Exclusive: Michael Stahl-David (Cloverfield), Scottie Thompson (Crown Vic) and Michael Weston (Home Before Dark) are in production in Ohio on Down to the Felt, an indie dark comedy with action elements from filmmaker Jon Osbeck. The trio joins a cast that also includes Jo-Ann Robinson and Cullen Douglas.
Written and produced by Dino Tripodis, Ralph Scott, and Osbeck, Down to the Felt tells the story of Paul (Stahl-David), a down-on-his-luck compulsive gambler who makes a desperate deal with a psychopathic hitman (Weston) to kill him in two weeks. But then he meets Erica (Thompson), a mystery woman, and life suddenly starts dealing him aces.
Previously co-directing the award-winning military drama Minus One, Osbeck is also producing Down to the Felt through his production shingle Big Deal Pictures, alongside Douglas.
Stated Osbeck, “It’s truly an embarrassment of riches to be working with both Michaels and Scottie. Their roles all demand...
Written and produced by Dino Tripodis, Ralph Scott, and Osbeck, Down to the Felt tells the story of Paul (Stahl-David), a down-on-his-luck compulsive gambler who makes a desperate deal with a psychopathic hitman (Weston) to kill him in two weeks. But then he meets Erica (Thompson), a mystery woman, and life suddenly starts dealing him aces.
Previously co-directing the award-winning military drama Minus One, Osbeck is also producing Down to the Felt through his production shingle Big Deal Pictures, alongside Douglas.
Stated Osbeck, “It’s truly an embarrassment of riches to be working with both Michaels and Scottie. Their roles all demand...
- 5/9/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Gary Lennon has extended his deal with Lionsgate Television.
Lennon is currently the showrunner on the hit Starz/Lionsgate TV spinoff series “Power Book IV: Force,” which was renewed for a third season back in December. Under his deal, he will work with Lionsgate Television and Starz to develop expansions of the “Power” franchise.
“Gary has been a major creative force in the ‘Power’ universe,” said Kevin Beggs, Lionsgate Television Group chair and chief creative officer. “We look forward to extending our partnership as we collaborate with Starz to create new and unexpected franchise extensions for ‘Power’ fans.”
Lennon previously worked on “Power” during the show’s six-season run at Starz. He has also worked on the Starz/Lionsgate shows “Hightown” and “P-Valley,” as well as the Netflix series “Orange Is the New Black,” which was produced by Lionsgate Television.
“Lionsgate Television has been the ideal production partner,” said Lennon.
Lennon is currently the showrunner on the hit Starz/Lionsgate TV spinoff series “Power Book IV: Force,” which was renewed for a third season back in December. Under his deal, he will work with Lionsgate Television and Starz to develop expansions of the “Power” franchise.
“Gary has been a major creative force in the ‘Power’ universe,” said Kevin Beggs, Lionsgate Television Group chair and chief creative officer. “We look forward to extending our partnership as we collaborate with Starz to create new and unexpected franchise extensions for ‘Power’ fans.”
Lennon previously worked on “Power” during the show’s six-season run at Starz. He has also worked on the Starz/Lionsgate shows “Hightown” and “P-Valley,” as well as the Netflix series “Orange Is the New Black,” which was produced by Lionsgate Television.
“Lionsgate Television has been the ideal production partner,” said Lennon.
- 3/11/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Actor Olivia Wilde is getting real about the financial impact of divorce. The actor’s legal team reportedly says her ex-husband, Jason Sudeikis, put her “into debt” during their custody battle.
Olivia Wilde’s legal team says Jason Sudeikis is ‘far wealthier’ than her and put her in debt Olivia Wilde | Rachel Murray/Getty Images for Makers
Wilde is reportedly having financial difficulty after fighting for the custody of her children. In a legal document obtained by Daily Mail, Wilde’s legal team says Sudeikis was allowed to “litigate Olivia into debt.”
“Jason should not be permitted to litigate Olivia into debt and then claim she should be deprived of her right to seek a needs-based fee contribution from him,” wrote the legal team in court documents (via Daily Mail). “While the details of Jason’s finances are presently unknown as he refused to substantively respond to basic discovery, she...
Olivia Wilde’s legal team says Jason Sudeikis is ‘far wealthier’ than her and put her in debt Olivia Wilde | Rachel Murray/Getty Images for Makers
Wilde is reportedly having financial difficulty after fighting for the custody of her children. In a legal document obtained by Daily Mail, Wilde’s legal team says Sudeikis was allowed to “litigate Olivia into debt.”
“Jason should not be permitted to litigate Olivia into debt and then claim she should be deprived of her right to seek a needs-based fee contribution from him,” wrote the legal team in court documents (via Daily Mail). “While the details of Jason’s finances are presently unknown as he refused to substantively respond to basic discovery, she...
- 3/24/2023
- by Sheiresa Ngo
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Ned Eisenberg, a stage and screen actor who played defense attorney Roger Kressler on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and Detective Hauser in “Mare of Easttown,” has died. He was 65.
His agents at Nicolosi & Co. confirmed his death. Eisenberg’s wife Patricia said in a statement, “As Ned would say, he was attacked by two very rare assassins — cholangiocarcinoma and ocular melanoma. Over the course of two years, he bravely fought the cancers in private while continuing to work in show business to ensure that his medical coverage paid for himself and his family.”
