Exclusive: HBO Max has acquired the film and TV rights to Tina Andrews’ praised historical novel about Queen Charlotte, Charlotte Sophia: Myth, Madness and the Moor. If a project is put into development, Andrews would serve as creator/showrunner and executive producer.
Andrews’ 20 years of major research on Queen Charlotte culminates in the journey of a young German Princess whom the British did not know was a woman of color. She becomes Queen in an arranged marriage to King George III.
BAFTA and Emmy-winning producer, David M. Thompson (HBO’s Catherine the Great) will executive produce alongside Andrews.
“I’m thrilled to be developing this extraordinary story with Tina and HBO Max,” added Thompson. “It’s got all the makings of a very entertaining, distinctive and provocative drama.”
Queen Charlotte also is the subject of a Bridgerton franchise prequel limited series written by Shonda Rhimes, which just received a greenlight at Netflix.
Andrews’ 20 years of major research on Queen Charlotte culminates in the journey of a young German Princess whom the British did not know was a woman of color. She becomes Queen in an arranged marriage to King George III.
BAFTA and Emmy-winning producer, David M. Thompson (HBO’s Catherine the Great) will executive produce alongside Andrews.
“I’m thrilled to be developing this extraordinary story with Tina and HBO Max,” added Thompson. “It’s got all the makings of a very entertaining, distinctive and provocative drama.”
Queen Charlotte also is the subject of a Bridgerton franchise prequel limited series written by Shonda Rhimes, which just received a greenlight at Netflix.
- 5/17/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Wed. March. 3 Byron Allen Acquires Civil Rights-Era Biography ‘From Selma to Sorrow’ For Film
Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group feature film division, Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures, has announced it has acquired global media rights to the critically-acclaimed historic biography “From Selma To Sorrow: The Life And Death Of Viola Liuzzo.”
“From Selma To Sorrow: The Life And Death Of Viola Liuzzo” is written by author and historian Mary Stanton (“Journey Toward Justice”) and traces the life story of Viola Liuzzo — a white housewife, part-time college student, and mother of five children — whose passion for the civil rights movement led to her brutal murder by the Ku Klux Klan immediately following her participation in the Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches of 1965.
Tina Andrews wrote the screenplay, based on the biography “From Selma to Sorrow.” Andrews’ credits include writing and co-executive producing the two acclaimed miniseries “Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis...
Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group feature film division, Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures, has announced it has acquired global media rights to the critically-acclaimed historic biography “From Selma To Sorrow: The Life And Death Of Viola Liuzzo.”
“From Selma To Sorrow: The Life And Death Of Viola Liuzzo” is written by author and historian Mary Stanton (“Journey Toward Justice”) and traces the life story of Viola Liuzzo — a white housewife, part-time college student, and mother of five children — whose passion for the civil rights movement led to her brutal murder by the Ku Klux Klan immediately following her participation in the Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches of 1965.
Tina Andrews wrote the screenplay, based on the biography “From Selma to Sorrow.” Andrews’ credits include writing and co-executive producing the two acclaimed miniseries “Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis...
- 3/3/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group feature film division, Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures, has picked up the worldwide media rights to the critically-acclaimed historic biography From Selma to Sorrow: The Life and Death of Viola Liuzzo.
Written by author/historian Mary Stanton, From Selma to Sorrow traces the life story of Viola Liuzzo—a white housewife, part-time college student, and mother of five children—whose passion for the civil rights movement led to her brutal murder by the Ku Klux Klan immediately following her participation in the Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches of 1965. Liuzzo’s story will be told through the eyes of her very best friend, Sarah Evans, an African-American woman who introduced her to the civil rights movement and raised Liuzzo’s five children after her untimely death.
While Liuzzo is the only white woman honored at...
Written by author/historian Mary Stanton, From Selma to Sorrow traces the life story of Viola Liuzzo—a white housewife, part-time college student, and mother of five children—whose passion for the civil rights movement led to her brutal murder by the Ku Klux Klan immediately following her participation in the Selma to Montgomery civil rights marches of 1965. Liuzzo’s story will be told through the eyes of her very best friend, Sarah Evans, an African-American woman who introduced her to the civil rights movement and raised Liuzzo’s five children after her untimely death.
While Liuzzo is the only white woman honored at...
- 3/3/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Happy Thursday,"Pretty Little Liars" fans. We've got some more pretty interesting and great news for you guys on "The Perfectionists" spin off front. The production team has decided to bring on another female character that will be a recurring role. That means she won't be a season regular, but we'll see her just enough to remember that she even exists. The character we are speaking of will be named Dana. The description for Dana is that she will be the new head of security at Beacon Heights University. She will be determined and perceptive almost to the point of omniscience. After recent events, Dana will keep Alison (Sasha Pieterse), Mona (Janel Parrish) and the Perfectionists on their toes. Wow, her character sounds like she will mean pretty serious business. According the folks over at Deadline.com, the actress who is playing her is someone that most of you guys might actually recognize.
