Dreams are hard. Most of us wake up. And what a sad thing that is. Dreamin’ Wild, written and directed by Bill Pohlad and based on the article “Fruitland” by Steven Kurutz, aims to explore that ache through the lens of a quite-improbable true story. But first, some context. In the late ’70s, Donnie and Joe Emerson were teenagers living on their parent’s farm in Fruitland, Washington when they made an album called Dreamin’ Wild. Joe played the drums, and Donnie did everything else. Sadly, the records went largely unsold and un-listened. Three decades later, an anthropology student named Jack Fleischer discovered the album, listened to it, and loved it. This spurred an underground positive response to the album among collectors and music lovers alike. Finally it got into the hands of Matt Sullivan, co-owner of Light in the Attic, a reissue label that specializes in giving under-heard gems a fresh,...
- 8/1/2023
- by Dan Mecca
- The Film Stage
From absurd dashcam footage to amusing cat videos, it’s pretty safe to assume that the vast majority of real-world recordings are completely banal in nature – so why is it that Found Footage movies are almost exclusively associated with the horror genre? If you really think about it, we should have seen major Found Footage entries in pretty much every single genre by now, and yet filmmakers still insist on trying to make the next Blair Witch Project year after year.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m a sucker for Pov horror flicks, but I also enjoy a nice little palate cleanser every now and then. That’s why I appreciate rare exceptions like Dean Israelite’s Project Almanac, a sci-fi Found Footage romp that takes advantage of subjective filmmaking in an admirable attempt at updating age-old time travel tropes for a new generation.
If you haven’t heard of it before,...
Don’t get me wrong, I’m a sucker for Pov horror flicks, but I also enjoy a nice little palate cleanser every now and then. That’s why I appreciate rare exceptions like Dean Israelite’s Project Almanac, a sci-fi Found Footage romp that takes advantage of subjective filmmaking in an admirable attempt at updating age-old time travel tropes for a new generation.
If you haven’t heard of it before,...
- 6/23/2023
- by Luiz H. C.
- bloody-disgusting.com
Production wrapped recently in Canada.
Elliot Page and Hillary Baack have been unveiled as the stars of Close To You from Bafta-winning writer and director Dominic Savage.
Krishnendu Majumdar and Richard Yee developed the project under their Me + You Productions label in the UK and produce alongside Daniel Bekerman and Chris Yurkovich of Good Question Media in Canada, and Savage and Page, who conceived and co-wrote the story.
Kindred Spirit is co-financing the feature and Anita Gou and Sam Intili (I Saw The TV Glow) serve as executive producers alongside Rolling Dice’s Nia Vazirani (The Trial Of The Chicago 7...
Elliot Page and Hillary Baack have been unveiled as the stars of Close To You from Bafta-winning writer and director Dominic Savage.
Krishnendu Majumdar and Richard Yee developed the project under their Me + You Productions label in the UK and produce alongside Daniel Bekerman and Chris Yurkovich of Good Question Media in Canada, and Savage and Page, who conceived and co-wrote the story.
Kindred Spirit is co-financing the feature and Anita Gou and Sam Intili (I Saw The TV Glow) serve as executive producers alongside Rolling Dice’s Nia Vazirani (The Trial Of The Chicago 7...
- 6/12/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Academy Award nominee Elliot Page (The Umbrella Academy) is set to star opposite Hillary Baack (Sound of Metal) in Close to You, a new film from BAFTA-winning writer-director Dominic Savage (I Am…), which has wrapped production in Canada.
Pic follows Sam (Page), who has a chance encounter with an old friend (Baack) on his way home to a dreaded family reunion that forces him to confront long-buried memories.
Producers include Krishnendu Majumdar and Richard Yee, who developed the project under their UK banner, Me + You Productions; Daniel Bekerman and Chris Yurkovich of Good Question Media in Canada; and Savage and Page, who together conceived and co-authored the story. Kindred Spirit is co-financing with Anita Gou and Sam Intili (I Saw the TV Glow) exec producing alongside Rolling Dices Nia Vazirani (The Trial of Chicago 7), as well as Matt Jordan Smith of Page’s PageBoy Productions.
Pic follows Sam (Page), who has a chance encounter with an old friend (Baack) on his way home to a dreaded family reunion that forces him to confront long-buried memories.
Producers include Krishnendu Majumdar and Richard Yee, who developed the project under their UK banner, Me + You Productions; Daniel Bekerman and Chris Yurkovich of Good Question Media in Canada; and Savage and Page, who together conceived and co-authored the story. Kindred Spirit is co-financing with Anita Gou and Sam Intili (I Saw the TV Glow) exec producing alongside Rolling Dices Nia Vazirani (The Trial of Chicago 7), as well as Matt Jordan Smith of Page’s PageBoy Productions.
- 6/12/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
NBC has made decisions on two of its three bubble comedies and one of its four pilots.
The network has opted to cancel sophomore series Grand Crew and third-year show Young Rock, leaving fellow comedy American Auto on the bubble. As part of NBC’s comedy moves Friday, the network has handed out a series order to the mockumentary series St. Denis Medical. There is no word yet on the fates of NBC’s three remaining pilots, comedy Non-Evil Twin with Amber Ruffin and dramas Murder by the Book and Wolf.
St. Denis Medical, in the vein of ABC’s breakout Emmy darling Abbott Elementary, is described as a mockumentary about an underfunded, understaffed Oregon hospital where the dedicated doctors and nurses try their best to treat patients while maintaining their own sanity. Wendi McClendon-Covey stars in the Universal TV series, marking her first role after she wrapped a 10-season...
The network has opted to cancel sophomore series Grand Crew and third-year show Young Rock, leaving fellow comedy American Auto on the bubble. As part of NBC’s comedy moves Friday, the network has handed out a series order to the mockumentary series St. Denis Medical. There is no word yet on the fates of NBC’s three remaining pilots, comedy Non-Evil Twin with Amber Ruffin and dramas Murder by the Book and Wolf.
St. Denis Medical, in the vein of ABC’s breakout Emmy darling Abbott Elementary, is described as a mockumentary about an underfunded, understaffed Oregon hospital where the dedicated doctors and nurses try their best to treat patients while maintaining their own sanity. Wendi McClendon-Covey stars in the Universal TV series, marking her first role after she wrapped a 10-season...
- 6/9/2023
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
From the moment an animated “Ted” opened the NBCUniversal upfront, voiced by Seth MacFarlane prior to the writers strike, it was clear this was going to be an abbreviated event. For starters, until a week ago, this was still going to be Linda Yaccarino’s Radio City Music Hall show. But with Yaccarino off running Twitter (“Ted” making a crack about the crazies now at Twitter earned the biggest inadvertent laugh of the morning), it was up to Mark Marshall, NBCU interim chairman, global advertising & partnerships, to make the pitch to advertisers.
“In all of our conversations leading up today, regardless of client or category, there has been one constant…this is going to be a very important year for your businesses,” Marshall said, counting 32 pharma launches, 60 auto releases (including 46 electric vehicles) and over 100 movie releases (“which puts us back to pre-pandemic levels”) this year. “We know this is a competitive year.