Eisenberg also worked in feature films, playing Sally Mendoza in Clint Eastwood’s “Million Dollar Baby” and photographer Joe Rosenthal in “Flags of Our Fathers.”
Among his other feature roles were Oliver Stone’s “World Trade Center,” “Limitless,” “Won’t Back Down,” “Experimenter,” “Asher,” “The Exterminator,” “The Burning,” “Moving Violations,” “Air America,” “Last Man Standing,...
His agents at Nicolosi & Co. confirmed his death. Eisenberg’s wife Patricia said in a statement, “As Ned would say, he was attacked by two very rare assassins — cholangiocarcinoma and ocular melanoma. Over the course of two years, he bravely fought the cancers in private while continuing to work in show business to ensure that his medical coverage paid for himself and his family.”
Eisenberg also worked in feature films, playing Sally Mendoza in Clint Eastwood’s “Million Dollar Baby” and photographer Joe Rosenthal in “Flags of Our Fathers.”
Among his other feature roles were Oliver Stone’s “World Trade Center,” “Limitless,” “Won’t Back Down,” “Experimenter,” “Asher,” “The Exterminator,” “The Burning,” “Moving Violations,” “Air America,” “Last Man Standing,...
- 2/28/2022
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
Ned Eisenberg, a prolific stage, television and film character actor perhaps most widely recognized for his long-running recurring role as defense attorney Roger Kressler on NBC’s Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, died of cancer Feb. 27 at his home in New York. He was 65.
His death was announced by his agents at Nicolosi & Co. speaking on behalf of his wife, the actress Patricia Dunnock, and family.
In a statement, Dunnock said “As Ned would say, he was attacked by two very rare assassins — cholangiocarcinoma and ocular melanoma. Over the course of two years, he bravely fought the cancers in private while continuing to work in show business to ensure that his medical coverage paid for himself and his family.”
Born in the Bronx, Eisenberg began his film and TV career in the early 1980s, most notably in four episodes of Miami Vice and, in 1990, a starring role in...
His death was announced by his agents at Nicolosi & Co. speaking on behalf of his wife, the actress Patricia Dunnock, and family.
In a statement, Dunnock said “As Ned would say, he was attacked by two very rare assassins — cholangiocarcinoma and ocular melanoma. Over the course of two years, he bravely fought the cancers in private while continuing to work in show business to ensure that his medical coverage paid for himself and his family.”
Born in the Bronx, Eisenberg began his film and TV career in the early 1980s, most notably in four episodes of Miami Vice and, in 1990, a starring role in...
- 2/28/2022
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Spoiler Alert: This story includes details about this week’s Episode 3 Of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Brian Tarantina, the veteran actor who played Jacopo “Jackie” Dellapietra in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and died in late 2019 before filming started on recently launched Season 4, has been gracefully written out of the series. Tarantina had worked with Maisel creator Amy Sherman. Palladino since Gilmore Girls. His character, nightclub manager Jackie, was Susie’s (Alex Borstein) straight-talking boss who ran the Gaslight, the Greenwich Village club where ‘Midge’ Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan) was discovered. He moved into Susie’s small apartment in Season 3 while she and Midge were on tour and his absence in the busy first two episodes of their tumultuous return this month may not have been missed. But in Episode 3, called Everything Is Bellmore, which dropped Thursday, Jackie has died suddenly of a stroke, leaving Susie bereft. When only four people turn up to the funeral,...
- 2/25/2022
- by Jill Goldsmith
- Deadline Film + TV
“It’s thrilling to be on a platform that can get the content to the people, so to speak,” says Jonathan Tucker of returning to NBC with tonight’s debut of Debris. “I think there’s incredible opportunities now in network and in primetime,” the Parenthood and Hannibal vet adds.
Co-starring Riann Steele, the J.H. Wyman-created Debris focuses on Tucker’s CIA operative Bryan Beneventi and The Magicians alum as very different MI6 agent Finola Jones as they track the literal and figurative fallout from an alien spaceship on Earth and its inhabitants. A mind bender and a physics-shifter in primetime, the compelling Debris is Tucker’s first network lead role since 2007’s The Black Donnellys.
Ordered to series by the Comcast-owned net last summer, the Vancouver-shot Debris had its own starts and stops due to the coronavirus pandemic delaying its pilot and a busted Achille’s heel...
Co-starring Riann Steele, the J.H. Wyman-created Debris focuses on Tucker’s CIA operative Bryan Beneventi and The Magicians alum as very different MI6 agent Finola Jones as they track the literal and figurative fallout from an alien spaceship on Earth and its inhabitants. A mind bender and a physics-shifter in primetime, the compelling Debris is Tucker’s first network lead role since 2007’s The Black Donnellys.
Ordered to series by the Comcast-owned net last summer, the Vancouver-shot Debris had its own starts and stops due to the coronavirus pandemic delaying its pilot and a busted Achille’s heel...
- 3/2/2021
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
NBC is picking up the pieces from its coronavirus-impacted pilot season.
The network has ordered alien spacecraft drama “Debris,” the only pilot which managed to complete shooting before the production shutdown, to series.
News of the order comes exactly a week after NBC announced plans to stagger the remainder of its 12 pilots across this and next year’s development seasons. NBC still intends to shoot five of its buzziest pilots, including that for “Langdon” which centers around the character made famous by Dan Brown and Tom Hanks, later this year.