- 11/16/2018
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Real comedy still happens on late night, we can prove it. If you like Conan comedy gold, Fallon friendliness, cutesy Corden, list-making Letterman, kneedy Kimmel, and all the rest, I hope you’ll enjoy this column too.
Last night on late night, Martin Short and Cher horsed around with Dave, Anna Wintour put Seth Meyers to work, Conan talked with Nick Swardson and Helen Hunt, Dana Carvey showed up on The Late Late Show, and Kimmel got the Adam Levine treatment.
Late Show with David Letterman
Late Show continues its streak of amazing shows as Dave officially puts in his “two week notice”. Martin Short, one of Letterman’s best and most frequent quests, tells amazing stories. This one, about having to follow Tony Bennett as a young “boy singer” in 1974, is absolutely hilarious.
Late Show posts highlights from the monologue, which is nice, as most shows don’t. Dave...
Last night on late night, Martin Short and Cher horsed around with Dave, Anna Wintour put Seth Meyers to work, Conan talked with Nick Swardson and Helen Hunt, Dana Carvey showed up on The Late Late Show, and Kimmel got the Adam Levine treatment.
Late Show with David Letterman
Late Show continues its streak of amazing shows as Dave officially puts in his “two week notice”. Martin Short, one of Letterman’s best and most frequent quests, tells amazing stories. This one, about having to follow Tony Bennett as a young “boy singer” in 1974, is absolutely hilarious.
Late Show posts highlights from the monologue, which is nice, as most shows don’t. Dave...
- 5/8/2015
- by Max Wood
- SoundOnSight
In its first episode since Olivia Pope's (Kerry Washington) escape, Scandal didn't pull any punches. The ABC drama doesn't openly discuss race often, but when it does - from Olivia's searing "I'm feeling a little, I don't know, Sally Hemings/Thomas Jefferson about this" jab to her father's mantra that she had to be "twice as good" - it's a raw reminder that, even in Shondaland, America is far from color-blind. Thursday night's episode handled the shooting of a young, unarmed black man - a clear statement on Ferguson's Michael Brown - with profound grace, exploring police brutality, racial identity...
- 3/6/2015
- by Michele Corriston, @mcorriston
- PEOPLE.com
In its first episode since Olivia Pope's (Kerry Washington) escape, Scandal didn't pull any punches.
The ABC drama doesn't openly discuss race often, but when it does – from Olivia's searing "I'm feeling a little, I don't know, Sally Hemings/Thomas Jefferson about this" jab to her father's mantra that she had to be "twice as good" – it's a raw reminder that, even in Shondaland, America is far from color-blind.
Thursday night's episode handled the shooting of a young, unarmed black man – a clear statement on Ferguson's Michael Brown – with profound grace, exploring police brutality, racial identity and grassroots activism from all sides.
The ABC drama doesn't openly discuss race often, but when it does – from Olivia's searing "I'm feeling a little, I don't know, Sally Hemings/Thomas Jefferson about this" jab to her father's mantra that she had to be "twice as good" – it's a raw reminder that, even in Shondaland, America is far from color-blind.
Thursday night's episode handled the shooting of a young, unarmed black man – a clear statement on Ferguson's Michael Brown – with profound grace, exploring police brutality, racial identity and grassroots activism from all sides.
- 3/6/2015
- by Michele Corriston, @mcorriston
- People.com - TV Watch
In its first episode since Olivia Pope's (Kerry Washington) escape, Scandal didn't pull any punches. The ABC drama doesn't openly discuss race often, but when it does - from Olivia's searing "I'm feeling a little, I don't know, Sally Hemings/Thomas Jefferson about this" jab to her father's mantra that she had to be "twice as good" - it's a raw reminder that, even in Shondaland, America is far from color-blind. Thursday night's episode handled the shooting of a young, unarmed black man - a clear statement on Ferguson's Michael Brown - with profound grace, exploring police brutality, racial identity...
- 3/6/2015
- by Michele Corriston, @mcorriston
- PEOPLE.com
You know that frustrated feeling you get when you can’t find your keys? Sleepy Hollow‘s Headless Horseman hasn’t been able to find his head for the past several weeks – naturally, the guy’s a little cranky.
So when he encounters Ichabod and Abbie – and their new ally, Capt. Irving – in this episode, the horseman isn’t playing around. Good thing our heroes are ready for him, thanks to a tip from an undead friend (or is it foe?). Read on as we review the major developments of “The Midnight Ride.”