“In all of our conversations leading up today, regardless of client or category, there has been one constant…this is going to be a very important year for your businesses,” Marshall said, counting 32 pharma launches, 60 auto releases (including 46 electric vehicles) and over 100 movie releases (“which puts us back to pre-pandemic levels”) this year. “We know this is a competitive year.
- 5/15/2023
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
NBC has announced its schedule for the Fall portion of the upcoming 2023-24 broadcast television year. It's unknown when the new season will begin due to production delays caused by the ongoing WGA strike. The network has picked up two seasons of Canada's Transplant series should it be needed to fill a timeslot.
Returning shows for fall include Chicago Fire (season 12), Chicago Med (season nine), Chicago Pd (season 11), Deadline NBC (season 32), Law & Order (season 23), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 25), Night Court (season two), Quantum Leap (season two), The Voice (season 24), and The Wall (season five resumes).
New shows Extended Family, Found, and The Irrational will launch this fall while The Americas, Deal or No Deal Island, and the as-yet-untitled America's Got Talent spin-off will debut midseason.
Returning shows for fall include Chicago Fire (season 12), Chicago Med (season nine), Chicago Pd (season 11), Deadline NBC (season 32), Law & Order (season 23), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (season 25), Night Court (season two), Quantum Leap (season two), The Voice (season 24), and The Wall (season five resumes).
New shows Extended Family, Found, and The Irrational will launch this fall while The Americas, Deal or No Deal Island, and the as-yet-untitled America's Got Talent spin-off will debut midseason.
- 5/13/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Donald Faison, Abigail Spencer, and Jon Cryer in ‘Extended Family’ (Photo by: Chris Haston/NBC)
NBC’s 2023 fall lineup will include two new dramas and one new comedy, as well as new seasons of The Voice, Night Court, and Quantum Leap. The three Chicago shows – Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, and Chicago P.D. – return to their Wednesday night time slots, and Law & Order and Law & Order: Svu are back with new seasons on Thursday nights.
The network hasn’t made any decisions on the status of American Auto, Grand Crew, and Young Rock, but did confirm new unscripted series Deal or No Deal Island and Untitled America’s Got Talent Series will premiere midseason. And Oscar winner Tom Hanks narrates the 10-part The Americas event series launching next spring.
New seasons of Law & Order: Organized Crime, La Brea, Magnum P.I., and Lopez vs. Lopez will join the primetime lineup midseason.
NBC’s 2023 fall lineup will include two new dramas and one new comedy, as well as new seasons of The Voice, Night Court, and Quantum Leap. The three Chicago shows – Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, and Chicago P.D. – return to their Wednesday night time slots, and Law & Order and Law & Order: Svu are back with new seasons on Thursday nights.
The network hasn’t made any decisions on the status of American Auto, Grand Crew, and Young Rock, but did confirm new unscripted series Deal or No Deal Island and Untitled America’s Got Talent Series will premiere midseason. And Oscar winner Tom Hanks narrates the 10-part The Americas event series launching next spring.
New seasons of Law & Order: Organized Crime, La Brea, Magnum P.I., and Lopez vs. Lopez will join the primetime lineup midseason.
- 5/12/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Viewers won’t get six hours of Dick Wolf dramas in the fall of the 2023-24 season. NBC has released its fall schedule, revealing which new shows are joining the lineup — Jesse L. Martin’s The Irrational, Shanola Hampton’s Found (originally part of this season’s midseason lineup), and Jon Cryer’s Extended Family — and those being held for the midseason, including a couple returning favorites. The network also announced that it had renewed Lopez vs. Lopez and Password for second seasons. Not returning until the midseasons are Law & Order: Organized Crime (Found is taking its slot), La Brea, Magnum P.I., Lopez vs. Lopez, and Password. New unscripted shows to come include an Untitled America’s Got Talent Series and Deal or No Deal Island. NBC will also debut an epic 10-part tentpole event series, The Americas, narrated by Tom Hanks. Plus, the ...
- 5/12/2023
- TV Insider
NBC is the second broadcast to announce its plans for the fall, and unlike CBS, some significant changes are on the horizon.
Quantum Leap is vacating its Mondays at 10 p.m. slot and will move one night later to Tuesdays.
Replacing the reboot is The Irrational, a new drama series.
Night Court will remain on Tuesdays but will lead into Extended Family.
Wednesdays remain unchanged, with the One Chicago franchise remaining intact into next season -- assuming the writers strike doesn't continue for more than a few months.
Law & Order: Organized Crime is being held for midseason, and the new drama series Found will get the Svu lead out.
The series is very compatible with Svu.
We got to watch two episodes, and we'll share more details on that one nearer to the premiere.
If the strike is not hashed out in the coming months, NBC does have options.
Quantum Leap is vacating its Mondays at 10 p.m. slot and will move one night later to Tuesdays.
Replacing the reboot is The Irrational, a new drama series.
Night Court will remain on Tuesdays but will lead into Extended Family.
Wednesdays remain unchanged, with the One Chicago franchise remaining intact into next season -- assuming the writers strike doesn't continue for more than a few months.
Law & Order: Organized Crime is being held for midseason, and the new drama series Found will get the Svu lead out.
The series is very compatible with Svu.
We got to watch two episodes, and we'll share more details on that one nearer to the premiere.
If the strike is not hashed out in the coming months, NBC does have options.
- 5/12/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
NBC on Friday became the second broadcast network (after CBS) to unveil its schedule for the Fall TV season. What shows are on the move, where did new ones land, and what’s on hold until midseason?
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Quantum Leap is making a leap… to Tuesdays (in New Amsterdam‘s old time slot), after airing Season 1 on Monday nights.
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Quantum Leap is making a leap… to Tuesdays (in New Amsterdam‘s old time slot), after airing Season 1 on Monday nights.
- 5/12/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Freshman drama “Quantum Leap” is taking a quantum leap to Tuesdays, as NBC unveiled a mostly strike-proof fall schedule that features three new series (two dramas and a comedy) and a crowded midseason bench.
The Peacock net’s lineup is heavy as always on football and Dick Wolf: And even more so on the pigskin, as NBC’s new deal to cover Big Ten football kicks in with a new Saturday showcase. But with few changes in store, the network will rely on established series to launch its freshman entries.
NBC will use unscripted mainstay “The Voice” on Mondays to launch the new Jesse L. Martin starrer “The Irrational,” based on author Dan Ariely’s “Predictably Irrational,” at 10 p.m. On Tuesday, the hit “Night Court” revival will continue to lead off the night and help launch the new comedy “Extended Family,” starring Jon Cryer and Donald Faison, and from Mike O’Malley,...
The Peacock net’s lineup is heavy as always on football and Dick Wolf: And even more so on the pigskin, as NBC’s new deal to cover Big Ten football kicks in with a new Saturday showcase. But with few changes in store, the network will rely on established series to launch its freshman entries.
NBC will use unscripted mainstay “The Voice” on Mondays to launch the new Jesse L. Martin starrer “The Irrational,” based on author Dan Ariely’s “Predictably Irrational,” at 10 p.m. On Tuesday, the hit “Night Court” revival will continue to lead off the night and help launch the new comedy “Extended Family,” starring Jon Cryer and Donald Faison, and from Mike O’Malley,...