“Debris” follows two agents from two different continents, and two different mindsets, who must work together to investigate when wreckage from a destroyed alien spacecraft has mysterious effects on humankind.
Jonathan Tucker plays one of the agents Bryan Beneventi, who is described as a headstrong, smart CIA operative currently working on the investigation of strange occurrences. British actress Riann Steele plays the other Finola Jones.
The network has ordered alien spacecraft drama “Debris,” the only pilot which managed to complete shooting before the production shutdown, to series.
News of the order comes exactly a week after NBC announced plans to stagger the remainder of its 12 pilots across this and next year’s development seasons. NBC still intends to shoot five of its buzziest pilots, including that for “Langdon” which centers around the character made famous by Dan Brown and Tom Hanks, later this year.
“Debris” follows two agents from two different continents, and two different mindsets, who must work together to investigate when wreckage from a destroyed alien spacecraft has mysterious effects on humankind.
Jonathan Tucker plays one of the agents Bryan Beneventi, who is described as a headstrong, smart CIA operative currently working on the investigation of strange occurrences. British actress Riann Steele plays the other Finola Jones.
- 6/29/2020
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
There’s a ridiculous amount of TV content out there waiting to be streamed during your downtime — and a lot of it won’t cost you one shiny penny.
TVLine already offers a premium streaming guide, which delivers a rundown of subscription rates, original series and select library content offered by established, new and forthcoming streamers. We also publish a monthly list of TV shows and movies coming and going on Netflix.
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- 3/20/2020
- TVLine.com
Born July 26, 1993, actress and singer Elizabeth Gillies burst onto the scene in 2008 as Lucy in the Broadway musical “13.” Through the years she’s starred in various television projects including “The Black Donnellys” (2007), “Victorious” (2010) and “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll” (2015), in addition to her voice roles in “American Dad” (2015) and “Robot Chicken” (2018). All of this led to her breakout performances as Fallon Carrington/Alexis Carrington in “Dynasty” (2017), the CW’s reboot of the classic 1980s soap opera. Gillies has also appeared in movies like “Animal” (2014), “Vacation” (2015) and “Arizona” (2018), and in music videos alongside her best friend Ariana Grande. Tour our photos below to see the Top 10 reasons we love Elizabeth Gillies.
- 3/7/2020
- by Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
Jonathan Tucker has been cast in one of the lead roles in the NBC drama pilot “Debris.”
The series follows two agents from two different continents, and two different mindsets, who must work together to investigate when wreckage from a destroyed alien spacecraft has mysterious effects on humankind.
Tucker will star as Bryan Beneventi, described as a headstrong, smart CIA operative currently working on the investigation of strange occurrences.
Tucker most recently played a major role in the Showtime drama “City on a Hill.” His other recent TV roles include the Audience series “Kingdom,” HBO’s “Westworld,” Starz’s “American Gods,” and FX’s “Snowfall.” Tucker also starred in the NBC series “The Black Donnellys” in 2007. On the film side, he appeared in Elizabeth Banks’ “Charlie’s Angels” last year and is known for roles in films such as “The Virgin Suicides,” “Hostage,” and “In the Valley of Elah.”
He is...
The series follows two agents from two different continents, and two different mindsets, who must work together to investigate when wreckage from a destroyed alien spacecraft has mysterious effects on humankind.
Tucker will star as Bryan Beneventi, described as a headstrong, smart CIA operative currently working on the investigation of strange occurrences.
Tucker most recently played a major role in the Showtime drama “City on a Hill.” His other recent TV roles include the Audience series “Kingdom,” HBO’s “Westworld,” Starz’s “American Gods,” and FX’s “Snowfall.” Tucker also starred in the NBC series “The Black Donnellys” in 2007. On the film side, he appeared in Elizabeth Banks’ “Charlie’s Angels” last year and is known for roles in films such as “The Virgin Suicides,” “Hostage,” and “In the Valley of Elah.”
He is...
- 2/11/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Kingdom alum Jonathan Tucker will be looking into how a crashed UFO is doing a number on us Earthlings, with a lead role in the NBC pilot Debris.
Hailing from Fringe vet J.H. Wyman, Debris follows two agents from two different continents (and wielding two different mindsets) who must work together to investigate when wreckage from a destroyed alien spacecraft has mysterious effects on humankind. Wyman will serve as an Ep on the prospective series alongside Jason Hoffs (Edge of Tomorrow).
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Hailing from Fringe vet J.H. Wyman, Debris follows two agents from two different continents (and wielding two different mindsets) who must work together to investigate when wreckage from a destroyed alien spacecraft has mysterious effects on humankind. Wyman will serve as an Ep on the prospective series alongside Jason Hoffs (Edge of Tomorrow).
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- 2/11/2020
- TVLine.com
Kevin Conway, a veteran actor known for his work in Gettysburg, Thirteen Days and Invincible, among others, died Wednesday of a heart attack, his publicist told Deadline. He was 77.
New York City-born Conway worked as an Ibm sales analyst before becoming an actor at age 24. He went on to a decades-long career with dozens of credits in film, television and on the stage. His first major screen role was playing Roland Weary in the 1972 film Slaughterhouse Five, based on the Kurt Vonnegut novel. He went on to play Crum Petree, the insane mailman in the 1988 film Funny Farm; Frank Papale in the 2006 Disney football drama Invincible; and General Curtis LeMay in the 2000 historical drama Thirteen Days. He also played the fictional Sgt. Buster Kilrain in Ron Maxwell’s 1993 epic Gettysburg (see photo above) and its 2003 follow-up Gods and Generals.
