Screenwriter, director and producer Walter Hill will receive the 2024 Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement from the Writers Guild of America West.
Per the guild, the award is bestowed upon members who have “advanced the literature of motion pictures and made outstanding contributions to the profession of the screenwriter.” A few of Hill’s writing and co-writing credits include “The Getaway,” “48 Hrs.,” “Last Man Standing” and “Dead For A Dollar.”
“Walter Hill’s impact on our industry is undeniable,” said Wgaw president Meredith Stiehm. “His unique style influenced and educated generations of screenwriters who followed. He has had an enduring, renowned career, and the Guild is honored to present him with the Screen Laurel Award.”
In the early 1970s, Hill kicked off his writing career with “Hickey and Boggs,” “The Getaway,” “The Mackintosh” and “The Drowning Pool.” He stepped in the director’s chair for the first time with the 1975 Depression-era film “Hard Times.
Per the guild, the award is bestowed upon members who have “advanced the literature of motion pictures and made outstanding contributions to the profession of the screenwriter.” A few of Hill’s writing and co-writing credits include “The Getaway,” “48 Hrs.,” “Last Man Standing” and “Dead For A Dollar.”
“Walter Hill’s impact on our industry is undeniable,” said Wgaw president Meredith Stiehm. “His unique style influenced and educated generations of screenwriters who followed. He has had an enduring, renowned career, and the Guild is honored to present him with the Screen Laurel Award.”
In the early 1970s, Hill kicked off his writing career with “Hickey and Boggs,” “The Getaway,” “The Mackintosh” and “The Drowning Pool.” He stepped in the director’s chair for the first time with the 1975 Depression-era film “Hard Times.
- 3/19/2024
- by Jaden Thompson
- Variety Film + TV
A man who appeared on Discovery Channel’s popular fishing reality series Deadliest Catch has been arrested in Florida.
Erik James Brown of ‘Deadliest Catch’ arrested
Erik James Brown was arrested March 9 on Stock Island in the Florida Keys, Local 10 News reported. He is facing two counts of probation violation, according to arrest records from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. An arraignment is scheduled for April 1.
This is not the first time the 40-year-old Brown has been in trouble with the law. In 2020, he was arrested twice for domestic battery against his 20-year-old girlfriend, the Key West Citizen reported. In 2018, he was charged after police discovered him growing 25 marijuana plants on a houseboat, per the News-Press. Brown has an extensive arrest record going back to 2003, according to the newspaper, including charges for drug possession, DUI, weapons possession, carjacking, and various traffic offenses.
Brown was part of the crew on...
Erik James Brown of ‘Deadliest Catch’ arrested
Erik James Brown was arrested March 9 on Stock Island in the Florida Keys, Local 10 News reported. He is facing two counts of probation violation, according to arrest records from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. An arraignment is scheduled for April 1.
This is not the first time the 40-year-old Brown has been in trouble with the law. In 2020, he was arrested twice for domestic battery against his 20-year-old girlfriend, the Key West Citizen reported. In 2018, he was charged after police discovered him growing 25 marijuana plants on a houseboat, per the News-Press. Brown has an extensive arrest record going back to 2003, according to the newspaper, including charges for drug possession, DUI, weapons possession, carjacking, and various traffic offenses.
Brown was part of the crew on...
- 3/14/2024
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Exclusive: And then there were three. As Deadline reported exclusively earlier this month, the field of writers in the running to adapt Jk Rowling’s Harry Potter books into a live-action series for Max has been narrowed down to three finalists. We can now reveal their names — according to sources, they are Francesca Gardiner, Tom Moran and Kathleen Jordan. The trio will be able to hone in on their pitches for the next couple of months, with a decision on who gets the job expected in June, we hear. As Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav announced last week, the Harry Potter series is slated to debut on Max in 2026.
Reps for Max and the studio behind the series, Warner Bros. Television, declined to comment.
Gardiner, Moran and Jordan are among the names of writers in contention reported exclusively by Deadline over the past month.
The extensive search started off...
Reps for Max and the studio behind the series, Warner Bros. Television, declined to comment.
Gardiner, Moran and Jordan are among the names of writers in contention reported exclusively by Deadline over the past month.
The extensive search started off...
- 2/27/2024
- by Peter White and Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The Harry Potter television series is moving closer to fruition.
In April, Warner Bros. Discovery revealed that a series, based on the classic wizarding world, would be coming to its streaming service Max.
Deadline understands that things in Potterworld are now heating up with a marathon of pitches underway from writers vying for the right to adapt J.K. Rowling’s seven books.
Martha Hillier, Kathleen Jordan, Tom Moran and Michael Lesslie are among those who are presenting their visions to the streaming service and Warner Bros Television, sources said. It’s an interesting mix of Brits and Americans. We’ve heard that the group of writers were commissioned by Max to create pitches for a series reflecting their take on the IP.
We hear the first round of pitch meetings happened in Los Angeles this week and sources said that the top choices will go on to the next round in the UK.
In April, Warner Bros. Discovery revealed that a series, based on the classic wizarding world, would be coming to its streaming service Max.
Deadline understands that things in Potterworld are now heating up with a marathon of pitches underway from writers vying for the right to adapt J.K. Rowling’s seven books.
Martha Hillier, Kathleen Jordan, Tom Moran and Michael Lesslie are among those who are presenting their visions to the streaming service and Warner Bros Television, sources said. It’s an interesting mix of Brits and Americans. We’ve heard that the group of writers were commissioned by Max to create pitches for a series reflecting their take on the IP.
We hear the first round of pitch meetings happened in Los Angeles this week and sources said that the top choices will go on to the next round in the UK.
- 1/19/2024
- by Peter White, Nellie Andreeva and Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Apple TV+ unveiled a glimpse at “Criminal Record,” its upcoming eight-episode crime thriller starring Academy Award and BAFTA award winner Peter Capaldi, and Laurence Olivier Award and Critics Choice Award nominee Cush Jumbo as detectives in a tug of war over a high-profile murder case. “Criminal Record” will make its global debut on Apple TV+ with the first two episodes on Friday, January 12, 2024, followed by new episodes every Friday through February 23.
From BAFTA Award nominee Paul Rutman, “Criminal Record” is a powerful, character-driven drama set in the heart of contemporary London. An anonymous phone call draws two brilliant detectives into a confrontation over an old murder case – one a young woman in the early stages of her career, the other a well-connected man determined to protect his legacy. The series touches on issues of race, institutional failure and the quest to find common ground in a polarized Britain.
Academy Award...
From BAFTA Award nominee Paul Rutman, “Criminal Record” is a powerful, character-driven drama set in the heart of contemporary London. An anonymous phone call draws two brilliant detectives into a confrontation over an old murder case – one a young woman in the early stages of her career, the other a well-connected man determined to protect his legacy. The series touches on issues of race, institutional failure and the quest to find common ground in a polarized Britain.
Academy Award...
- 10/5/2023
- by TV Shows Martin Cid Magazine
- Martin Cid - TV
Heels gets back into the ring tonight at midnight for those with the Starz app and Friday at 10/9c for those who watch the linear broadcast.
We had the chance to chat with the incredible Chris Bauer, who plays Heels' Wild Bill Hancock, the flamboyant pro-wrestling veteran with a heart of gold.
In this insightful interview, completed before the SAG-AFTRA strike, Bauer shares many thoughts about Wild Bill and the Dwl in Heels Season 2 without giving too much away. You're going to love it!
So how excited are you for people to finally see this incredible season?
I'm so excited that people are going to get to see it, and it's almost worth the wait.
I think it's an incredible season that outdoes the first.
Oh, thank you. That's very, very nice to hear. I feel very grateful that people will see it. And I know that there was...
We had the chance to chat with the incredible Chris Bauer, who plays Heels' Wild Bill Hancock, the flamboyant pro-wrestling veteran with a heart of gold.