- 5/12/2023
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
NBC has finally released its schedule for the 2023 to 2024 TV season, and this time around new series from Jon Cryer and Tom Hanks are leading the charge alongside network staples. NBC’s fall schedule will include three new scripted series as well as a new night of Big Ten Football.
“Lopez vs. Lopez” and “Law and Order: Organized Crime” will also officially be returning, though they’re not set to premiere until midseason. According to Jeff Bader, President of Entertainment Program Planning Strategy for NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, “Organized Crime” is currently undergoing a showrunner change and does not currently have a showrunner. “It actually is best for the show to have some time to regroup, and it’ll come on as part of the Thursday lineup later in the season,” Bader told TheWrap.
As for “American Auto,” “Grand Crew” and “Young Rock,” NBC has yet to make a decision...
“Lopez vs. Lopez” and “Law and Order: Organized Crime” will also officially be returning, though they’re not set to premiere until midseason. According to Jeff Bader, President of Entertainment Program Planning Strategy for NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, “Organized Crime” is currently undergoing a showrunner change and does not currently have a showrunner. “It actually is best for the show to have some time to regroup, and it’ll come on as part of the Thursday lineup later in the season,” Bader told TheWrap.
As for “American Auto,” “Grand Crew” and “Young Rock,” NBC has yet to make a decision...
- 5/12/2023
- by Kayla Cobb
- The Wrap
NBC is opening up a new fall comedy block on Tuesday nights and has pushed a couple of its drama series to midseason.
The network unveiled its fall schedule, which sees Jon Cryer’s Extended Family run after Night Court, Quantum Leap moves to Tuesday night, while Found replaces Law & Order: Organized Crime on Dick Wolf’s second night in the fall and La Brea, with its short order season, also pushed to midseason.
There are plenty of strike contingencies built into the schedule, in part as a result of NBC renewing shows early and keeping them in production ahead of the writers walking out.
Jeff Bader, President, Entertainment Program Planning Strategy, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, told Deadline that shows such as Night Court, Quantum Leap, Found, The Irrational and Extended Family will all be on the fall schedule even if there’s an extended strike “because we’re...
The network unveiled its fall schedule, which sees Jon Cryer’s Extended Family run after Night Court, Quantum Leap moves to Tuesday night, while Found replaces Law & Order: Organized Crime on Dick Wolf’s second night in the fall and La Brea, with its short order season, also pushed to midseason.
There are plenty of strike contingencies built into the schedule, in part as a result of NBC renewing shows early and keeping them in production ahead of the writers walking out.
Jeff Bader, President, Entertainment Program Planning Strategy, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, told Deadline that shows such as Night Court, Quantum Leap, Found, The Irrational and Extended Family will all be on the fall schedule even if there’s an extended strike “because we’re...
- 5/12/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
NBC will add three new scripted series to its primetime lineup for the start of the 2023-24 season — and since all three began production well before the writers strike, they’ll be ready to go right away even if writers (or other industry unions) are still on strike.
The network has done a significant amount of strike-proofing for its fall slate, such that six of seven nights will feature original programming even if the Writers Guild of America strike delays the usual summertime start of production on returning shows. NBC’s new series — dramas Found and The Irrational and comedy Extended Family — were all picked up outside the traditional development cycle and thus filmed several episodes each before writers struck on May 1. (Found was originally set to premiere in February before being pushed back to fall.) Unscripted shows The Voice and The Wall and sports on Saturday and Sunday nights...
The network has done a significant amount of strike-proofing for its fall slate, such that six of seven nights will feature original programming even if the Writers Guild of America strike delays the usual summertime start of production on returning shows. NBC’s new series — dramas Found and The Irrational and comedy Extended Family — were all picked up outside the traditional development cycle and thus filmed several episodes each before writers struck on May 1. (Found was originally set to premiere in February before being pushed back to fall.) Unscripted shows The Voice and The Wall and sports on Saturday and Sunday nights...
- 5/12/2023
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NBC revealed its fall 2023-24 TV schedule on Friday ahead of its Monday upfront event. The broadcast channel’s lineup was in no way impacted by the WGA strike, NBCUniversal’s president of program planning Jeff Bader told IndieWire.
Bader said what he put out today is “the exact same schedule” that NBC would have unveiled if the WGA and AMPTP came to terms earlier this month. “The schedule was actually done before we knew whether or not the strike was going to happen,” he said during a telephone interview.
It helps that the schedule is, in Bader’s words, “very stable” with last year’s lineup. That will be NBC’s main talking point Monday when the network pushes its programming on advertisers and tries to ignore the Linda Yaccarino- and Jeff Shell-sized elephants in their Radio City Music Hall room.
All of NBC’s scripted fall...
Bader said what he put out today is “the exact same schedule” that NBC would have unveiled if the WGA and AMPTP came to terms earlier this month. “The schedule was actually done before we knew whether or not the strike was going to happen,” he said during a telephone interview.
It helps that the schedule is, in Bader’s words, “very stable” with last year’s lineup. That will be NBC’s main talking point Monday when the network pushes its programming on advertisers and tries to ignore the Linda Yaccarino- and Jeff Shell-sized elephants in their Radio City Music Hall room.
All of NBC’s scripted fall...
- 5/12/2023
- by Tony Maglio
- Indiewire
The autopsy of Cash App founder and murder victim Bob Lee, 43, has been released. Documents made public on Thursday showed that Lee was stabbed three times, twice in the chest and once in the hip. One strike at his left chest penetrated his heart, with a wound of approximately five inches. Lee died last month in Rincon Hill, San Francisco.
The medical examiner of the case also found alcohol, cocaine, ketamine and allergy medication in Lee’s system.
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Shortly after Lee’s murder, social media wags had speculated that the murderer was a homeless resident of the city, as San Francisco has seen a spike in crime recently.
Now, police have charged fellow tech executive Nima Momeni for Lee’s death.
The two men were spotted leaving Lee’s hotel and getting into a Momeni’s car at about 2 a.m., the day of the murder.
The medical examiner of the case also found alcohol, cocaine, ketamine and allergy medication in Lee’s system.
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Shortly after Lee’s murder, social media wags had speculated that the murderer was a homeless resident of the city, as San Francisco has seen a spike in crime recently.
Now, police have charged fellow tech executive Nima Momeni for Lee’s death.
The two men were spotted leaving Lee’s hotel and getting into a Momeni’s car at about 2 a.m., the day of the murder.
- 5/4/2023
- by Jeremy Elmkies
- Uinterview
The American Black Film Festival has unveiled its lineup of spotlight screenings and new world premieres.
The festival, set to run in Miami Beach from June 14 to 18, has booked a first look for HBO Documentary Film’s Donyale Luna: Supermodel, a film about the pioneering Black supermodel Donyale Luna. Also headed to ABFF for a screening is NBC’s Found drama, created by Nkechi Okoro Carroll and starring Shanola Hampton and Mark-Paul Gosselaar, and BET+’s Average Joe, a darkly comedic drama series that stars Deon Cole and will also have a world premiere.