His television work included playing Roger Chillingworth in a 1979 TV production of The Scarlet Letter,...
New York City-born Conway worked as an Ibm sales analyst before becoming an actor at age 24. He went on to a decades-long career with dozens of credits in film, television and on the stage. His first major screen role was playing Roland Weary in the 1972 film Slaughterhouse Five, based on the Kurt Vonnegut novel. He went on to play Crum Petree, the insane mailman in the 1988 film Funny Farm; Frank Papale in the 2006 Disney football drama Invincible; and General Curtis LeMay in the 2000 historical drama Thirteen Days. He also played the fictional Sgt. Buster Kilrain in Ron Maxwell’s 1993 epic Gettysburg (see photo above) and its 2003 follow-up Gods and Generals.
His television work included playing Roger Chillingworth in a 1979 TV production of The Scarlet Letter,...
- 2/7/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
“Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” actor Brian Tarantina’s death was ruled an overdose from fentanyl, heroin, diazepam and cocaine by the New York City Medical Examiner, according to Entertainment Tonight.
The 60 year-old actor was found dead in his apartment in New York City on Nov. 2, an NYPD spokesperson told TheWrap at the time.
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“On Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019 at approximately 0040 hours, police responded to a 911 call of an unconscious male inside of 353 West 51 Street, apartment 11, within the confines of the Midtown North Precinct,” the spokesperson said. “Upon arrival, officers observed a 60-year-old male, unconscious and unresponsive, fully-clothed, on his couch. Ems responded to the location and pronounced the aided male deceased at the scene (his residence).”
On Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” Tarantina played Jackie, the emcee of the Gaslight where Midge performs. Jackie later went on to become...
The 60 year-old actor was found dead in his apartment in New York City on Nov. 2, an NYPD spokesperson told TheWrap at the time.
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“On Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019 at approximately 0040 hours, police responded to a 911 call of an unconscious male inside of 353 West 51 Street, apartment 11, within the confines of the Midtown North Precinct,” the spokesperson said. “Upon arrival, officers observed a 60-year-old male, unconscious and unresponsive, fully-clothed, on his couch. Ems responded to the location and pronounced the aided male deceased at the scene (his residence).”
On Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” Tarantina played Jackie, the emcee of the Gaslight where Midge performs. Jackie later went on to become...
- 12/17/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Marvelous Mrs. Maisel leading lady Rachel Brosnahan is paying tribute to her “hilarious and talented and kind” co-star Brian Tarantina, who died Saturday at the age of 60.
“So deeply sad to hear about the passing of Brian Tarantina,” Brosnahan lamented on social media early Sunday of her colleague, who played Jackie, the emcee at the Gaslight comedy club where her titular character got her start. “He was hilarious and talented and kind and an all around golden fucking weirdo. Our family of weirds won’t be the same without him.”
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“So deeply sad to hear about the passing of Brian Tarantina,” Brosnahan lamented on social media early Sunday of her colleague, who played Jackie, the emcee at the Gaslight comedy club where her titular character got her start. “He was hilarious and talented and kind and an all around golden fucking weirdo. Our family of weirds won’t be the same without him.”
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- 11/3/2019
- TVLine.com
Brian Tarantina, a character actor known for his roles on “Gilmore Girls,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and many other TV series, died Saturday in New York City. He was 60.
Wcbs-TV New York reported that Tarantina was found dead in his Hell’s Kitchen apartment. A cause of death has not been determined.
Tarantina most recently played a New York City nightclub emcee on Amazon’s Emmy-winning period comedy “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” The series paid tribute to Tarantina with a tweet declaring “The Gaslight won’t be the same without you.”
The Gaslight won’t be the same without you. Thank you Brian Tarantina for sharing in all of the laughs. Sending love to his family and friends in this difficult time. pic.twitter.com/J1R1ijF3tE
— The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (@MaiselTV) November 2, 2019
Tarantina was a native New Yorker. His long list of TV credits included guest...
Wcbs-TV New York reported that Tarantina was found dead in his Hell’s Kitchen apartment. A cause of death has not been determined.
Tarantina most recently played a New York City nightclub emcee on Amazon’s Emmy-winning period comedy “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” The series paid tribute to Tarantina with a tweet declaring “The Gaslight won’t be the same without you.”
The Gaslight won’t be the same without you. Thank you Brian Tarantina for sharing in all of the laughs. Sending love to his family and friends in this difficult time. pic.twitter.com/J1R1ijF3tE
— The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (@MaiselTV) November 2, 2019
Tarantina was a native New Yorker. His long list of TV credits included guest...
- 11/3/2019
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
Brian Tarantina, a veteran actor who appeared on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, was found dead early Saturday morning at his apartment in New York City. He was 60.
The New York Police Department confirmed to Deadline that officers found Tarantina unresponsive on his couch at 12:40 a.m. His cause of death is under investigation.
“On Saturday, November 2, 2019 at approximately 0040 hours, police responded to a 911 call of an unconscious male inside of 353 West 51 Street, apartment 11,” the NYPD said in a statement. “Upon arrival, officers observed a 60-year-old male, unconscious and unresponsive, fully-clothed, on his couch. Ems responded to the location and pronounced the aided male deceased at the scene (his residence).”