Related | Spoiler Alert!: Bold Scandal, Nashville,...
So when he encounters Ichabod and Abbie – and their new ally, Capt. Irving – in this episode, the horseman isn’t playing around. Good thing our heroes are ready for him, thanks to a tip from an undead friend (or is it foe?). Read on as we review the major developments of “The Midnight Ride.”
Related | Spoiler Alert!: Bold Scandal, Nashville,...
- 11/12/2013
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
There's your run-of-the-mill goofy guy, there's antic, then there's Josh Gad, who brings it to a new level as Skip, the oldest son on NBC's Thursday comedy "1600 Penn."
Gad, who was hilarious and Tony-nominated as a clueless missionary in the Broadway smash "The Book of Mormon," plays the president's ne'er-do-well son, who treats the White House like a frat house.
"He is a lovable golden retriever-type character," Gad says of Skip. "He wants so badly to do the right thing, and that leads to a lot of trouble."
He and another co-creator, Jason Winer, had long wanted to work together, Gad says. Gad likes the idea of putting a typically dysfunctional family under the 24-hour news glare.
"I think to a certain extent, because the White House has been a closed-off commodity over the years, dysfunction has existed over the years," but people didn't see it, he tells Zap2it.
Gad, who was hilarious and Tony-nominated as a clueless missionary in the Broadway smash "The Book of Mormon," plays the president's ne'er-do-well son, who treats the White House like a frat house.
"He is a lovable golden retriever-type character," Gad says of Skip. "He wants so badly to do the right thing, and that leads to a lot of trouble."
He and another co-creator, Jason Winer, had long wanted to work together, Gad says. Gad likes the idea of putting a typically dysfunctional family under the 24-hour news glare.
"I think to a certain extent, because the White House has been a closed-off commodity over the years, dysfunction has existed over the years," but people didn't see it, he tells Zap2it.
- 3/7/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Welcome back, lovers of dysfunction, willful wallowers and aficionados of absolute disgrace - Showtime's trashcan opera Shameless is back for a third season of laughs, thrills, and all the rest. I hope that you put on your chin-pad, because your jaw is going to start hitting the floor in about 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...
Fiona (Emmy Rossum) wakes alone in her charmingly messy bed to the sounds of standard Gallagher family chaos downstairs. Her shins are covered in red, itchy bites - yowch! Are bedbugs the new Karen Jackson? Because I don't think I'm ready for that.
Downstairs, Jimmy-nee-Steve (Justin Chatwin) has gotten half the clan out the door and is finishing up with Carl (Ethan Cutkosky) and Debs (Emma Kenney) - who has been keeping track of the number of days that Frank has been missing (oh - and Frank has been missing) with ribbons and cards on the front fence. For the record,...
Fiona (Emmy Rossum) wakes alone in her charmingly messy bed to the sounds of standard Gallagher family chaos downstairs. Her shins are covered in red, itchy bites - yowch! Are bedbugs the new Karen Jackson? Because I don't think I'm ready for that.
Downstairs, Jimmy-nee-Steve (Justin Chatwin) has gotten half the clan out the door and is finishing up with Carl (Ethan Cutkosky) and Debs (Emma Kenney) - who has been keeping track of the number of days that Frank has been missing (oh - and Frank has been missing) with ribbons and cards on the front fence. For the record,...
- 1/14/2013
- by brian
- The Backlot
The following recap, by the very definition of the word “recap,” contains spoilers from this Thursday’s Scandal.
This week on ABC’s Scandal, in the wake of President Grant’s shooting, Olivia flashed back to the day Fitz was sworn into office — smack dab in the midst of their torrid affair. And while Liv dealt with that drama and a possible leak about Defiance, in the present day she and Cyrus labored to keep an antsy, ambitious VP Langston at bay.
Now…. | Ambling about the ER in a daze, Olivia finds Fitz’s blood-splattered 48-star flag pin, which launches...
This week on ABC’s Scandal, in the wake of President Grant’s shooting, Olivia flashed back to the day Fitz was sworn into office — smack dab in the midst of their torrid affair. And while Liv dealt with that drama and a possible leak about Defiance, in the present day she and Cyrus labored to keep an antsy, ambitious VP Langston at bay.
Now…. | Ambling about the ER in a daze, Olivia finds Fitz’s blood-splattered 48-star flag pin, which launches...