In this insightful interview, completed before the SAG-AFTRA strike, Bauer shares many thoughts about Wild Bill and the Dwl in Heels Season 2 without giving too much away. You're going to love it!
So how excited are you for people to finally see this incredible season?
I'm so excited that people are going to get to see it, and it's almost worth the wait.
I think it's an incredible season that outdoes the first.
Oh, thank you. That's very, very nice to hear. I feel very grateful that people will see it. And I know that there was...
- 7/27/2023
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Sports dramas are familiar to the television landscape, and are often beloved. Fans have leaned into series like “Glow,” “All American,” and even the mid-2000s cult classic “Friday Night Lights.” Yet it’s not the competitive action that keeps audiences pulled in weekly, or amid hours-long binges: It’s the characters and the worlds carefully crafted around them.
It’s been nearly two years since the Season 1 finale of the Michael Waldron-created series “Heels” aired. Set in the fictional town of Duffy, Georgia, “Heels” follows brothers Jack (Stephen Amell) and Ace Spade (Alexander Ludwig), the stars of the Duffy Wrestling League (Dwl). The league and its dilapidated dome are the life’s work of the Spade brothers’ late father, Tom (David James Elliot). Jack has struggled to keep Tom’s fledgling dream and business alive in his absence.
Season 1 began unpacking the brothers’ deep-seated rivalry, one that was...
It’s been nearly two years since the Season 1 finale of the Michael Waldron-created series “Heels” aired. Set in the fictional town of Duffy, Georgia, “Heels” follows brothers Jack (Stephen Amell) and Ace Spade (Alexander Ludwig), the stars of the Duffy Wrestling League (Dwl). The league and its dilapidated dome are the life’s work of the Spade brothers’ late father, Tom (David James Elliot). Jack has struggled to keep Tom’s fledgling dream and business alive in his absence.
Season 1 began unpacking the brothers’ deep-seated rivalry, one that was...
- 7/27/2023
- by Aramide Tinubu
- Variety Film + TV
Casting
A stellar cast has been revealed by the BBC and House Productions for Season 2 of James Graham’s BAFTA-winning hit crime drama “Sherwood.”
Directed by Clio Barnard (“Ali & Ava”) the news cast included David Harewood (“The Night Manager”), Robert Lindsay (“My Family”), Monica Dolan (“Black Mirror”), Sharlene Whyte (“Small Axe”), Stephen Dillane (“Vigil”), Ria Zmitrowicz (“The Power”), Aisling Loftus (“The Midwich Cuckoos”), Robert Emms (“Andor”), Michael Balogun (“Top Boy”), Christine Bottomley (“Domina”), Oliver Huntingdon (“Happy Valley”) Jorden Myrie (“Mood”), Conor Deane (“All Creatures Great & Small”) and Bethany Asher (“Wild Bill”).
The returning cast includes David Morrissey (“Red Riding”), Lesley Manville (“Mrs Harris Goes to Paris”), Lorraine Ashbourne (“Alma’s Not Normal”), Philip Jackson (“Raised by Wolves”), Perry Fitzpatrick (“Line of Duty”), Bill Jones (“The Village”) and Adam Hugill (“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”).
Season 2 introduces two new families entering a complex web of local gangs, old rivalries,...
A stellar cast has been revealed by the BBC and House Productions for Season 2 of James Graham’s BAFTA-winning hit crime drama “Sherwood.”
Directed by Clio Barnard (“Ali & Ava”) the news cast included David Harewood (“The Night Manager”), Robert Lindsay (“My Family”), Monica Dolan (“Black Mirror”), Sharlene Whyte (“Small Axe”), Stephen Dillane (“Vigil”), Ria Zmitrowicz (“The Power”), Aisling Loftus (“The Midwich Cuckoos”), Robert Emms (“Andor”), Michael Balogun (“Top Boy”), Christine Bottomley (“Domina”), Oliver Huntingdon (“Happy Valley”) Jorden Myrie (“Mood”), Conor Deane (“All Creatures Great & Small”) and Bethany Asher (“Wild Bill”).
The returning cast includes David Morrissey (“Red Riding”), Lesley Manville (“Mrs Harris Goes to Paris”), Lorraine Ashbourne (“Alma’s Not Normal”), Philip Jackson (“Raised by Wolves”), Perry Fitzpatrick (“Line of Duty”), Bill Jones (“The Village”) and Adam Hugill (“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”).
Season 2 introduces two new families entering a complex web of local gangs, old rivalries,...
- 7/25/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
James Graham’s BBC drama Sherwood has added more than a dozen Season 2 cast members including David Harewood and Monica Dolan.
One of the BBC’s most-watched drama series last year moves to the present day for its second season. Homeland star Harewood and BAFTA-winner Dolan are joined by Robert Lindsay, Sharlene Whyte (Stephen, Small Axe), Stephen Dillane (Game of Thrones, Vigil), Ria Zmitrowicz (The Power, Three Girls), Aisling Loftus (The Midwich Cuckoos, War and Peace), Robert Emms (Andor, Chernobyl), Michael Balogun (Top Boy, The Lehman Trilogy), Christine Bottomley(Domina, Back To Life), Oliver Huntingdon (The Rising, Happy Valley) Jorden Myrie (Mood, The Strays) and Conor Deane (All Creatures Great & Small, Newark) and Bethany Asher (Wild Bill, Mobility).
Leads David Morrissey and Lesley Manville are reprising their roles and the second season is being directed by three-time BAFTA nominee Clio Barnard, with Quiz scribe Graham penning the six episodes.
One of the BBC’s most-watched drama series last year moves to the present day for its second season. Homeland star Harewood and BAFTA-winner Dolan are joined by Robert Lindsay, Sharlene Whyte (Stephen, Small Axe), Stephen Dillane (Game of Thrones, Vigil), Ria Zmitrowicz (The Power, Three Girls), Aisling Loftus (The Midwich Cuckoos, War and Peace), Robert Emms (Andor, Chernobyl), Michael Balogun (Top Boy, The Lehman Trilogy), Christine Bottomley(Domina, Back To Life), Oliver Huntingdon (The Rising, Happy Valley) Jorden Myrie (Mood, The Strays) and Conor Deane (All Creatures Great & Small, Newark) and Bethany Asher (Wild Bill, Mobility).
Leads David Morrissey and Lesley Manville are reprising their roles and the second season is being directed by three-time BAFTA nominee Clio Barnard, with Quiz scribe Graham penning the six episodes.
- 7/25/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
The story of Little House on the Prairie may take place in the Midwest United States, but the show that aired from 1974 to 1983 on NBC was filmed in Simi Valley, California. If you ever want to visit the town that the beloved show was filmed in, here’s the best time to go.
Karen Grassle as Caroline Quiner Holbrook Ingalls, Michael Landon as Charles Philip Ingalls | NBCU Photo Bank ‘Little House on the Prairie’ was filmed at the Big Sky Movie Ranch in Simi Valley, California
Though Little House on the Prairie was set in Minnesota, the show was filmed in a town called Simi Valley in California. Specifically, the Little House cast and crew filmed at Big Sky Movie Ranch.
According to the website, “Big Sky Movie Ranch is a 7,000 plus acre Ranch all within the 30 mile zone. This Southern California preeminent Movie Ranch provides a variety of backgrounds...
Karen Grassle as Caroline Quiner Holbrook Ingalls, Michael Landon as Charles Philip Ingalls | NBCU Photo Bank ‘Little House on the Prairie’ was filmed at the Big Sky Movie Ranch in Simi Valley, California
Though Little House on the Prairie was set in Minnesota, the show was filmed in a town called Simi Valley in California. Specifically, the Little House cast and crew filmed at Big Sky Movie Ranch.