A rep for the actor did not immediately respond to Deadline’s request for comment. However, in a statement to People, a rep said Tarantina had been ill.
“He was recently in the hospital and was in the process of...
The New York Police Department confirmed to Deadline that officers found Tarantina unresponsive on his couch at 12:40 a.m. His cause of death is under investigation.
“On Saturday, November 2, 2019 at approximately 0040 hours, police responded to a 911 call of an unconscious male inside of 353 West 51 Street, apartment 11,” the NYPD said in a statement. “Upon arrival, officers observed a 60-year-old male, unconscious and unresponsive, fully-clothed, on his couch. Ems responded to the location and pronounced the aided male deceased at the scene (his residence).”
A rep for the actor did not immediately respond to Deadline’s request for comment. However, in a statement to People, a rep said Tarantina had been ill.
“He was recently in the hospital and was in the process of...
- 11/2/2019
- by Anita Bennett
- Deadline Film + TV
Brian Tarantina, an actor who was known for his roles on “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and “Gilmore Girls,” was found dead on Saturday morning. He was 60.
Tarantina was found in his New York City apartment by the NYPD, a police spokesperson confirms to TheWrap. The cause of death is unknown.
“On Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019 at approximately 0040 hours, police responded to a 911 call of an unconscious male inside of 353 West 51 Street, apartment 11, within the confines of the Midtown North Precinct,” a spokesperson said. “Upon arrival, officers observed a 60-year-old male, unconscious and unresponsive, fully-clothed, on his couch. Ems responded to the location and pronounced the aided male deceased at the scene (his residence). The Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death and the investigation remains ongoing.”
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Recently, Tarantina appeared in Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” as Jackie, the emcee...
Tarantina was found in his New York City apartment by the NYPD, a police spokesperson confirms to TheWrap. The cause of death is unknown.
“On Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019 at approximately 0040 hours, police responded to a 911 call of an unconscious male inside of 353 West 51 Street, apartment 11, within the confines of the Midtown North Precinct,” a spokesperson said. “Upon arrival, officers observed a 60-year-old male, unconscious and unresponsive, fully-clothed, on his couch. Ems responded to the location and pronounced the aided male deceased at the scene (his residence). The Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death and the investigation remains ongoing.”
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Recently, Tarantina appeared in Amazon’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” as Jackie, the emcee...
- 11/2/2019
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
James Badge Dale has landed the male lead, opposite Chicago Fire alum Monica Raymund, in Starz’s Hightown.
A crime drama set amid the drug trade on Cape Cod, Hightown is set in motion when a body washes ashore and is discovered by Raymund’s Jackie Quinones, an irreverent National Marine Fisheries Service officer who is determined to help solve the murder — even if the state cops want her nowhere near the case.
Per our sister site Deadline, Dale will play Det. Ray Abruzzo, a Massachusetts State Trooper assigned to the Cape Cod Drug Task Force who takes a special...
A crime drama set amid the drug trade on Cape Cod, Hightown is set in motion when a body washes ashore and is discovered by Raymund’s Jackie Quinones, an irreverent National Marine Fisheries Service officer who is determined to help solve the murder — even if the state cops want her nowhere near the case.
Per our sister site Deadline, Dale will play Det. Ray Abruzzo, a Massachusetts State Trooper assigned to the Cape Cod Drug Task Force who takes a special...
- 1/8/2019
- TVLine.com
Exclusive: Mark R. Harris’ Los Angeles-based production shingle, The Harris Company, has optioned the crime series Darby Holland from veteran tattoo artist and crime novelist Jeff Johnson for six-figures in a bidding war that took place over the holiday.
Harris, whose credits include Gods and Monsters (which won Best Adapted Screenplay for Bill Condon) and the Academy-Award winning Best Picture Crash (2004), is producing. Kate Orsini is on board to pen the script for a planned television series.
The first in the crime series is Lucky Supreme, which was released by Arcade Publishing in April of last year to critical acclaim and was named Best Crime Novel of the year by Medium.
The logline: “in the gritty urban wilds of Old Town, Portland Oregon, the series follows the eponymous fixer Darby Holland, who runs a venerable tattoo parlor and leads his talented crew...
Harris, whose credits include Gods and Monsters (which won Best Adapted Screenplay for Bill Condon) and the Academy-Award winning Best Picture Crash (2004), is producing. Kate Orsini is on board to pen the script for a planned television series.
The first in the crime series is Lucky Supreme, which was released by Arcade Publishing in April of last year to critical acclaim and was named Best Crime Novel of the year by Medium.
The logline: “in the gritty urban wilds of Old Town, Portland Oregon, the series follows the eponymous fixer Darby Holland, who runs a venerable tattoo parlor and leads his talented crew...
- 1/2/2019
- by Anita Busch
- Deadline Film + TV
Perhaps this is a bit of “Kingdom” bias speaking, but Jonathan Tucker is exactly what “Snowfall” needs in Season 2 — and he’s exactly what it gets. The lively, charming actor who recently graced “Westworld” and became a fan favorite in “Justified,” “The Black Donnellys,” and more steps into FX’s ’80s L.A. drug series and does more than his standard, A-grade character work; he pops, charms, and is so darn generous in his scenes, the charisma spreads to his screen partners. He’s the missing ingredient many dramas need these days, whether it’s literally Jonathan Tucker or what he represents: an attention-grabbing kick in the pants that makes everyone sit up and take notice.
