who gets an unexpected wakeup call.

Here is everything else
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‘#Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump’ Uses Science to Explain an Unhinged President — Watch

‘#Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump’ Uses Science to Explain an Unhinged President — Watch
The last four years of President Donald Trump’s tenure has been defined by endless lies, a revolving door of senior White House staffers, name-calling, and all-around hostility, making for a chaotic state of affairs before even diving into his policy record. As such, the inner workings of the president’s mind has sparked troubled curiosity from both sides of the aisle. Speaking during the opening night of the Democratic National Convention this week, former first lady Michelle Obama cited the “chaos, division, and a total and utter lack of empathy” under Trump as among the chief reasons why he’s unfit to serve.

Now, an upcoming documentary seeks to make sense of it all. Below, check out an exclusive clip from “#Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump.” With interviews from doctors and mental health professionals, the film offers an analysis of the behavior, psyche, condition, and stability of Trump,
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Hulu Announces Over 100 New Movies/TV Shows For September

Hulu Announces Over 100 New Movies/TV Shows For September
With the streaming wars really starting to heat up now thanks to all the new services that have sprung up over the past few months, it’s more important than ever for the major players to continue delivering truckloads of new content to keep subscribers happy. And thankfully, Hulu intends on doing just that.

Earlier today, the platform announced their September line-up and it’s an exciting mix of films and TV shows covering iconic classics, underrated gems, overlooked projects and true fan favorites. In fact, it’s looking like a particularly strong month compared to what we’ve seen from the streaming site over the summer so far and below, you can check out the entire list of what’s headed to Hulu in the coming weeks.

Released September 1

Mike Tyson Mysteries: Complete Season 4 (Adult Swim)

Jeopardy!: Episode Refresh (ABC)

50 First Dates (2004)

Absolute Power (1997)

Aeon Flux (2005)

American Dragons
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