And there’s screenings booked into Miami Beach for Liongate’s The Blackening, directed by Tim Story, starring Grace Byers and Jermaine Fowler and which had at a world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival; and a centerpiece screening for Netflix’s The Perfect Find, directed by ABFF alum Numa Perrier and starring Gabrielle Union and Keith Powers.
The festival, set to run in Miami Beach from June 14 to 18, has booked a first look for HBO Documentary Film’s Donyale Luna: Supermodel, a film about the pioneering Black supermodel Donyale Luna. Also headed to ABFF for a screening is NBC’s Found drama, created by Nkechi Okoro Carroll and starring Shanola Hampton and Mark-Paul Gosselaar, and BET+’s Average Joe, a darkly comedic drama series that stars Deon Cole and will also have a world premiere.
And there’s screenings booked into Miami Beach for Liongate’s The Blackening, directed by Tim Story, starring Grace Byers and Jermaine Fowler and which had at a world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival; and a centerpiece screening for Netflix’s The Perfect Find, directed by ABFF alum Numa Perrier and starring Gabrielle Union and Keith Powers.
- 4/27/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fans of NBC's six Dick Wolf shows let out a sigh of relief Monday when it was announced that they would all be back for the 2023-24 TV season.
That's right, folks. The entire Law & Order universe secured renewals, but there's a catch.
One of the shows is targeting a much shorter episode order than its current season.
We know you'll have questions about how long your favorite shows will be on the air next season, and we have some answers.
Variety confirmed that Law & Order and Law & Order: Svu have both secured 22-episode seasons.
The Christopher Meloni-led Law & Order: Organized Crime will run for just 13 episodes instead.
No reason has been given for the decision, but the ratings warrant a full-season pickup.
Law & Order: Organized Crime recently announced its fifth showrunner, David Graziano.
It's not uncommon for a change in showrunner after a few years,...
That's right, folks. The entire Law & Order universe secured renewals, but there's a catch.
One of the shows is targeting a much shorter episode order than its current season.
We know you'll have questions about how long your favorite shows will be on the air next season, and we have some answers.
Variety confirmed that Law & Order and Law & Order: Svu have both secured 22-episode seasons.
The Christopher Meloni-led Law & Order: Organized Crime will run for just 13 episodes instead.
No reason has been given for the decision, but the ratings warrant a full-season pickup.
Law & Order: Organized Crime recently announced its fifth showrunner, David Graziano.
It's not uncommon for a change in showrunner after a few years,...
- 4/11/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Skeletal remains found at Lake Mead last fall have been identified as belonging to a Las Vegas man named Donald P. Smith, 39, who drowned in the 70s.
Smith’s death was ruled accidental. He was identified through a combination of DNA analysis and reports from 1974.
His remains were discovered after a diver found a human bone in Callville Bay in October 2022. This prompted a search that uncovered more skeletal remains.
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Smith is at least the sixth finding of human remains at the lake in the past year. This is due to a prolonged drought that has forced Lake Mead’s water levels to plummet to record lows and its shorelines to recede.
Other human remains include a body that was found in a metal barrel, leading to speculation that the person may have been involved in organized crime.
Lake Mead is the largest reservoir in the U.
Smith’s death was ruled accidental. He was identified through a combination of DNA analysis and reports from 1974.
His remains were discovered after a diver found a human bone in Callville Bay in October 2022. This prompted a search that uncovered more skeletal remains.
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Smith is at least the sixth finding of human remains at the lake in the past year. This is due to a prolonged drought that has forced Lake Mead’s water levels to plummet to record lows and its shorelines to recede.
Other human remains include a body that was found in a metal barrel, leading to speculation that the person may have been involved in organized crime.
Lake Mead is the largest reservoir in the U.
- 3/31/2023
- by Alex Nguyen
- Uinterview
As the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers continue negotiating over a new contract, the prospect of a labor strike — the first for writers in 15 years — looms large.
The guild has a wide-ranging set of priorities for the negotiations, ranging from higher minimum pay and expanded span protection for writers who are bound to a shorter-run TV series for long periods, to “addressing the abuses of mini-rooms” and regulating the use of material produced using artificial intelligence programs.
The WGA’s contract is up May 1, and unless a deal is reached, writers could walk out soon after. Even before the two sides started negotiating, however, TV networks and streamers began taking steps to ensure the content pipeline won’t run dry — at least for a while — in the event of a strike. Here are some of the ways they’re preparing for a potential strike.
The guild has a wide-ranging set of priorities for the negotiations, ranging from higher minimum pay and expanded span protection for writers who are bound to a shorter-run TV series for long periods, to “addressing the abuses of mini-rooms” and regulating the use of material produced using artificial intelligence programs.
The WGA’s contract is up May 1, and unless a deal is reached, writers could walk out soon after. Even before the two sides started negotiating, however, TV networks and streamers began taking steps to ensure the content pipeline won’t run dry — at least for a while — in the event of a strike. Here are some of the ways they’re preparing for a potential strike.
- 3/31/2023
- by Rick Porter and Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NBC has picked up drama pilot The Irrational, starring Jesse L. Martin, to series.
The Irrational, from Arika Lisanne Mittman, was ordered to pilot in February and signs were looking good for a series order. As Deadline previously reported, a mini writers room was set up in the fall to produce a couple of backup scripts, and cast options, which had been set to expire in October, were extended through the end of this month.
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Written by Mittman, The Irrational is based on Dan Ariely’s bestselling novel Predictably Irrational. The show follows Alec Baker (Martin), a world-renowned professor of behavioral science who lends his expertise to an array of high-stakes cases involving governments, law enforcement and corporations with his unique and unexpected approach to understanding human behavior.
Maahra Hill, Travina Springer, Molly Kunz and Arash DeMaxi also star.
Martin also is producing the pilot.
The Irrational, from Arika Lisanne Mittman, was ordered to pilot in February and signs were looking good for a series order. As Deadline previously reported, a mini writers room was set up in the fall to produce a couple of backup scripts, and cast options, which had been set to expire in October, were extended through the end of this month.
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Written by Mittman, The Irrational is based on Dan Ariely’s bestselling novel Predictably Irrational. The show follows Alec Baker (Martin), a world-renowned professor of behavioral science who lends his expertise to an array of high-stakes cases involving governments, law enforcement and corporations with his unique and unexpected approach to understanding human behavior.
Maahra Hill, Travina Springer, Molly Kunz and Arash DeMaxi also star.
Martin also is producing the pilot.
- 12/27/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
1999 was a strange year for pop culture. On the one hand, there was all this fear about Y2K and the possible end of the world. Then, on the other hand, pop culture was all over the place with a film like “American Pie” reviving the “Porky’s”-esque, male-driven, R-rated sex comedy genre, the oft-discussed Woodstock ‘99 festival debacle shocking everyone, and pop music by folks like ‘Nsync and Britney Spears providing the soundtrack.