According to the website, “Big Sky Movie Ranch is a 7,000 plus acre Ranch all within the 30 mile zone. This Southern California preeminent Movie Ranch provides a variety of backgrounds...
- 6/11/2023
- by Kelsey Goeres
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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As the credits come up on screen at the end of Dead for a Dollar, the dedication “In Memory of Budd Boetticher” is bannered so prominently next to the title, it could almost serve as a subtitle for the film itself.
In fact, it’s not entirely clear whether or not it officially is the film’s subtitle. Either way, this entertaining latest feature from venerable writer-producer-director Walter Hill is soaked in elegiac love for the clean lines, brisk storytelling and moral clarity of classic westerns, like the kind Boetticher used to make, such as The Cimarron Kid (1952), The Man From the Alamo (1953) or Comanche Station (1960). Even the highly jiggery-pokered look of the film, presumably shot on digital but adjusted in post so that all the blues get filtered out, makes the movie look like something made 60 or 70 years ago. The palette is a study in earth tones,...
As the credits come up on screen at the end of Dead for a Dollar, the dedication “In Memory of Budd Boetticher” is bannered so prominently next to the title, it could almost serve as a subtitle for the film itself.
In fact, it’s not entirely clear whether or not it officially is the film’s subtitle. Either way, this entertaining latest feature from venerable writer-producer-director Walter Hill is soaked in elegiac love for the clean lines, brisk storytelling and moral clarity of classic westerns, like the kind Boetticher used to make, such as The Cimarron Kid (1952), The Man From the Alamo (1953) or Comanche Station (1960). Even the highly jiggery-pokered look of the film, presumably shot on digital but adjusted in post so that all the blues get filtered out, makes the movie look like something made 60 or 70 years ago. The palette is a study in earth tones,...
- 9/6/2022
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: We have learned that Will Dunn has been tapped by Warner Bros to adapt Ray Bradbury’s 1972 fantasy novel The Halloween Tree.
Los Angeles- and London-based management and production company 42 are producing the feature film adaptation with Charlie Morrison overseeing the project.
Dunn was a member of 20th Century Fox’s Feature Writer Program. His spec feature The Fisherman was featured on the Black List, and he has worked on features for Disney, Sony, eOne and Warner Bros.
The Halloween Tree follows Tom and his schoolmates who begin to investigate the strange happenings in their small town on Halloween night. Their friend Pip is abducted by a powerful demon from the Land of the Dead. With the help of an unlikely ally, a mysterious figure named Moundshroud, Tom and his pals must journey into the Land of the Dead to save their friend.
In the book, the boys with...
Los Angeles- and London-based management and production company 42 are producing the feature film adaptation with Charlie Morrison overseeing the project.
Dunn was a member of 20th Century Fox’s Feature Writer Program. His spec feature The Fisherman was featured on the Black List, and he has worked on features for Disney, Sony, eOne and Warner Bros.
The Halloween Tree follows Tom and his schoolmates who begin to investigate the strange happenings in their small town on Halloween night. Their friend Pip is abducted by a powerful demon from the Land of the Dead. With the help of an unlikely ally, a mysterious figure named Moundshroud, Tom and his pals must journey into the Land of the Dead to save their friend.
In the book, the boys with...
- 6/18/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
A Golden Globe nomination for Rocketman for Best Picture, Musical or Comedy caps off a banner year for actor-turned-director Dexter Fletcher, whose fourth feature at the helm—or “four and a half”, quips Fletcher, after he stepped in uncredited to salvage Bohemian Rhapsody last year—was also his highest grosser to date. Fletcher, who has worked as an actor since he was a young boy in films like Bugsy Malone, had long harbored dreams to direct when he made his indie debut with Wild Bill in 2011. A few years later, he landed high on Hollywood’s watchlist after his Elton John biopic, starring Taron Egerton as the musical legend, premiered at Cannes in May. But what makes him tick?
My First Film Lesson
You’re going back so far; I started acting when I was a kid. It seems trite to say, “you’ve got to know your lines,” but you do.
My First Film Lesson
You’re going back so far; I started acting when I was a kid. It seems trite to say, “you’ve got to know your lines,” but you do.
- 12/20/2019
- by Joe Utichi
- Deadline Film + TV
MGM Television has struck a first-look deal with British management and production company 42, the business behind the latest adaptation of Watership Down and Channel 4 and Netflix drama Traitors.
The two companies have inked the multi-year production deal to identify and co-develop scripted series for the U.S. market. They will partner to create original scripted projects and also draw from MGM’s library.
42 has offices in London and La and was set up in 2013. Run by five partners, Rory Aitken, Ben Pugh, Kate Buckley, Cathy King and Josh Varney, the company produced Watership Down, starring James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, John Boyega, Sir Ben Kingsley, Daniel Kaluuya, Gemma Arterton and Olivia Colman, for the BBC and Netflix, C4/Netflix’s Traitors starring Michael Stuhlbarg, Emma Appleton, Keeley Hawes and Luke Treadaway and Rob Lowe-fronted ITV drama Wild Bill. It is currently in production on Netflix’s The English Game from Julian Fellowes.
The two companies have inked the multi-year production deal to identify and co-develop scripted series for the U.S. market. They will partner to create original scripted projects and also draw from MGM’s library.
42 has offices in London and La and was set up in 2013. Run by five partners, Rory Aitken, Ben Pugh, Kate Buckley, Cathy King and Josh Varney, the company produced Watership Down, starring James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, John Boyega, Sir Ben Kingsley, Daniel Kaluuya, Gemma Arterton and Olivia Colman, for the BBC and Netflix, C4/Netflix’s Traitors starring Michael Stuhlbarg, Emma Appleton, Keeley Hawes and Luke Treadaway and Rob Lowe-fronted ITV drama Wild Bill. It is currently in production on Netflix’s The English Game from Julian Fellowes.
- 12/17/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Director Dexter Fletcher has just signed with CAA, on the eve of Thursday’s world premiere of his Elton John musical film Rocketman at Cannes. Paramount releases the film May 31.
Fletcher, who had been at Wme, is rocketing off replacing Bryan Singer on Bohemian Rhapsody for the final weeks of production and post production. Though Singer remained the credited director, Fletcher’s contributions were widely noticed in a film that became an out-sized success, with Rami Malek winning the Oscar for Best Actor, the film nominated for Best Picture and a whopping global gross north of $900 million.
Fletcher’s star is rising fast, but he certainly has been at it a long time, first as an actor and then as producer, writer and director. He began as an actor at age nine, and as an adult was part of the casts of films including Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels,...
Fletcher, who had been at Wme, is rocketing off replacing Bryan Singer on Bohemian Rhapsody for the final weeks of production and post production. Though Singer remained the credited director, Fletcher’s contributions were widely noticed in a film that became an out-sized success, with Rami Malek winning the Oscar for Best Actor, the film nominated for Best Picture and a whopping global gross north of $900 million.
Fletcher’s star is rising fast, but he certainly has been at it a long time, first as an actor and then as producer, writer and director. He began as an actor at age nine, and as an adult was part of the casts of films including Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels,...
- 5/14/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox’S #1 drama, 9-1-1, expands its reach to the city of Austin, Texas, with new installment, 9-1-1: Lone Star, starring Rob Lowe. The series will premiere during the 2019-2020 season on Fox.
“The beauty of having a hit drama like 9-1-1 from the genius minds of Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear is it allows you to explore thrilling stories as told through an array of distinctive characters,” said Michael Thorn, President of Entertainment, Fox Entertainment. “In 9-1-1: Lone Star, they’ve given us a special opportunity to expand the franchise into new territory – literally and figuratively — and we’re thrilled to have the incomparable Rob Lowe headline this new iteration when it joins our schedule next season.”
Lowe added, “Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear’s ability to make smart, unique, great television is unmatched. I’m elated to join this team.