Tucker and his new character, Matt McDonald — an ex-Vietnam pilot and brother of Teddy, the overworked CIA agent played by Carter Hudson — are emblematic of what writers Dave Andron, Eric Amadio, and John Singleton...
Tucker and his new character, Matt McDonald — an ex-Vietnam pilot and brother of Teddy, the overworked CIA agent played by Carter Hudson — are emblematic of what writers Dave Andron, Eric Amadio, and John Singleton...
- 7/19/2018
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of TV critics two questions and publishes the results on Tuesday.
This week’s question: Who is the one performer deserving of an Emmy but has never been nominated?
(Of all time. This is open to any actors on canceled TV shows also, not just current contenders.)
Ben Travers (@BenTTravers), IndieWire
It’s Justin Theroux. It’s Eva Green. It’s Aya Cash. It’s Nick Offerman. It’s Constance Wu. It’s any number of singular, stand-out performances infuriatingly ignored over the course of multiple seasons. Each of these actors played the same role for three or more seasons in “The Leftovers,” “Penny Dreadful,” “You’re the Worst,” “Parks and Recreation,” and “Fresh Off the Boat,” respectively, and the TV Academy’s refusal to acknowledge their top-tier evocations is maddening.
But it’s also Lauren Graham, Adam Scott, Courteney Cox, Wendell Pierce,...
This week’s question: Who is the one performer deserving of an Emmy but has never been nominated?
(Of all time. This is open to any actors on canceled TV shows also, not just current contenders.)
Ben Travers (@BenTTravers), IndieWire
It’s Justin Theroux. It’s Eva Green. It’s Aya Cash. It’s Nick Offerman. It’s Constance Wu. It’s any number of singular, stand-out performances infuriatingly ignored over the course of multiple seasons. Each of these actors played the same role for three or more seasons in “The Leftovers,” “Penny Dreadful,” “You’re the Worst,” “Parks and Recreation,” and “Fresh Off the Boat,” respectively, and the TV Academy’s refusal to acknowledge their top-tier evocations is maddening.
But it’s also Lauren Graham, Adam Scott, Courteney Cox, Wendell Pierce,...
- 7/10/2018
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
Kingdom‘s Jonathan Tucker is getting into the ring with Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, joining the duo’s Showtime drama pilot City on a Hill, TVLine has learned.
Exec-produced by Affleck, Damon and Chuck MacLean, the prospective series is a fictional account of what was referred to as the “Boston Miracle.” In the early ’90s, corruption and racism was the norm in Boston, until an African-American district attorney (Underground‘s Aldis Hodge) from Brooklyn arrives in the city, advocating change. He forms an unlikely alliance with a corrupt yet venerated FBI veteran (Kevin Bacon) who is invested in maintaining the status quo.
Exec-produced by Affleck, Damon and Chuck MacLean, the prospective series is a fictional account of what was referred to as the “Boston Miracle.” In the early ’90s, corruption and racism was the norm in Boston, until an African-American district attorney (Underground‘s Aldis Hodge) from Brooklyn arrives in the city, advocating change. He forms an unlikely alliance with a corrupt yet venerated FBI veteran (Kevin Bacon) who is invested in maintaining the status quo.
- 12/6/2017
- TVLine.com
Fringe alum Kirk Acevedo is set to clash with Arrow, as a version of the DC Comics baddie Richard Dragon.
As reported by our sister site Deadline, Acevedo has been cast as Ricardo Diaz, an ex-con who is set on taking control of Star City’s criminal underworld. Based on DC Comics’ Richard Dragon, Diaz is described as a master in hand-to-hand combat.
Previously, Arrow announced at the San Diego Comic-Con that Person of Interest‘s Michael Emerson would recur during Season 6 as a mystery character (perhaps Helix founder Cayden James?).
Acevedo most recently recurred on At&T Audience Network’s Kingdom,...
As reported by our sister site Deadline, Acevedo has been cast as Ricardo Diaz, an ex-con who is set on taking control of Star City’s criminal underworld. Based on DC Comics’ Richard Dragon, Diaz is described as a master in hand-to-hand combat.
Previously, Arrow announced at the San Diego Comic-Con that Person of Interest‘s Michael Emerson would recur during Season 6 as a mystery character (perhaps Helix founder Cayden James?).
Acevedo most recently recurred on At&T Audience Network’s Kingdom,...
- 8/15/2017
- TVLine.com
When people say they’ll give you everything they’ve got, few mean it the way Jonathan Tucker does. Blood, sweat, and tears only begin to describe what he puts into his work, and he’s literally given all three to “Kingdom” — you can watch him do it.
The sweat and the tears are to be expected when portraying a fighter, as Tucker has done for nearly 40 episodes on the Audience Network original series (now airing and set to end this year). Long before he stole the opening scene of “American Gods,” the young actor from “The Virgin Suicides,” “Sleepers,” “The Black Donnellys” and “Justified,” has embodied the physical and emotional requisites of an impassioned tough guy. He trained every day on the “Kingdom” set’s functioning gym, and he’s wept repeatedly on camera during Jay Kulina’s many vulnerable moments.
But the blood, well, there’s a story there.
Before Tucker gets into sharing why he sought medical advice from a fight choreographer instead of the recommended emergency room doctor, it’s important to know something about Tucker: The man respects his art. No — the man really respects his art.