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- 9/16/2022
- by Charles Barfield
- The Playlist
"V/H/S/" has been a formidable mainstay in the horror genre ever since its first entry back in 2012. Since then, three sequels have been released, with last year's "V/H/S/ 94" being exclusive to the genre streaming service Shudder. Despite the longevity of the franchise, it has never strayed away from its core creative manta: hire up-and-coming horror directors to direct a found-footage short film, then present them as long-lost videos that connect to a larger story. This draw helped launch the careers of several now-prominent genre directors, such as Radio Silence ("V/H/S/"), Timo Tjahjanto ("V/H/S/ 2"), Justin Benson ("V/H/S/: Viral"), and Chloe Okuno ("V/H/S/ 94").
Now, the franchise is back, and it wants to party like it's 1999. That's because it technically is; "V/H/S/ 99" will take place at the turn of the new millennium amidst the decline of VHS recording and the omnipresent threat of Y2K. With...
Now, the franchise is back, and it wants to party like it's 1999. That's because it technically is; "V/H/S/ 99" will take place at the turn of the new millennium amidst the decline of VHS recording and the omnipresent threat of Y2K. With...
- 9/15/2022
- by Erin Brady
- Slash Film
NBC is getting close to making decisions on its remaining three off-cycle pilots.
Drama The Irrational starring Jesse L. Martin is putting together a mini-room to produce a couple of backup scripts ordered by the network, I have learned. It is a good sign for the project as I hear the pilot was well received internally, with Martin, a bona fide NBC star from his Law & Order days, getting high marks. I hear the option on the cast are up in late October, so a pickup decision is expected by then.
The Untitled Mike Daniels drama, aka Adam and Eva, is on less solid footing. I hear there has been an effort to rethink the romantic comedy as a modestly budgeted series for summer. While the show’s prospects were not looking good recently, I hear an effort to figure out financials is ongoing, with final decision expected by end of the month.
Drama The Irrational starring Jesse L. Martin is putting together a mini-room to produce a couple of backup scripts ordered by the network, I have learned. It is a good sign for the project as I hear the pilot was well received internally, with Martin, a bona fide NBC star from his Law & Order days, getting high marks. I hear the option on the cast are up in late October, so a pickup decision is expected by then.
The Untitled Mike Daniels drama, aka Adam and Eva, is on less solid footing. I hear there has been an effort to rethink the romantic comedy as a modestly budgeted series for summer. While the show’s prospects were not looking good recently, I hear an effort to figure out financials is ongoing, with final decision expected by end of the month.
- 9/13/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Sonay Hoffman has joined NBC’s newly picked up drama series Found as executive producer and co-showrunner. She will work alongside series creator/executive producer/showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll on the series, from Berlanti Productions, Warner Bros. Television and Universal Television.
Given her workload of three on-air series, Carroll was expected to bring in a co-showrunner on Found the way she recently did on All American: Homecoming with Marqui Jackson. In addition to Found and All American: Homecoming, on which she is creator/exec producer and co-showrunner, this coming season Carroll also has All American, on which she is an exec producer/showrunner.
In any given year, more than 600,000 people are reported missing in the U.S. More than half that number are people of color that the country seems to forget about. Public relations specialist Gabi Mosely (series star and producer Shanola Hampton) — who was once herself one...
Given her workload of three on-air series, Carroll was expected to bring in a co-showrunner on Found the way she recently did on All American: Homecoming with Marqui Jackson. In addition to Found and All American: Homecoming, on which she is creator/exec producer and co-showrunner, this coming season Carroll also has All American, on which she is an exec producer/showrunner.
In any given year, more than 600,000 people are reported missing in the U.S. More than half that number are people of color that the country seems to forget about. Public relations specialist Gabi Mosely (series star and producer Shanola Hampton) — who was once herself one...
- 8/10/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Comedian, writer and actor Larry Wilmore has been tapped to host the 46th Annual Humanitas Prizes, which return as an in-person event on September 9, 2022 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Wilmore is a previous Humanitas winner, having served as creator, writer and exec producer of “The Bernie Mac Show,” which won two of the prizes (along with an Emmy and a Peabody over five seasons). Next up he’s the exec producer, along with Kerry Washington, of the legal drama “Reasonable Doubt,” which comes from Onyx Collective and will air on Hulu this fall.
Also at this year’s Humanitas Prizes, Nkechi Okoro Carroll will lead the New Voices Fellowship and College Screenwriting Award presentations.
“We are truly honored to have Larry Wilmore host the 46th Humanitas Prizes and Nkechi Okoro Caroll present our awards for emerging writers,” said Humanitas executive director Michelle Franke. “Larry’s legacy as a writer alone...
Wilmore is a previous Humanitas winner, having served as creator, writer and exec producer of “The Bernie Mac Show,” which won two of the prizes (along with an Emmy and a Peabody over five seasons). Next up he’s the exec producer, along with Kerry Washington, of the legal drama “Reasonable Doubt,” which comes from Onyx Collective and will air on Hulu this fall.
Also at this year’s Humanitas Prizes, Nkechi Okoro Carroll will lead the New Voices Fellowship and College Screenwriting Award presentations.
“We are truly honored to have Larry Wilmore host the 46th Humanitas Prizes and Nkechi Okoro Caroll present our awards for emerging writers,” said Humanitas executive director Michelle Franke. “Larry’s legacy as a writer alone...
- 8/10/2022
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Gemma Files has been writing horror, fantasy, and “weird” fiction for decades, picking up a number of accolades along the way. Her latest honor is a Bram Stoker Award for last year’s short story collection In That Endlessness, Our End. It’s an incredible collection, many of its unnerving stories unfolding via email threads, podcast transcripts, […]
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- 8/5/2022
- by Randall Colburn
- bloody-disgusting.com
"Star Trek: Voyager" season 5, episode 20, "Think Tank" saw a dangerous cadre of bounty hunters attack the ship and capture the crew, and in the midst of battle, U.S.S. Voyager is visited by a mysterious and soft-spoken alien named Kurros (Jason Alexander). Kurros explains that he belongs to a think tank of ultra-intelligent beings -- cleverly hidden in subspace -- who have linked themselves to a telepathy machine. With it, the think tank can share thoughts and solve complex problems. The think tank offers to solve the Voyager's current bounty hunter problem, but only in exchange for Seven...
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- 5/21/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
The NBC drama pilot “Found” has cast Kelli Williams, Variety has learned exclusively.
Williams joins previously announced series lead Shanola Hampton in the project along with fellow cast member Mark-Paul Gosselaar.
The show is built around the fact that, in any given year, more than 600,000 people are reported missing in the U.S. More than half that number are people of color that the country seems to forget about. Public relations specialist Gabi Mosley (Hampton) — who was once herself one of those forgotten ones — and her crisis management team now make sure there is always someone looking out for the forgotten missing people. But unbeknownst to anyone, this everyday hero is hiding a chilling secret of her own.
Williams will star in the pilot as Margaret Reed. A keen observer of human behavior, Margaret is a crisis manager at Mosley and Associates, and the mother figure to her whole team of associates.
Williams joins previously announced series lead Shanola Hampton in the project along with fellow cast member Mark-Paul Gosselaar.