“The beauty of having a hit drama like 9-1-1 from the genius minds of Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear is it allows you to explore thrilling stories as told through an array of distinctive characters,” said Michael Thorn, President of Entertainment, Fox Entertainment. “In 9-1-1: Lone Star, they’ve given us a special opportunity to expand the franchise into new territory – literally and figuratively — and we’re thrilled to have the incomparable Rob Lowe headline this new iteration when it joins our schedule next season.”
Lowe added, “Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear’s ability to make smart, unique, great television is unmatched. I’m elated to join this team.
- 5/14/2019
- by Andrew Wendowski
- Age of the Nerd
There is great news for fans of 9-1-1. It's getting a spinoff, which usually means it's going to be around for a long time.
Fox’S #1 drama, 9-1-1, expands its reach to the city of Austin, Texas, with new installment, 9-1-1: Lone Star, starring Rob Lowe.
The series will premiere during the 2019-2020 season on Fox.
“The beauty of having a hit drama like 9-1-1 from the genius minds of Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear is it allows you to explore thrilling stories as told through an array of distinctive characters,” said Michael Thorn, President of Entertainment, Fox Entertainment.
9-1-1 Review: The Life We Choose
“In 9-1-1: Lone Star, they’ve given us a special opportunity to expand the franchise into new territory – literally and figuratively -- and we’re thrilled to have the incomparable Rob Lowe headline this new...
Fox’S #1 drama, 9-1-1, expands its reach to the city of Austin, Texas, with new installment, 9-1-1: Lone Star, starring Rob Lowe.
The series will premiere during the 2019-2020 season on Fox.
“The beauty of having a hit drama like 9-1-1 from the genius minds of Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear is it allows you to explore thrilling stories as told through an array of distinctive characters,” said Michael Thorn, President of Entertainment, Fox Entertainment.
9-1-1 Review: The Life We Choose
“In 9-1-1: Lone Star, they’ve given us a special opportunity to expand the franchise into new territory – literally and figuratively -- and we’re thrilled to have the incomparable Rob Lowe headline this new...
- 5/12/2019
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Fox is doubling down on its top series, 9-1-1, with a spinoff, 9-1-1: Lone Star, which will be headlined by Rob Lowe. As the title suggests, the new show is set in Austin, Texas. It hails from 9-1-creators/executive producers Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear who serve in the same capacity on the offshoot. Lowe is co-executive producer.
9-1-1: Lone Star, which will premiere next season, follows a sophisticated New York cop (Lowe) who, along with his son, re-locates to Austin, and must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in his own life.
Murphy, Falchuk, Minear and Fox are following the same Mo with 9-1-1: Lone Star as they did with the original series, which also was picked up straight-to-series at the May upfront with a big star, Angela Bassett, attached.
9-1-1: Lone Star, which will premiere next season, follows a sophisticated New York cop (Lowe) who, along with his son, re-locates to Austin, and must try to balance saving those who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in his own life.
Murphy, Falchuk, Minear and Fox are following the same Mo with 9-1-1: Lone Star as they did with the original series, which also was picked up straight-to-series at the May upfront with a big star, Angela Bassett, attached.
- 5/12/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
The UK iteration of BritBox, the Svod service run by ITV and the BBC, is set to launch in the second half of 2019.
ITV CEO Carolyn McCall said the digital platform was “on track” to make its launch by the end of the year. This comes as the commercial British broadcaster faces a number of advertising challenges. Total advertisting was down 7% across the first quarter of the year with broadcast and online revenue also down 7% to £489M (Us$637M) in the period.
McCall noted that total advertising was also expected to be down 6% over the first half of 2019 as ITV is impacted by the “continuing economic and political uncertainty and its effect on the demand for advertising” and the absence of a major football tournament in the summer.
One bright spot was the continued performance of ITV Studios, the production company that makes shows including Love Island and Bodyguard, which saw revenue up 1% to £385M.
ITV CEO Carolyn McCall said the digital platform was “on track” to make its launch by the end of the year. This comes as the commercial British broadcaster faces a number of advertising challenges. Total advertisting was down 7% across the first quarter of the year with broadcast and online revenue also down 7% to £489M (Us$637M) in the period.
McCall noted that total advertising was also expected to be down 6% over the first half of 2019 as ITV is impacted by the “continuing economic and political uncertainty and its effect on the demand for advertising” and the absence of a major football tournament in the summer.
One bright spot was the continued performance of ITV Studios, the production company that makes shows including Love Island and Bodyguard, which saw revenue up 1% to £385M.
- 5/8/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Rob Lowe is enjoying being a fish out of water in British cop drama Wild Bill, which is leading ITV Studios Global Entertainment’s scripted lineup at next week’s Mip TV.
The West Wing star plays high-flying U.S. cop, Bill Hixon, who is appointed Chief Constable of the East Lincolnshire Police Force in the UK. The series is produced by 42, Shiver and Anonymous Content for ITV and launches later this year.
“The interesting sort of flavor of it was what drew me to it, it’s tone really. I love these shows, I love Fargo, Better Call Saul, I love these shows where there’s a titular hero in the middle of it, but surrounded in a world in that is very odd, very different and really authentically intense and violent, and then really really sweet and emotional and then really really funny, all at once. And it...
The West Wing star plays high-flying U.S. cop, Bill Hixon, who is appointed Chief Constable of the East Lincolnshire Police Force in the UK. The series is produced by 42, Shiver and Anonymous Content for ITV and launches later this year.
“The interesting sort of flavor of it was what drew me to it, it’s tone really. I love these shows, I love Fargo, Better Call Saul, I love these shows where there’s a titular hero in the middle of it, but surrounded in a world in that is very odd, very different and really authentically intense and violent, and then really really sweet and emotional and then really really funny, all at once. And it...
- 4/3/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Eugenie Furniss is joining London- and Los Angeles-based management and production company 42 as literary manager, it was announced Wednesday. The company’s slate include movie “Ironbark,” a Cold War thriller starring Benedict Cumberbatch, and TV series “Traitors,” a spy thriller coming to Netflix in the U.S. at the end of the month.
Furniss joins 42 in the London office to expand the company’s offerings in representation and create a book division that represents international authors, both across fiction and non-fiction. She brings with her a wealth of best-selling writers, with a particular interest in stories that translate to other media. Her clients’ work has been adapted for TV, including the hit BBC series “Call the Midwife,” which is filming season nine, the BBC’s “Hotel Babylon,” which aired for four seasons and starred Dexter Fletcher, and ITV’s “Mr. Selfridge,” starring Jeremy Piven.
Most recently Furniss set up and...
Furniss joins 42 in the London office to expand the company’s offerings in representation and create a book division that represents international authors, both across fiction and non-fiction. She brings with her a wealth of best-selling writers, with a particular interest in stories that translate to other media. Her clients’ work has been adapted for TV, including the hit BBC series “Call the Midwife,” which is filming season nine, the BBC’s “Hotel Babylon,” which aired for four seasons and starred Dexter Fletcher, and ITV’s “Mr. Selfridge,” starring Jeremy Piven.
Most recently Furniss set up and...
- 3/20/2019
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Great news for fans of Walter Huston! The Star Witness (1931) is currently available on DVD From Warner Archives. Ordering information can be found Here
The Star Witness is a gripping crime thriller by way of courtroom drama in this early talkie directed by cinema titan “Wild Bill” William A. Wellman. The Leeds family have just sat down for dinner with Abby’s father, Civil War veteran Grandpa Summerill (Charles `Chic’ Sale) when shots are fired outside, down the street. Gangster Maxey Campo has gunned down two men in cold blood and he makes his getaway through the Leeds’ family house, assaulting feisty Grandpa along the way. Crusading District Attorney Whitlock (Walter Huston) is elated at first, having an entire family of witnesses ready to do their civic duty and testify against the racketeers running rampant in the city. Maxey, however, isn’t finished with the Leeds and unleashes his forces...