“We’re storytellers; that’s the reason why our species has succeeded so extraordinarily,” Tucker said in a recent interview. “We’re able to tell and subscribe to stories in a potent and unique way. They’re important for our culture, but also for our species, and we have to take that responsibility seriously as storytellers because these stories mean something to people.”
Read More: ‘Kingdom’ Season 3 Review: Nick Jonas Finishes Strong in a Drama That Deserves More Viewers — and More Time
When you speak to Tucker, either over the phone or on set, he’s relaxed and well-reasoned; he speaks with passion, but he’s not overly indulgent. You get the sense praise given is praise earned, and he’s only willing to exalt his co-workers — especially the crew on “Kingdom.” He sees acting as a “luxury” and feels privileged to be able to hone his skills during downtime on set, while producers, directors, gaffers, lighting technicians, and more crew members handle the real problems.
But it’s not that he’s lazy. Tucker firmly believes in being as prepared as humanly possible before coming to work. “Life is too short for us to warm up,” Tucker said. “You have to do the warm-up on your own. When you come to set, it’s time to put everything on the line.”
Such quotes could sound cliched if he didn’t back them up. For instance — regarding the day he shed more blood than one should for a TV show — he said “I was completely and utterly obsessed with finishing this fight.” And you know he’s serious. He wasn’t there for himself, he was there for the show, for the art, for the story, and they were going to get this scene — even if it meant forever scarring the face that supports his career.
The short version of the story is that Tucker got clocked, hard, right in the face by a real Mma fighter, and he needed stitches before they could finish shooting a pivotal scene. But the long story, which takes a bit of prying to get out of Tucker, is much better.
“In that scene, I was fighting Jay ‘Thoroughbred’ Hieron, who is a terrific Mma star and weights probably 35 to 40 pounds more than I do — at least — because in the story, I was fighting significantly above my weight class,” Tucker said. “In the scene, he picks me up and puts me down on the mat and then he puts me in a position called ‘full mount,’ which means both of his knees are over my shoulders or over the sides of my arms. So he’s fully mounting me, and he comes down with an elbow. He puts that elbow into the ether of the heavens and then drops it right down into my head.”
Tucker blamed “a miscommunication” between himself and Hieron for what happened next.
“He opened my eye up a good three inches — a good gash, but it looked a lot worse than it ultimately ended up being when the stitches went in at Cedar Sinai at one in the morning.”
The “miscommunication” happened before lunch, so why did it take so long for Tucker to get stitches for the bloody gash in his face? He had to finish the fight.
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“I spent all this time rehearsing this scene, and the fight choreography is really what gives our show street credentials for so many of the Mma fans,” Tucker said, again crediting the crew, trainers, and choreographers. But he wanted to help build that legitimacy, too.
“I did not want to go to the hospital. I wanted to finish the scene up,” Tucker said. “They said ‘super glue’ and they super glued my eye closed as much as they could.”
While Tucker did not elaborate on who “they” were, a representative for the series said it was Tucker who refused to leave — knowing how many problems it would cause the production for him to be gone for hours on end — and that he asked the Mma fighters on set what they would do in a real-life fight. One told him he’d use super glue to close the wound, and no one could talk Tucker out of doing just that.
“The problem, though, is that it would pop open from time to time when I was exerting myself physically — the blood flow pops the glue,” Tucker said. “That happened a few times, which was pretty shocking for a few people on our set. [But] it gave me just a bit more information to put into the files for my character and to the show.”
When pressed about whether or not he would have done the same thing for any role, any show, any team of storytellers, Tucker said he doesn’t want to work on projects where he’d feel Ok about “leaving my crew behind.” But first he tried to think of a scenario in which he would’ve left the “Kingdom” set.
“It wasn’t like my leg was broken,” Tucker said, before immediately reconsidering. “Even if my leg was broken, it wasn’t like I was going to lose my arm or something. Having some stitches on my face — as a male [actor] — is not a problem.”
Moreover, Tucker saw the moment as a way to prove to his collaborators how seriously he took his part in the story.
“Everybody knows I’ll literally bleed for this character and their jobs,” he said. “I’ll bleed for this show, just like I’ll ask you guys to make sacrifices on your end. So it was a good thing.”
Yet after all this — all the training, all his physical efforts to bring the production together as a team, and for his complete dedication to earning the respect of the Mma community — these aspects aren’t the most remarkable elements of his onscreen performance. The series is realistic in a way that keeps you from questioning the legitimacy of these fighters, which is exactly the effect Tucker described.
And that allows audiences to marvel at his intimate, honest scenes outside the ring. Much like “Friday Night Lights” wasn’t really about football, “Kingdom” is about the men and women of their sport more than the sport itself. Tucker’s range extends from quiet intensity to open-hearted anguish; from sweat counted in beads to tears rolling like a stream.
For the blood, Tucker has a simple rule to live by:
“Life throws elbows at you, and you’ve got to superglue the wounds together.”
“Kingdom” airs new episodes of its final season every Wednesday at 8 p.m. on Audience Network.
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The sweat and the tears are to be expected when portraying a fighter, as Tucker has done for nearly 40 episodes on the Audience Network original series (now airing and set to end this year). Long before he stole the opening scene of “American Gods,” the young actor from “The Virgin Suicides,” “Sleepers,” “The Black Donnellys” and “Justified,” has embodied the physical and emotional requisites of an impassioned tough guy. He trained every day on the “Kingdom” set’s functioning gym, and he’s wept repeatedly on camera during Jay Kulina’s many vulnerable moments.