The show is built around the fact that, in any given year, more than 600,000 people are reported missing in the U.S. More than half that number are people of color that the country seems to forget about. Public relations specialist Gabi Mosley (Hampton) — who was once herself one of those forgotten ones — and her crisis management team now make sure there is always someone looking out for the forgotten missing people. But unbeknownst to anyone, this everyday hero is hiding a chilling secret of her own.
Williams will star in the pilot as Margaret Reed. A keen observer of human behavior, Margaret is a crisis manager at Mosley and Associates, and the mother figure to her whole team of associates.
- 5/18/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
NBC revealed its fall 2022-2023 lineup Monday, which includes “La Brea” occupying the current Tuesdays at 9 p.m. home of “This Is Us,” as well as the “Quantum Leap” reboot series taking the coveted post-“The Voice” launchpad. On a season that includes new coach Camila Cabello, that’s an even nicer slot to occupy as the broadcast network’s splashy new drama.
Mondays in the fall will begin with the two-hour episode of “The Voice” at 8 p.m., followed by “Quantum Leap” as its lead-out at 10.
On Tuesdays, “The Voice” will kickoff the night with its one-hour edition at 8 p.m., leading into “La Brea” at 9. With the end of “This Is Us” just two episodes away, NBC had to hand the slot over to another drama for the fall and made the logical choice with breakout hit “La Brea,” which did well in the spot last fall when...
Mondays in the fall will begin with the two-hour episode of “The Voice” at 8 p.m., followed by “Quantum Leap” as its lead-out at 10.
On Tuesdays, “The Voice” will kickoff the night with its one-hour edition at 8 p.m., leading into “La Brea” at 9. With the end of “This Is Us” just two episodes away, NBC had to hand the slot over to another drama for the fall and made the logical choice with breakout hit “La Brea,” which did well in the spot last fall when...
- 5/16/2022
- by Jennifer Maas
- Variety Film + TV
Less than a week after a body was found at Lake Mead, the country’s largest reservoir, more remains were found over the weekend. On Saturday, a call was made to the National Park Service rangers, which reported the spotting of a second set of human remains found in Callville Bay. The Clark County Medical Examiner […]
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- 5/10/2022
- by Benedetta Tommaselli
- Uinterview
Exclusive: Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Mixed-ish) has been cast as a lead opposite Shanola Hampton in NBC pilot Found. The one-hour missing-persons drama is written by Nkechi Okoro Carroll and hails from Berlanti Productions, Carroll’s Rock My Soul Productions and Warner Bros. TV, where Greg Berlanti and Carroll are under overall deals.
In any given year, more than 600,000 people are reported missing in the U.S. More than half are people of color that the country seems to forget about. In Found, public relations specialist Gabi Mosley (Hampton) — who was once one of those forgotten ones herself — and her crisis-management team make sure there’s always someone looking out for the forgotten missing people. But unbeknownst to anyone, this everyday hero is hiding a chilling secret of her own.
2022 NBC Pilots & Series Orders
Gosselaar will play Sir, a controversial figure in Gabi’s past.
Berlanti and Sarah Schechter executive produce for Berlanti Productions,...
In any given year, more than 600,000 people are reported missing in the U.S. More than half are people of color that the country seems to forget about. In Found, public relations specialist Gabi Mosley (Hampton) — who was once one of those forgotten ones herself — and her crisis-management team make sure there’s always someone looking out for the forgotten missing people. But unbeknownst to anyone, this everyday hero is hiding a chilling secret of her own.
2022 NBC Pilots & Series Orders
Gosselaar will play Sir, a controversial figure in Gabi’s past.
Berlanti and Sarah Schechter executive produce for Berlanti Productions,...
- 4/29/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Back in 2018, the Paramount Network released a miniseries called "Waco," about the real-life events in February 1993 when the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (Atf) unleashed a bloody raid in Mount Carmel on the Branch Davidians religious community (or cult depending on who you ask) led by David Koresh. The raid led to a standoff, resulting in the deaths of four government agents and six Branch Davidians. Things were exacerbated, however, when during a 51-day siege initiated by the FBI, a fire broke out. The Mount Carmel Center was destroyed, and 76 members of the Branch Davidians were killed,...
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- 4/25/2022
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Exclusive: DeMane Davis, who has directed episodes of Queen Sugar and Netflix’s Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam Cj Walker, has been tapped to helm NBC pilot Found.
Davis will direct the pilot episode of the missing-persons drama, which comes from Nkechi Okoro Carroll, Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. TV.
It reunites the director with Berlanti, with whom she worked on episodes of Netflix’s You and The Red Line.
It comes after Davis recently signed an overall deal with Warner Bros. Television Group and extends a relationship that began in 2017 when Ava DuVernay gave Davis her television series directing debut on an episode of the Array Filmworks drama series Queen Sugar.
She then became a producing director of the show in season three and supervised the all-female directing team on the show, a DuVernay-created initiative that continues throughout the show’s upcoming sixth season.
She has...
Davis will direct the pilot episode of the missing-persons drama, which comes from Nkechi Okoro Carroll, Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. TV.
It reunites the director with Berlanti, with whom she worked on episodes of Netflix’s You and The Red Line.
It comes after Davis recently signed an overall deal with Warner Bros. Television Group and extends a relationship that began in 2017 when Ava DuVernay gave Davis her television series directing debut on an episode of the Array Filmworks drama series Queen Sugar.
She then became a producing director of the show in season three and supervised the all-female directing team on the show, a DuVernay-created initiative that continues throughout the show’s upcoming sixth season.
She has...
- 4/4/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: HBO Max has acquired streaming rights to the family film Brie‘s Bake Off Challenge, from writer-director Emily Aguilar, for release today.
The story follows Brie Hayes (Devyn Leah), an aspiring 12-year-old baker who does everything she can to win first place in her school’s annual Spring Bake Off Challenge. Brie and her Bffl Millie (Mallory Vertman) must practice and motivate each other in order to win. On top of the actual baking challenges, Brie faces her “archnemesis” and bully, Vanessa Weiler (Delaney Disque), who also wants to win first place. Pressures and tensions rise as the stakes get higher and Vanessa’s crush, Jody (Camden Zapf), is also competing to win. The winner of the Spring Bake Off Challenge will win a whopping 5,000 and tickets to Cosmo Land.
Emily’s Bake Off Challenge also stars Stefannie Smith, Pry’ce Jaymes, Isaiah Givens, Sandy Lisiewski, Tony Amante, Adam Cooley,...
The story follows Brie Hayes (Devyn Leah), an aspiring 12-year-old baker who does everything she can to win first place in her school’s annual Spring Bake Off Challenge. Brie and her Bffl Millie (Mallory Vertman) must practice and motivate each other in order to win. On top of the actual baking challenges, Brie faces her “archnemesis” and bully, Vanessa Weiler (Delaney Disque), who also wants to win first place. Pressures and tensions rise as the stakes get higher and Vanessa’s crush, Jody (Camden Zapf), is also competing to win. The winner of the Spring Bake Off Challenge will win a whopping 5,000 and tickets to Cosmo Land.
Emily’s Bake Off Challenge also stars Stefannie Smith, Pry’ce Jaymes, Isaiah Givens, Sandy Lisiewski, Tony Amante, Adam Cooley,...