The Star Witness is a gripping crime thriller by way of courtroom drama in this early talkie directed by cinema titan “Wild Bill” William A. Wellman. The Leeds family have just sat down for dinner with Abby’s father, Civil War veteran Grandpa Summerill (Charles `Chic’ Sale) when shots are fired outside, down the street. Gangster Maxey Campo has gunned down two men in cold blood and he makes his getaway through the Leeds’ family house, assaulting feisty Grandpa along the way. Crusading District Attorney Whitlock (Walter Huston) is elated at first, having an entire family of witnesses ready to do their civic duty and testify against the racketeers running rampant in the city. Maxey, however, isn’t finished with the Leeds and unleashes his forces...
- 3/18/2019
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Before shooting his new series “Wild Bill” for Britain’s ITV, Rob Lowe had no idea there was a Boston in England – which the U.S. city in Massachusetts is actually named after. “Wild Bill” is currently in production in the original Boston, in eastern England, and Lowe, appropriately enough, plays a fish out of water as Bill Hixon, an American cop who relocates to the U.K. after being appointed chief constable of the East Lincolnshire Police Force.
Lowe’s starry presence in a part of Britain unused to hosting Hollywood celebrities has stirred up interest in the local media. And even though Boston voted overwhelmingly for the U.K. to withdraw from the European Union, Lowe is confident that his new show can travel beyond British shores.
“I think we are in a moment in time where the answer is absolutely yes,” he said. “I think a few...
Lowe’s starry presence in a part of Britain unused to hosting Hollywood celebrities has stirred up interest in the local media. And even though Boston voted overwhelmingly for the U.K. to withdraw from the European Union, Lowe is confident that his new show can travel beyond British shores.
“I think we are in a moment in time where the answer is absolutely yes,” he said. “I think a few...
- 2/20/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Rob Lowe on Saturday tweeted and deleted a joking reference to U.S. Senator and presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and her distant Native American ancestry.
“Elizabeth Warren would bring a whole new meaning to Commander in ‘Chief,'” the former “West Wing” and “Parks and Recreation” star wrote on Saturday — before deleting the tweet after online outcry, including from many fellow Hollywood figures.
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“It was a joke and some peeps got upset, and that’s never my intention,” Lowe wrote in a follow-up tweet late Saturday. “On the Good side: I just got to use the Oxford comma!”
(Note to the actor: The Oxford comma actually refers to a comma used at the end of a written list of at least three items, as in the comma before the and here: Larry, Curly, and Moe.)
I deleted my Elizabeth Warren tweet. It was a joke and some peeps got upset,...
“Elizabeth Warren would bring a whole new meaning to Commander in ‘Chief,'” the former “West Wing” and “Parks and Recreation” star wrote on Saturday — before deleting the tweet after online outcry, including from many fellow Hollywood figures.
“It was a joke and some peeps got upset, and that’s never my intention,” Lowe wrote in a follow-up tweet late Saturday. “On the Good side: I just got to use the Oxford comma!”
(Note to the actor: The Oxford comma actually refers to a comma used at the end of a written list of at least three items, as in the comma before the and here: Larry, Curly, and Moe.)
I deleted my Elizabeth Warren tweet. It was a joke and some peeps got upset,...
- 2/10/2019
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
As you tuck into holiday leftovers after a month of indulging and prepare to drink in the New Year, don’t let those adrenaline-fueled promos for Dwayne Johnson’s “Titan Games” make you feel guilty.
The obstacle course challenge competition series premiering Jan. 3 on NBC is the latest creation from executive producer Arthur Smith and the team behind “American Ninja Warrior,” but the new series is very different to its 10-year-old predecessor.
“That is man vs. course and the athletes aren’t competing against each other, but this is all head-to-head matchups and we’re looking for the Titan champions who are the best all-around athletes,” Smith told TheWrap. “The athletes who are successful on ‘Ninja’ aren’t the ones who are successful on ‘Titan Games,’ and vice versa so it has a very different look and feel.”
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The obstacle course challenge competition series premiering Jan. 3 on NBC is the latest creation from executive producer Arthur Smith and the team behind “American Ninja Warrior,” but the new series is very different to its 10-year-old predecessor.
“That is man vs. course and the athletes aren’t competing against each other, but this is all head-to-head matchups and we’re looking for the Titan champions who are the best all-around athletes,” Smith told TheWrap. “The athletes who are successful on ‘Ninja’ aren’t the ones who are successful on ‘Titan Games,’ and vice versa so it has a very different look and feel.”
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- 1/1/2019
- by Debbie Emery
- The Wrap
Rob Lowe once gave his stepmother a very inappropriate gift when he was a kid.
The 54-year-old actor recalled the horror of giving his stepmother a pair of edible panties for Christmas after his father, Charles, had remarried.
“When I was 8 years old I learned to be careful what you buy,” Lowe said in an upcoming episode of the popular U.K. program The Jonathan Ross Show.
“My father had remarried. A new stepmother — and it was that first moment as a kid where you actually go out and you’re going to buy like an adult, you’re going to buy Christmas presents,...
The 54-year-old actor recalled the horror of giving his stepmother a pair of edible panties for Christmas after his father, Charles, had remarried.
“When I was 8 years old I learned to be careful what you buy,” Lowe said in an upcoming episode of the popular U.K. program The Jonathan Ross Show.
“My father had remarried. A new stepmother — and it was that first moment as a kid where you actually go out and you’re going to buy like an adult, you’re going to buy Christmas presents,...
- 12/22/2018
- by Alexia Fernandez
- PEOPLE.com
ITV Studios recorded a 10% year-on-year increase in revenues over the first nine months of 2018, driving up overall company revenues by 6% to £2.3 billion ($3 billion), the company said Wednesday.
CEO Carolyn McCall described the results as in line with expectations and highlighted the performance of ITV Studios, which posted sales of £1.1 billion ($1.45 billion) in the year to end-September. McCall said organic revenue growth at the content and distribution arm of Britain’s biggest commercial broadcaster is expected to be about 3% over the full year.
“We continue to have a strong pipeline of programs which will be delivered in 2019 and beyond, with entertainment shows in new territories, including ‘Love Island U.S.’ and ‘Sunday Night Takeaway’ in Australia, new dramas including ‘World on Fire,’ ‘Noughts and Crosses,’ ‘Wild Bill,’ ‘The Bay’ and ‘Zero Zero Zero,’ and returning dramas ‘Gomorrah’ and ‘Line of Duty,’” McCall said.
She also noted that ad revenues were up 2% and online advertising 43%.
McCall,...
CEO Carolyn McCall described the results as in line with expectations and highlighted the performance of ITV Studios, which posted sales of £1.1 billion ($1.45 billion) in the year to end-September. McCall said organic revenue growth at the content and distribution arm of Britain’s biggest commercial broadcaster is expected to be about 3% over the full year.
“We continue to have a strong pipeline of programs which will be delivered in 2019 and beyond, with entertainment shows in new territories, including ‘Love Island U.S.’ and ‘Sunday Night Takeaway’ in Australia, new dramas including ‘World on Fire,’ ‘Noughts and Crosses,’ ‘Wild Bill,’ ‘The Bay’ and ‘Zero Zero Zero,’ and returning dramas ‘Gomorrah’ and ‘Line of Duty,’” McCall said.
She also noted that ad revenues were up 2% and online advertising 43%.
McCall,...
- 11/7/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
ITV Studios, producer of reality series Love Island and terror drama Bodyguard, continues to perform well for the British commercial broadcaster with revenues up 10% over the first nine months of the year.
The results, which are part of ITV’s Q3 trading statement and run to the end of September 2018, helped total external revenue grow 6%.
It also noted that online viewing on its digital service ITV Hub was up 37% and ITV CEO Carolyn McCall revealed that it would make an update on its Svod plans in February.
