The story of Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas is going to make its way to the small screen. Lifetime has announced a biopic about the 17-year-old's life that will be called "The Gabby Douglas Story."
The film will star actresses Imani Hakim and Sydney Mikayla as Douglas. Mikayla will play a younger version of the Olympic sensation, while Hakim will portray her as a teenage and young adult. Douglas will make an appearance in the movie, which also stars Regina King as her mother and S. Epatha Merkerson as her grandmother.
"The Gabby Douglas Story" is slated to film in Manitoba, Canada. Lifetime says the movie will premiere on the channel in 2014. The flick is directed by "Amish Grace's" Gregg Champion and was written by "The Two Mr. Kissels'" Maria Nation.
The film will star actresses Imani Hakim and Sydney Mikayla as Douglas. Mikayla will play a younger version of the Olympic sensation, while Hakim will portray her as a teenage and young adult. Douglas will make an appearance in the movie, which also stars Regina King as her mother and S. Epatha Merkerson as her grandmother.
"The Gabby Douglas Story" is slated to film in Manitoba, Canada. Lifetime says the movie will premiere on the channel in 2014. The flick is directed by "Amish Grace's" Gregg Champion and was written by "The Two Mr. Kissels'" Maria Nation.
- 9/16/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Bouncing around in well-received guest roles since the end of "ER" in 2009, it looks like John Stamos will soon have a brand new, permanent TV home. And he'll be the series lead, to boot.
Deadline reports that Stamos is attached to star in "Dead Lawyers," a series pitch that was picked up by Sony following its failed development, eight years ago, for the Syfy channel. Stamos would play, according to the site, "a hotshot defense attorney is run over by a bus and finds himself in his own version of hell: a law firm on earth composed of other dead lawyers, all trying to right miscarriages of justice in order to redeem themselves."
Stamos has led a series before, though without much success; his "Jake In Progress," in which he played a New York publicist, lasted just one season, 2005-2006. He also featured as lead in "Thieves," which lasted just 10 episodes in 2001.
Since ER ended,...
Deadline reports that Stamos is attached to star in "Dead Lawyers," a series pitch that was picked up by Sony following its failed development, eight years ago, for the Syfy channel. Stamos would play, according to the site, "a hotshot defense attorney is run over by a bus and finds himself in his own version of hell: a law firm on earth composed of other dead lawyers, all trying to right miscarriages of justice in order to redeem themselves."
Stamos has led a series before, though without much success; his "Jake In Progress," in which he played a New York publicist, lasted just one season, 2005-2006. He also featured as lead in "Thieves," which lasted just 10 episodes in 2001.
Since ER ended,...
- 8/2/2011
- by Jordan Zakarin
- Huffington Post
DVD Playhouse—May 2010
By
Allen Gardner
Avatar (20th Century Fox) James Cameron beat his own title as box office champ, set with Titanic over a decade ago, with this eye-popping sci-fi epic about a paraplegic Marine name Sully (Sam Worthington), who takes the form of an “avatar,” or virtual being, to go undercover on the planet Pandora, attempting to infiltrate the native Na’vi to gather intelligence that will aid a joint corporate and military operation to rape the planet of its natural resources, destroying its indigenous population in the process. When Sully suddenly “goes native,” he locks horns with the company CEO (Giovanni Ribisi) and his gung-ho commanding officer (Stephen Lang, in a wonderful, scenery-chewing turn from a long-underrated actor). Thought of by many scholars and film buffs as a “game-changer” as much as the first Star Wars film was—and they may be right. While Cameron’s politically-correct...
By
Allen Gardner
Avatar (20th Century Fox) James Cameron beat his own title as box office champ, set with Titanic over a decade ago, with this eye-popping sci-fi epic about a paraplegic Marine name Sully (Sam Worthington), who takes the form of an “avatar,” or virtual being, to go undercover on the planet Pandora, attempting to infiltrate the native Na’vi to gather intelligence that will aid a joint corporate and military operation to rape the planet of its natural resources, destroying its indigenous population in the process. When Sully suddenly “goes native,” he locks horns with the company CEO (Giovanni Ribisi) and his gung-ho commanding officer (Stephen Lang, in a wonderful, scenery-chewing turn from a long-underrated actor). Thought of by many scholars and film buffs as a “game-changer” as much as the first Star Wars film was—and they may be right. While Cameron’s politically-correct...
- 5/18/2010
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
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