- 4/1/2022
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Shameless vet Shanola Hampton will be coming to the rescue of missing persons in the NBC drama pilot Found, our sister site Deadline reports.
The project is based on the fact that “in any given year, more than 600,000 people are reported missing in the U.S. More than half that number are people of color that the country seems to forget about,” per the official logline. “A public relations specialist (Hampton) — who was once herself one of those forgotten ones — and her crisis management team now make sure there is always someone looking out for the forgotten missing people. But unbeknownst to anyone,...
The project is based on the fact that “in any given year, more than 600,000 people are reported missing in the U.S. More than half that number are people of color that the country seems to forget about,” per the official logline. “A public relations specialist (Hampton) — who was once herself one of those forgotten ones — and her crisis management team now make sure there is always someone looking out for the forgotten missing people. But unbeknownst to anyone,...
- 3/2/2022
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Shanola Hampton has been cast in the lead role of the NBC drama pilot “Found,” Variety has learned.
The one hour drama deals with the fact that, in any given year, more than 600,000 people are reported missing in the U.S. More than half that number are people of color that the country seems to forget about. Public relations specialist Gabi Mosley (Hampton) — who was once herself one of those forgotten ones — and her crisis management team now make sure there is always someone looking out for the forgotten missing people. But unbeknownst to anyone, this everyday hero is hiding a chilling secret of her own.
Hampton will also serve as a producer on “Found” in addition to starring. The series hails from writer and executive producer Nkechi Okoro Carroll, who executive produces via Rock My Soul Productions. Lindsay Dunn of Rock My Soul also executive produces along with Greg Berlanti,...
The one hour drama deals with the fact that, in any given year, more than 600,000 people are reported missing in the U.S. More than half that number are people of color that the country seems to forget about. Public relations specialist Gabi Mosley (Hampton) — who was once herself one of those forgotten ones — and her crisis management team now make sure there is always someone looking out for the forgotten missing people. But unbeknownst to anyone, this everyday hero is hiding a chilling secret of her own.
Hampton will also serve as a producer on “Found” in addition to starring. The series hails from writer and executive producer Nkechi Okoro Carroll, who executive produces via Rock My Soul Productions. Lindsay Dunn of Rock My Soul also executive produces along with Greg Berlanti,...
- 3/2/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Shameless alumna Shanola Hampton has been tapped as the lead of NBC pilot Found. Hampton also will serve as producer on the one-hour missing-persons drama, written by Nkechi Okoro Carroll, which hails from Berlanti Productions, Carroll’s Rock My Soul Productions and Warner Bros. TV, where Greg Berlanti and Carroll are under overall deals.
This is the second consecutive NBC drama pilot for Hampton. Last June, she was cast as a lead of Dangerous Moms and served as producer on the pilot as part of a one-year talent holding deal with NBCU Television & Streaming and Universal Television she’d signed in December 2020. That pilot did not move forward, making Hampton available. She was quickly approached about Found after the project was greenlighted to pilot in January.
In any given year, more than 600,000 people are reported missing in the U.S. More than half that number are people of color that...
This is the second consecutive NBC drama pilot for Hampton. Last June, she was cast as a lead of Dangerous Moms and served as producer on the pilot as part of a one-year talent holding deal with NBCU Television & Streaming and Universal Television she’d signed in December 2020. That pilot did not move forward, making Hampton available. She was quickly approached about Found after the project was greenlighted to pilot in January.
In any given year, more than 600,000 people are reported missing in the U.S. More than half that number are people of color that...
- 3/2/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Farewell and Honey Boy producer Kindred Spirit is expanding with the appointment of Sam Intili who joins the company as Head of Creative after departing Animal Kingdom.
Intili will be responsible for “cultivating materials and talent relationships”, with an eye towards strengthening Kindred Spirit’s foothold in the international space. In addition, Caroline Clark has been promoted to Development and Production Executive.
Both roles will report into Kindred Spirit founder Anita Gou as the company gears up on Agnieszka Smoczynska’s English-language debut Silent Twins starring Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance. The movie is now in post with Focus Features.
At Animal Kingdom, Intili sourced financing and distribution for emerging filmmakers. Exec producer credits include Andrew Cummings’ The Origin and Joaquin del Paso’s The Hole in the Fence. Intili is producing Jane Schoenbrun’s feature I Saw The TV Glow with Fruit Tree, A24, and Sarah Winshall,...
Intili will be responsible for “cultivating materials and talent relationships”, with an eye towards strengthening Kindred Spirit’s foothold in the international space. In addition, Caroline Clark has been promoted to Development and Production Executive.
Both roles will report into Kindred Spirit founder Anita Gou as the company gears up on Agnieszka Smoczynska’s English-language debut Silent Twins starring Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance. The movie is now in post with Focus Features.
At Animal Kingdom, Intili sourced financing and distribution for emerging filmmakers. Exec producer credits include Andrew Cummings’ The Origin and Joaquin del Paso’s The Hole in the Fence. Intili is producing Jane Schoenbrun’s feature I Saw The TV Glow with Fruit Tree, A24, and Sarah Winshall,...
- 2/2/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Missing-Persons Drama ‘Found’ From Nkechi Okoro Carroll & Berlanti Productions Lands NBC Pilot Order
NBC has handed a pilot order to Found, a one-hour missing-persons drama from the All American team of showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll and executive producers Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter. The project hails from Berlanti Productions, Carroll’s Rock My Soul Productions and Warner Bros. TV, where Berlanti and Carroll are under overall deals.
Found previously was set at ABC, where it received a put pilot commitment in 2019.
Written and executive produced by Carroll, Found centers on the premise that in any given year, more than 600,000 people are reported missing in the U.S. More than half that number are people of color that the country seems to forget about. In Found, a public relations specialist — who once was one of those forgotten ones herself — and her crisis-management team now make sure there is always someone looking out for the forgotten missing people. But unbeknownst to anyone, this everyday hero...
Found previously was set at ABC, where it received a put pilot commitment in 2019.
Written and executive produced by Carroll, Found centers on the premise that in any given year, more than 600,000 people are reported missing in the U.S. More than half that number are people of color that the country seems to forget about. In Found, a public relations specialist — who once was one of those forgotten ones herself — and her crisis-management team now make sure there is always someone looking out for the forgotten missing people. But unbeknownst to anyone, this everyday hero...
- 1/13/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
This news certainly warrants an “Oh, boy!”: A Quantum Leap reboot is officially underway, securing a pilot order at NBC, TVLine has learned.
Per the official logline, this iteration of Quantum Leap would pick up 30 years after Scott Bakula’s Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished, at which point “a new team has been assembled to restart the project in the hopes of understanding the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it.” (To answer the No. 1 question on your mind, a source tells TVLine that Bakula’s involvement in the new project is “to be determined.
Per the official logline, this iteration of Quantum Leap would pick up 30 years after Scott Bakula’s Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished, at which point “a new team has been assembled to restart the project in the hopes of understanding the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it.” (To answer the No. 1 question on your mind, a source tells TVLine that Bakula’s involvement in the new project is “to be determined.