McCall also pointed to forthcoming dramas such as Cheat, Cleaning Up, Manhunt and The Widow as well as World on Fire, Noughts and Crosses, Wild Bill, The Bay and Zero Zero Zero and CBS’ remake of Love Island.
Total external revenue was up 6% from £2.14B to £2.23B, while Itvs revenue was up 10% from £1B to £1.1B. Total advertising was up 2% with 43% growth in online advertising,...
The results, which are part of ITV’s Q3 trading statement and run to the end of September 2018, helped total external revenue grow 6%.
It also noted that online viewing on its digital service ITV Hub was up 37% and ITV CEO Carolyn McCall revealed that it would make an update on its Svod plans in February.
McCall also pointed to forthcoming dramas such as Cheat, Cleaning Up, Manhunt and The Widow as well as World on Fire, Noughts and Crosses, Wild Bill, The Bay and Zero Zero Zero and CBS’ remake of Love Island.
Total external revenue was up 6% from £2.14B to £2.23B, while Itvs revenue was up 10% from £1B to £1.1B. Total advertising was up 2% with 43% growth in online advertising,...
- 11/7/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Greenlit means a project is officially a go, so all you have to do is follow these leads to stay up to date. You never know where you’ll find an opportunity to land an audition! Wild Bill ITV Crime drama Wild Bill stars Rob Lowe as a high-flying Us cop who is appointed Chief Constable of the East Lincolnshire Police Force. Moving to the midlands with his teenage daughter in tow, his new role helping a colourful cast of locals forces him to question everything he thought he knew about life. Shooting begins in November on location in Lincolnshire and casting director Sarah Crowe is attached. A PatriotDystopian sci-fi thriller A Patriot is casting, with stars Eva Green, Kathy Bates and Ed Skrein already attached. Pet project of writer and director Dan Pringle (K-Shop), the film takes place in a future where an authoritarian country has walled itself off...
- 11/5/2018
- backstage.com
Hulu has confirmed that several of its original series will be debuting new episodes on the streaming service in October, including the first installment of the horror anthology “Into the Dark” as well as more of season 1 of the Sean Penn drama “The First.” And there will also be new to Hulu seasons of some of your favorites reality shows from other networks, including various editions of “Little Women” and “The Real Housewives.”
Likewise, there will be plenty of movies making their first Hulu appearances including the Oscar-winning “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” and “Raging Bull.”
See Netflix schedule: Here’s what is coming and leaving in October
Available October 1
Television
60 Days In – Complete Season 4
America’s Book of Secrets – Complete Season 1 & 2
American Pickers – Complete Season 18
Ancient Aliens – Complete Season 4
Bob’s Burgers – Season 9 Premiere
El Clon – Complete Season 1
Escaping Polygamy – Complete Season 3
Family Guy – Season 16 Premiere
Hoarders – Complete...
Likewise, there will be plenty of movies making their first Hulu appearances including the Oscar-winning “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” and “Raging Bull.”
See Netflix schedule: Here’s what is coming and leaving in October
Available October 1
Television
60 Days In – Complete Season 4
America’s Book of Secrets – Complete Season 1 & 2
American Pickers – Complete Season 18
Ancient Aliens – Complete Season 4
Bob’s Burgers – Season 9 Premiere
El Clon – Complete Season 1
Escaping Polygamy – Complete Season 3
Family Guy – Season 16 Premiere
Hoarders – Complete...
- 10/1/2018
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
Get your first look at Rami Malek in the biopic “Bohemian Rhapsody” in the new teaser trailer above, which was released by 20th Century Fox on May 15. Malek stars in the film as Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of the legendary rock band Queen. Known for songs like “We Are the Champions,” “We Will Rock You,” and of course the tune that gives this film its title, Queen were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001, 10 years after Mercury died of complications from AIDS at age 45. The movie opens on November 2 in the United States.
This Queen biopic has been in the works for several years and encountered setbacks along the way. Sacha Baron Cohen and Ben Whishaw had been in discussion for the lead role before it eventually went to Malek, And the film began production with Bryan Singer directing, but after months of filming Singer...
This Queen biopic has been in the works for several years and encountered setbacks along the way. Sacha Baron Cohen and Ben Whishaw had been in discussion for the lead role before it eventually went to Malek, And the film began production with Bryan Singer directing, but after months of filming Singer...
- 5/15/2018
- by Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
David Arquette once dated Ellen Barkin. The 46-year-old actor revealed the two dated while filming Wild Bill during an episode of PeopleTV's Couch Surfing. "We were dating at the time," he told host Lola Ogunnaike. "She gets mad at me when I talk about it, but sorry." Barkin played frontierswoman Calamity Jane in the 1995 Western while Arquette played Jack McCall—a man seeking revenge against Jeff Bridges' character Wild Bill Hickok. However, it looks like the two developed an off-screen romance. "She's going to be made at me," Arquette said. "I'm sorry, Ellen. I can't help it." However, Barkin wasn't the only...
- 3/16/2018
- E! Online
By John M. Whalen
“When the legend becomes fact, print the legend,” is an often-quoted line from John Ford’s “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.” And if director Walter Hill had stuck to that idea, his “Wild Bill” (1995) would be a great movie, instead of a near miss. Unfortunately, he mixed legend with pure hogwash and the result is a confusing hodgepodge of scenes connected only by the fact that James Butler Hickok (Jeff Bridges) hated it when somebody messed with his hat.
You know a director intends to make a “serious” western when he starts the film out by showing the central character’s funeral. “Wild Bill” begins not only with a funeral, but a funeral shot in high-contrast, grainy black and white. In fact the film keeps switching from color to black and white for numerous flash back scenes, depicting “events” from Bill’s early life, some of which are complete fiction.
“When the legend becomes fact, print the legend,” is an often-quoted line from John Ford’s “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.” And if director Walter Hill had stuck to that idea, his “Wild Bill” (1995) would be a great movie, instead of a near miss. Unfortunately, he mixed legend with pure hogwash and the result is a confusing hodgepodge of scenes connected only by the fact that James Butler Hickok (Jeff Bridges) hated it when somebody messed with his hat.
You know a director intends to make a “serious” western when he starts the film out by showing the central character’s funeral. “Wild Bill” begins not only with a funeral, but a funeral shot in high-contrast, grainy black and white. In fact the film keeps switching from color to black and white for numerous flash back scenes, depicting “events” from Bill’s early life, some of which are complete fiction.
- 1/23/2018
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Distribution veteran died between Christmas and New Year.
Source: Manga Entertainment
Colin Lomax
Colin Lomax, CEO of Manga Entertainment and former head of Anchor Bay UK, has died at the age of 56.
The UK distribution veteran died unexpectedly between Christmas and New Year while in Devon. The cause of death has yet to be determined.
Day-to-day running of Manga Entertainment will be overseen by Manga Entertainment COO Jerome Mazandarani.
A statement from Manga Entertainment read: “The team here at Manga Entertainment is deeply shocked and saddened at Colin’s passing and our thoughts are with his wife, Lisa, at this time. We’d like to thank everyone for the tributes and many messages of support and condolence we have received.
“That 2017 was the label’s most successful year in its history is a fitting tribute to Colin’s commitment, dedication and drive. The company will continue to develop his legacy in the months and years ahead.”
Liz Bales, chief...
Source: Manga Entertainment
Colin Lomax
Colin Lomax, CEO of Manga Entertainment and former head of Anchor Bay UK, has died at the age of 56.
The UK distribution veteran died unexpectedly between Christmas and New Year while in Devon. The cause of death has yet to be determined.
Day-to-day running of Manga Entertainment will be overseen by Manga Entertainment COO Jerome Mazandarani.