- 12/7/2012
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
So tomorrow we're seeing the Absolutely True And Irrefutable Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter hit the theaters. It turns out that some of you are actually interested in this movie. Hey, I don’t judge. I like Honest Abe. I also hate vampires (except Jessica on True Blood). So in order to honor this fantastic fan fiction, Ology’s coming up with the next graphic novels/fan fictions/movies about our greatest presidents.
Thomas Jefferson: Slave Sexter
He was a writer of our Declaration of Independence, but only few people knew about his skills in the poetry of love. Armed with the future knowledge of the existence of cell phones, Jefferson must defeat supernatural forces hell bent on destroying the future, holding his one true love Sally Hemings hostage. Starring Val Kilmer.
Andrew Jackson: Party Animal
Everyone knew that Jackson liked to party. He turned the White House into a giant,...
Thomas Jefferson: Slave Sexter
He was a writer of our Declaration of Independence, but only few people knew about his skills in the poetry of love. Armed with the future knowledge of the existence of cell phones, Jefferson must defeat supernatural forces hell bent on destroying the future, holding his one true love Sally Hemings hostage. Starring Val Kilmer.
Andrew Jackson: Party Animal
Everyone knew that Jackson liked to party. He turned the White House into a giant,...
- 6/21/2012
- by Emily Cheever
- Filmology
So tomorrow we're seeing the Absolutely True And Irrefutable Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter hit the theaters. It turns out that some of you are actually interested in this movie. Hey, I don’t judge. I like Honest Abe. I also hate vampires (except Jessica on True Blood). So in order to honor this fantastic fan fiction, Ology’s coming up with the next graphic novels/fan fictions/movies about our greatest presidents.
Thomas Jefferson: Slave Sexter
He was a writer of our Declaration of Independence, but only few people knew about his skills in the poetry of love. Armed with the future knowledge of the existence of cell phones, Jefferson must defeat supernatural forces hell bent on destroying the future, holding his one true love Sally Hemings hostage. Starring Val Kilmer.
Andrew Jackson: Party Animal
Everyone knew that Jackson liked to party. He turned the White House into a giant,...
Thomas Jefferson: Slave Sexter
He was a writer of our Declaration of Independence, but only few people knew about his skills in the poetry of love. Armed with the future knowledge of the existence of cell phones, Jefferson must defeat supernatural forces hell bent on destroying the future, holding his one true love Sally Hemings hostage. Starring Val Kilmer.
Andrew Jackson: Party Animal
Everyone knew that Jackson liked to party. He turned the White House into a giant,...
- 6/21/2012
- by Emily Cheever
- Celebsology
Welcome to No Fact Zone’s weekly roundup of cultural references on The Colbert Report. From Darcy to Danger Mouse, String Theory to Shakespeare, we’ve got the keys to this week’s obscure, oddball, and occasionally obscene cultural shout-outs (hey!)
Howdy Zoners! It was a great break, and I hope you all enjoyed your turkey, ham, tofurkey, or whatever food you may have eaten to celebrate Thanksgiving (or for those viewers in Canada and elsewhere – Thursday). This week’s shows gave us plenty to be thankful for: Stephen playing with toys, toilet talk and a little serial play with Pavlos (Paul Dinello!). What segments were you most thankful for this week?
Monday: Tip/Wag – Bridalplasty, Tom Delay & AIDS
By the way, this cake is not only delicious, it is good for you. It’s full of iron and – Iron. We’ll see you soon sir! [wink]
[Brushes desk] These jimmies are out of control!
Howdy Zoners! It was a great break, and I hope you all enjoyed your turkey, ham, tofurkey, or whatever food you may have eaten to celebrate Thanksgiving (or for those viewers in Canada and elsewhere – Thursday). This week’s shows gave us plenty to be thankful for: Stephen playing with toys, toilet talk and a little serial play with Pavlos (Paul Dinello!). What segments were you most thankful for this week?
Monday: Tip/Wag – Bridalplasty, Tom Delay & AIDS
By the way, this cake is not only delicious, it is good for you. It’s full of iron and – Iron. We’ll see you soon sir! [wink]
[Brushes desk] These jimmies are out of control!
- 12/5/2010
- by Toad
- No Fact Zone
What a beauty! We've been obsessed with British actress Thandie Newton since her turn as Sally Hemings in 1995's "Jefferson in Paris." And now she's back -- bolder and more beautiful than ever in Tyler Perry's buzzy blockbuster, "For Colored Girls." Not only has Newton starred in some of the most lauded films of the last decade -- she's also rocked some fierce hairstyles! Here, we take a look back at her hottest hair moments over the past fifteen years. Here's what you had to say: Sabine commented via Facebook: "I thought she was awesome in 'Beloved.'" Rebecca wrote via Facebook: "She was my favorite character in that movie."...
- 11/10/2010
- Essence
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