- 1/13/2022
- by Rebecca Iannucci
- TVLine.com
A “Quantum Leap” sequel series has received a pilot order at NBC, Variety has learned. The project is one of two drama pilots ordered by the broadcaster.
In the new iteration, it’s been 30 years since Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. Now a new team has been assembled to restart the project in the hopes of understanding the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it.
Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt are writing the pilot and will also executive produce under their I Have an Idea! Entertainment banner. Both are currently executive producers on the NBC series “La Brea.
“Quantum Leap” creator Donald P. Bellisario will serve as an executive produer via Belisarius Productions. Deborah Pratt will also executive produce, as will Martin Gero for Quinn’s House Productions. Universal Television will produce. Gero is currently under an overall deal at Utv.
In the new iteration, it’s been 30 years since Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished. Now a new team has been assembled to restart the project in the hopes of understanding the mysteries behind the machine and the man who created it.
Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt are writing the pilot and will also executive produce under their I Have an Idea! Entertainment banner. Both are currently executive producers on the NBC series “La Brea.
“Quantum Leap” creator Donald P. Bellisario will serve as an executive produer via Belisarius Productions. Deborah Pratt will also executive produce, as will Martin Gero for Quinn’s House Productions. Universal Television will produce. Gero is currently under an overall deal at Utv.
- 1/13/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is out with his 2021 Spotify playlist, in the spirit of other political figures who’ve taken to releasing their end-of-year favorites.
Blinken’s choices actually are two lists — one an “at home” compilation of American artists, the other an “on the road” selection inspired by places he’s visited over the past year.
The “at home” list — which you can see here — includes 17 choices, including Olivia Rodrigo’s “Traitor,” Taylor Swift’s “State of Grace,” Jon Batiste’s “Freedom,” Chris Stapleton’s “You Should Probably Leave” and “Leave the Door Open” from Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak and Silk Sonic, as well as “Holy” from Justin Bieber, featuring Chance the Rapper.
The “on the road list” — available here — includes three dozen selections.
This is also a bit of a cultural and diplomatic exercise, as the selections highlight artists from different regions of the world,...
Blinken’s choices actually are two lists — one an “at home” compilation of American artists, the other an “on the road” selection inspired by places he’s visited over the past year.
The “at home” list — which you can see here — includes 17 choices, including Olivia Rodrigo’s “Traitor,” Taylor Swift’s “State of Grace,” Jon Batiste’s “Freedom,” Chris Stapleton’s “You Should Probably Leave” and “Leave the Door Open” from Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak and Silk Sonic, as well as “Holy” from Justin Bieber, featuring Chance the Rapper.
The “on the road list” — available here — includes three dozen selections.
This is also a bit of a cultural and diplomatic exercise, as the selections highlight artists from different regions of the world,...
- 12/31/2021
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Filmmaker Amanda Lipitz’s documentary “Found,” streaming on Netflix, is a personal tale — her niece Chloe features at the heart of the documentary.
“Found” follows three young women, all adopted from China into American families. Through testing, they discover they are blood-related at a time when they are coming of age. Lipitz follows the individual stories as they gradually come together and travel to China for the first time.
Also at the heart of the film is its score by Toby Chu, who Lipitz discovered by accident. Here, the two talk about their journey making “Found” and the music behind it.
Amanda, how did Toby get on your radar as a composer?
Amanda Lipitz: I come from the Broadway world and music is everything to me. Whatever I’m working on, there’s always a soundtrack in my mind that’s helping inform the storytelling and inspiring me daily. I...
“Found” follows three young women, all adopted from China into American families. Through testing, they discover they are blood-related at a time when they are coming of age. Lipitz follows the individual stories as they gradually come together and travel to China for the first time.
Also at the heart of the film is its score by Toby Chu, who Lipitz discovered by accident. Here, the two talk about their journey making “Found” and the music behind it.
Amanda, how did Toby get on your radar as a composer?
Amanda Lipitz: I come from the Broadway world and music is everything to me. Whatever I’m working on, there’s always a soundtrack in my mind that’s helping inform the storytelling and inspiring me daily. I...
- 12/16/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Chinese adoption is explored through the eyes of three teenage girls seeking out their roots — and each other — in “Step” director Amanda Lipitz’s “Found.” Weaving together the stories of Chloe, Sadie, and Lily, the film shows how tracing one’s genealogy as a Chinese adoptee in the U.S. can be a difficult task, but with a little help from 23andme and just a bit of pluck, it’s not impossible.
The three high school-aged girls were all born in China but adopted by parents in the United States, and now live in Tennessee and Oklahoma City. After a mail-in DNA test connects them as blood-related cousins, they use social media to bond and eventually join together to travel to China — a place none of them has any firsthand experience of — to examine their past. The uncertainty surrounding their adoption stems from China’s One Child Policy, in effect...
The three high school-aged girls were all born in China but adopted by parents in the United States, and now live in Tennessee and Oklahoma City. After a mail-in DNA test connects them as blood-related cousins, they use social media to bond and eventually join together to travel to China — a place none of them has any firsthand experience of — to examine their past. The uncertainty surrounding their adoption stems from China’s One Child Policy, in effect...
- 10/21/2021
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Smiling awkwardly for an iPhone camera, Sadie makes her pitch to the birth parents she’s hoping might be out there somewhere. “I know this can be difficult,” she says. “But I’m hoping to figure out the story from all sides.” No spoilers on whether Sadie gets her wish in the most direct sense — that is, whether she gets to meet them — but Found takes Sadie’s words to heart more broadly. The documentary goes out of its way to consider the situation from all angles, and what might look from the outside like ...
- 10/19/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
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- 10/13/2021
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
"You need to have a lot of courage to come back." Netflix has revealed a trailer for an indie documentary film titled Found, the latest from director Amanda Lipitz who earned quite a bit of acclaimed with her doc film Step from a few years ago. This just premiered at the 2021 Hamptons Film Festival, and arrives on Netflix in a few weeks. Three American teenage girls, each adopted from China, come across a life-changing discovery after a DNA service informs them they are cousins. The online reunion sparks a burning desire to visit China, in an attempt to understand their past and to come to terms with their lives so far. Their journey marks the cousins' first in-person meeting, and they band together in search of the answers that hold the key to their past. The film "elegantly sheds light on the resilience of teenage girls and the histories that...
- 10/8/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
“When you know where you come from, you can find the peace in your heart.”
That’s the thesis behind the upcoming Netflix documentary Found, which follows a trio of three American teenage girls – Chloe, Sadie and Lily – who find each other via the genetic lineage site 23andMe and discover that they are all adopted. With the strength of their newfound bond, they decide to embark on the journey of returning to China – and exploring their origin stories – together.
The film’s director (and Chloe’s aunt), Amanda Lipitz (2017’s Step), reached out to the company ...
That’s the thesis behind the upcoming Netflix documentary Found, which follows a trio of three American teenage girls – Chloe, Sadie and Lily – who find each other via the genetic lineage site 23andMe and discover that they are all adopted. With the strength of their newfound bond, they decide to embark on the journey of returning to China – and exploring their origin stories – together.
The film’s director (and Chloe’s aunt), Amanda Lipitz (2017’s Step), reached out to the company ...
- 10/7/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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