A statement from Manga Entertainment read: “The team here at Manga Entertainment is deeply shocked and saddened at Colin’s passing and our thoughts are with his wife, Lisa, at this time. We’d like to thank everyone for the tributes and many messages of support and condolence we have received.
“That 2017 was the label’s most successful year in its history is a fitting tribute to Colin’s commitment, dedication and drive. The company will continue to develop his legacy in the months and years ahead.”
Liz Bales, chief...
- 1/3/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- ScreenDaily
Distribution veteran died between Christmas and New Year.
Source: Manga Entertainment
Colin Lomax
Colin Lomax, CEO of Manga Entertainment and former head of Anchor Bay UK, has died at the age of 56.
The UK distribution veteran died unexpectedly between Christmas and New Year while in Devon. The cause of death has yet to be determined.
Day-to-day running of Manga Entertainment will be overseen by Manga Entertainment COO Jerome Mazandarani.
A statement from Manga Entertainment read: “The team here at Manga Entertainment is deeply shocked and saddened at Colin’s passing and our thoughts are with his wife, Lisa, at this time. We’d like to thank everyone for the tributes and many messages of support and condolence we have received.
“That 2017 was the label’s most successful year in its history is a fitting tribute to Colin’s commitment, dedication and drive. The company will continue to develop his legacy in the months and years ahead.”
Liz Bales, chief...
Source: Manga Entertainment
Colin Lomax
Colin Lomax, CEO of Manga Entertainment and former head of Anchor Bay UK, has died at the age of 56.
The UK distribution veteran died unexpectedly between Christmas and New Year while in Devon. The cause of death has yet to be determined.
Day-to-day running of Manga Entertainment will be overseen by Manga Entertainment COO Jerome Mazandarani.
A statement from Manga Entertainment read: “The team here at Manga Entertainment is deeply shocked and saddened at Colin’s passing and our thoughts are with his wife, Lisa, at this time. We’d like to thank everyone for the tributes and many messages of support and condolence we have received.
“That 2017 was the label’s most successful year in its history is a fitting tribute to Colin’s commitment, dedication and drive. The company will continue to develop his legacy in the months and years ahead.”
Liz Bales, chief...
- 1/3/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- ScreenDaily
Mid-way through the 1990s, maverick auteur Walter Hill returned to the undiluted Western template mythos (something which underlined nearly all his directorial efforts) with Wild Bill (1995), a highly stylized and sometimes blatantly unsuccessful portrait of Wild Bill Hickok starring Jeff Bridges during the final melancholic days of the lawman’s life.
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- 11/14/2017
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Austin Film Festival & Writers Conference will honor Walter Hill and Keenen Ivory Wayans for their extraordinary contributions to film and television, respectively, the festival announced Wednesday.
Hill, who will receive the Extraordinary Contribution to Film Award, wrote and directed notable films such as 48 Hrs., The Warriors, The Driver, Southern Comfort, Last Man Standing, Geronimo: An American Legend and Wild Bill. He also co-produced the sci-fi favorite Alien. Hill has contributed to television as well, receiving both the Emmy and DGA Awards in 2005 for his work directing the HBO neo-western Deadwood.
Wayans, who is also known for writing and directing several films...
Hill, who will receive the Extraordinary Contribution to Film Award, wrote and directed notable films such as 48 Hrs., The Warriors, The Driver, Southern Comfort, Last Man Standing, Geronimo: An American Legend and Wild Bill. He also co-produced the sci-fi favorite Alien. Hill has contributed to television as well, receiving both the Emmy and DGA Awards in 2005 for his work directing the HBO neo-western Deadwood.
Wayans, who is also known for writing and directing several films...
- 9/6/2017
- by Lauren Huff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The innate superiority of the Hemsworth family gene pool is demonstrated by Timothy Woodward Jr.’s low-budget oater in which Luke, older brother to Chris and Liam, plays Wild Bill Hickok. A perfectly serviceable Western featuring a comfortingly familiar storyline, Hickok will tide genre fans over until more substantial offerings come along.
Following in the footsteps of such actors as Gary Cooper, Jeff Bridges and Sam Elliott, among many others, the burly Hemsworth proves more than credible with his portrayal of the iconic gunslinger, the sort of archetypal Western character who doesn’t bother to remove his boots while taking a bath....
Following in the footsteps of such actors as Gary Cooper, Jeff Bridges and Sam Elliott, among many others, the burly Hemsworth proves more than credible with his portrayal of the iconic gunslinger, the sort of archetypal Western character who doesn’t bother to remove his boots while taking a bath....
- 7/7/2017
- by Frank Scheck
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
James Butler Hickok, better known as Wild Bill, was one of the heroes of the American Old West; a figure who has attained a near-mythical status and whose exploits – some real, some imagined – are prime material for the big screen. The low-budget indie western Hickok is the latest adaptation of Bill’s life, with his boots now being worn by Luke Hemsworth, older brother of Thor and Miley Cyrus arm candy. He joins a proud tradition of men’s men playing the legendary gunslinger, including Jeff Bridges (Wild Bill), Sam Elliott (Buffalo Girls), and Sam Shepard (Purgatory). Director Timothy Woodward Jr. and writer Michael Lanahan limit themselves to a single chapter of Hickok’s colorful life: his time spent as a Marshall in Abilene, Texas. They...
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- 6/26/2017
- Screen Anarchy
To read The National Review’s “Politically Incorrect Guide Memorial Day Movies” is one of those moments where you seriously wonder if conservatism in the Trump Era isn’t just one big episode of “Punk’d.” Written by Arthur Herman, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, the list was an attempt to highlight war movies for conservatives to watch on Memorial Day – many of which are fantastic – but are bizarrely packaged and advertised as movies that will piss off liberals.
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“These movies portray serving one’s country in uniform as something to be revered and respected, not dismissed,” boasts the Twitter promo for the piece. Its marketing is a straw-man argument, so it’s first important to establish a few matters of fact.
During the Vietnam War, there was liberal...
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“These movies portray serving one’s country in uniform as something to be revered and respected, not dismissed,” boasts the Twitter promo for the piece. Its marketing is a straw-man argument, so it’s first important to establish a few matters of fact.
During the Vietnam War, there was liberal...
- 5/29/2017
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
Cinedigm to release Cannes sales title in North America in July.
TriCoast Worldwide has acquired international rights to Timothy Woodward Jr.’s Hickok
TriCoast will screen and sell the western in Cannes, where one buyer will receive the cowboy hat worn by Luke Hemsworth who portrays Wild Bill Hickok in the film.
Cinedigm has North American rights to the film written by Michael Lanahan and will premiere Hickok day-and-date across the Us on July 7.
Hickok is the story of legendary lawman and gunslinger, Wild Bill Hickok. Hickok is on the run from the law when he rides into Abilene, Kansas – the most hedonistic town west of the Mississippi.
In Abilene, Hickok is offered the position of Sheriff by the town’s mayor, in hopes that his unparalleled shooting skills will tame the wildest cow-town in the West.
While delivering his own brand of frontier justice, the infamous hard-drinking gunfighter’s reputation as the fastest draw in the...
TriCoast Worldwide has acquired international rights to Timothy Woodward Jr.’s Hickok
TriCoast will screen and sell the western in Cannes, where one buyer will receive the cowboy hat worn by Luke Hemsworth who portrays Wild Bill Hickok in the film.
Cinedigm has North American rights to the film written by Michael Lanahan and will premiere Hickok day-and-date across the Us on July 7.
Hickok is the story of legendary lawman and gunslinger, Wild Bill Hickok. Hickok is on the run from the law when he rides into Abilene, Kansas – the most hedonistic town west of the Mississippi.
In Abilene, Hickok is offered the position of Sheriff by the town’s mayor, in hopes that his unparalleled shooting skills will tame the wildest cow-town in the West.
While delivering his own brand of frontier justice, the infamous hard-drinking gunfighter’s reputation as the fastest draw in the...
- 5/11/2017
- ScreenDaily
Man, Westworld is really good. It's so good, that it almost makes me wonder if westerns are gonna make a comeback. Then I see a trailer for Hickok starring Luke Hemsworth and I realize that no... probably not.
This trailer is pretty bad. Like not monumentally bad, but still. Poor acting, some bad looking cinematography, even some makeup that looks very much made up. I want to like this movie and tell you to go see this movie. But to do so would require me to see this movie, and this trailer just makes me not want to.
Now maybe I'm judging it too hard because I saw Hemsworth and instantly thought of Ian and Chris. They have a reputation of doing good movies and while Luke Hemsworth isn't necessarily the Stephen Baldwin of his family, he definitely isn't gonna be in any Marvel films anytime soon. The film also...
This trailer is pretty bad. Like not monumentally bad, but still. Poor acting, some bad looking cinematography, even some makeup that looks very much made up. I want to like this movie and tell you to go see this movie. But to do so would require me to see this movie, and this trailer just makes me not want to.
Now maybe I'm judging it too hard because I saw Hemsworth and instantly thought of Ian and Chris. They have a reputation of doing good movies and while Luke Hemsworth isn't necessarily the Stephen Baldwin of his family, he definitely isn't gonna be in any Marvel films anytime soon. The film also...
- 5/8/2017
- by Bryam Dayley
- GeekTyrant
"We gunna have to do something about that young marshall of yours..." Cinedigm has released the first official trailer for a new western called Hickok, also known as Abilene (which is the name of the town in Kansas that this takes place in). The film stars Luke Hemsworth (the other brother of Liam and Chris) as a legendary lawman and gunslinger known as "Wild Bill" Hickok who moves to Abilene and is given the task of taming the wildest cow-town in the west. Also starring Trace Adkins, Kris Kristofferson, Cameron Richardson, Kaiwi Lyman-Mersereau, Hunter Fischer, Robert Catrini, and Bruce Dern. This actually seems like a gritty western straight out of the 90s, without much to offer other than big gunfights. Here's the first official trailer for Timothy Woodward Jr.'s Hickok, direct from YouTube: Infamous gunslinger and outlaw "Wild Bill" Hickok (Luke Hemsworth) attempts to escape his past by settling...
- 5/4/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
With a career that started early as Steve McQueen’s screenwriter, Walter Hill has more than made his mark on American cinema. The writer of The Getaway and Alien, and director of Hard Times, The Warriors, 48 Hours, Streets of Fire, Wild Bill, and so many iconic films spoke with me about his latest, the neo-noir crime thriller, The Assignment. The Lady Miz Diva: The Assignment came under controversy practically from the moment it was announced. Do you think there were misconceived notions about the film? What was your take on the controversy? Walter Hill: Well, I certainly think that there are some misconceptions. Where to begin? The movie was attacked because the premise was felt to be in some ways disrespectful to the transgender...
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- 4/7/2017
- Screen Anarchy
Exclusive: Luke Hemsworth, part of the ensemble cast of HBO’s Westworld, has signed with UTA. The Australian actor, and brother of fellow actors Chris and Liam Hemsworth, played Westworld’s security chief Ashley Stubbs in Season 1 of the sci-fi Western drama, which begins production on Season 2 in the summer. Hemsworth is next up playing Wild Bill Hickok in Abilene, the Timothy Woodward Jr-directed indie Western that also stars Trace Adkins, Kris Kristofferson, Bruce Dern…...
- 4/6/2017
- Deadline
Exclusive: Luke Hemsworth, part of the ensemble cast of HBO’s Westworld, has signed with UTA. The Australian actor, and brother of fellow actors Chris and Liam Hemsworth, played Westworld’s security chief Ashley Stubbs in Season 1 of the sci-fi Western drama, which begins production on Season 2 in the summer. Hemsworth is next up playing Wild Bill Hickok in Abilene, the Timothy Woodward Jr-directed indie Western that also stars Trace Adkins, Kris Kristofferson, Bruce Dern…...
- 4/6/2017
- Deadline TV
Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of TV critics two questions and publishes the results on Tuesday. (The answer to the second, “What is the best show currently on TV?” can be found at the end of this post.)
This week’s question: Who has been the best guest star on a scripted show?
Tim Surette (@timsurette), TV.com
Wayne Brady showing up in body armor and riding a horse on Syfy’s post-apocalyptic disaster disaster “Aftermath” needs to be mentioned somewhere in this critics’ roundup, so here it is. But I’ll point out two from intentional comedies that come to mind. Timothy Olyphant’s short run on “The Grinder” as himself was fantastic and if I didn’t mention this my coworker Kaitlin would kill me. But my pick goes to David Duchovny, also as himself, on “The Larry Sanders Show.” We’d largely known Duchovny for...
This week’s question: Who has been the best guest star on a scripted show?
Tim Surette (@timsurette), TV.com
Wayne Brady showing up in body armor and riding a horse on Syfy’s post-apocalyptic disaster disaster “Aftermath” needs to be mentioned somewhere in this critics’ roundup, so here it is. But I’ll point out two from intentional comedies that come to mind. Timothy Olyphant’s short run on “The Grinder” as himself was fantastic and if I didn’t mention this my coworker Kaitlin would kill me. But my pick goes to David Duchovny, also as himself, on “The Larry Sanders Show.” We’d largely known Duchovny for...
- 3/28/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
The world blessed us with another Hemsworth this year, and now the elder brother of Liam and Chris is making his next move, going from Westworld to an indie Western. According to Deadline, Luke Hemsworth is set to play Wild Bill Hickok in Abilene. It looks like Hemsworth will be following in the footsteps of his kid brother: Liam Hemsworth jumped into the Western game earlier this year, starring with Woody Harrelson in The Duel. Like Hemsworths, Westerns are an inexhaustible resource.
Timothy Woodward Jr.’s upcoming Western was written by Michael Lanahan, and also stars Trace Adkins, Kris Kristofferson, Bruce Dern and Cameron Richardson. In Abilene, the rough-around-the-edges gunslinger and lawman Wild Bill goes to Abilene looking for an ex but gets roped into being town marshal, having to deal with the town’s outsized outlaw problem. This serves as a lesson: Don’t ever go looking for your...
Timothy Woodward Jr.’s upcoming Western was written by Michael Lanahan, and also stars Trace Adkins, Kris Kristofferson, Bruce Dern and Cameron Richardson. In Abilene, the rough-around-the-edges gunslinger and lawman Wild Bill goes to Abilene looking for an ex but gets roped into being town marshal, having to deal with the town’s outsized outlaw problem. This serves as a lesson: Don’t ever go looking for your...
- 12/9/2016
- by Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya
- avclub.com
Exclusive: Luke Hemsworth, who ended the first season of Westworld captured by a hostile tribe, is staying in Western mode. He’s next starring as Wild Bill Hickok in Abilene, the Timothy Woodward Jr-directed film that was scripted by Michael Lanahan and also stars Trace Adkins, Kris Kristofferson, Bruce Dern and Cameron Richardson. The indie is being produced by Chris Nicoletti and Henry Penzi. Production has just gotten underway. A rough-around-the edges gunslinger and…...
- 12/9/2016
- Deadline
If you've ever clinked bottles on your fingers while chanting "War-ri-orssss, come and out and pla-ayyyy," dressed as a member of the Baseball Furies for Halloween, watched a Xenomorph scurry around darkened spaceship hallways or enjoyed that foul-mouthed poetry of Deadwood's pilot, then you owe Walter Hill a serious debt. The 74-year-old writer, director and producer has had a hand in some of the more memorable tough-guy films and genre flicks of the past 40 years. He's the man who gave us the colorful New York gang movie The Warriors,...
- 9/16/2016
- Rollingstone.com
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