But the blood, well, there’s a story there.
Before Tucker gets into sharing why he sought medical advice from a fight choreographer instead of the recommended emergency room doctor, it’s important to know something about Tucker: The man respects his art. No — the man really respects his art.
“We’re storytellers; that’s the reason why our species has succeeded so extraordinarily,” Tucker said in a recent interview. “We’re able to tell and subscribe to stories in a potent and unique way. They’re important for our culture, but also for our species, and we have to take that responsibility seriously as storytellers because these stories mean something to people.”
Read More: ‘Kingdom’ Season 3 Review: Nick Jonas Finishes Strong in a Drama That Deserves More Viewers — and More Time
When you speak to Tucker, either over the phone or on set, he’s relaxed and well-reasoned; he speaks with passion, but he’s not overly indulgent. You get the sense praise given is praise earned, and he’s only willing to exalt his co-workers — especially the crew on “Kingdom.” He sees acting as a “luxury” and feels privileged to be able to hone his skills during downtime on set, while producers, directors, gaffers, lighting technicians, and more crew members handle the real problems.
But it’s not that he’s lazy. Tucker firmly believes in being as prepared as humanly possible before coming to work. “Life is too short for us to warm up,” Tucker said. “You have to do the warm-up on your own. When you come to set, it’s time to put everything on the line.”
Such quotes could sound cliched if he didn’t back them up. For instance — regarding the day he shed more blood than one should for a TV show — he said “I was completely and utterly obsessed with finishing this fight.” And you know he’s serious. He wasn’t there for himself, he was there for the show, for the art, for the story, and they were going to get this scene — even if it meant forever scarring the face that supports his career.
The short version of the story is that Tucker got clocked, hard, right in the face by a real Mma fighter, and he needed stitches before they could finish shooting a pivotal scene. But the long story, which takes a bit of prying to get out of Tucker, is much better.
“In that scene, I was fighting Jay ‘Thoroughbred’ Hieron, who is a terrific Mma star and weights probably 35 to 40 pounds more than I do — at least — because in the story, I was fighting significantly above my weight class,” Tucker said. “In the scene, he picks me up and puts me down on the mat and then he puts me in a position called ‘full mount,’ which means both of his knees are over my shoulders or over the sides of my arms. So he’s fully mounting me, and he comes down with an elbow. He puts that elbow into the ether of the heavens and then drops it right down into my head.”
Tucker blamed “a miscommunication” between himself and Hieron for what happened next.
“He opened my eye up a good three inches — a good gash, but it looked a lot worse than it ultimately ended up being when the stitches went in at Cedar Sinai at one in the morning.”
The “miscommunication” happened before lunch, so why did it take so long for Tucker to get stitches for the bloody gash in his face? He had to finish the fight.
Read More: Giancarlo Esposito is Invisible on ‘Dear White People,’ But It’s His Best Performance of the Year
“I spent all this time rehearsing this scene, and the fight choreography is really what gives our show street credentials for so many of the Mma fans,” Tucker said, again crediting the crew, trainers, and choreographers. But he wanted to help build that legitimacy, too.
“I did not want to go to the hospital. I wanted to finish the scene up,” Tucker said. “They said ‘super glue’ and they super glued my eye closed as much as they could.”
While Tucker did not elaborate on who “they” were, a representative for the series said it was Tucker who refused to leave — knowing how many problems it would cause the production for him to be gone for hours on end — and that he asked the Mma fighters on set what they would do in a real-life fight. One told him he’d use super glue to close the wound, and no one could talk Tucker out of doing just that.
“The problem, though, is that it would pop open from time to time when I was exerting myself physically — the blood flow pops the glue,” Tucker said. “That happened a few times, which was pretty shocking for a few people on our set. [But] it gave me just a bit more information to put into the files for my character and to the show.”
When pressed about whether or not he would have done the same thing for any role, any show, any team of storytellers, Tucker said he doesn’t want to work on projects where he’d feel Ok about “leaving my crew behind.” But first he tried to think of a scenario in which he would’ve left the “Kingdom” set.
“It wasn’t like my leg was broken,” Tucker said, before immediately reconsidering. “Even if my leg was broken, it wasn’t like I was going to lose my arm or something. Having some stitches on my face — as a male [actor] — is not a problem.”
Moreover, Tucker saw the moment as a way to prove to his collaborators how seriously he took his part in the story.
“Everybody knows I’ll literally bleed for this character and their jobs,” he said. “I’ll bleed for this show, just like I’ll ask you guys to make sacrifices on your end. So it was a good thing.”
Yet after all this — all the training, all his physical efforts to bring the production together as a team, and for his complete dedication to earning the respect of the Mma community — these aspects aren’t the most remarkable elements of his onscreen performance. The series is realistic in a way that keeps you from questioning the legitimacy of these fighters, which is exactly the effect Tucker described.
And that allows audiences to marvel at his intimate, honest scenes outside the ring. Much like “Friday Night Lights” wasn’t really about football, “Kingdom” is about the men and women of their sport more than the sport itself. Tucker’s range extends from quiet intensity to open-hearted anguish; from sweat counted in beads to tears rolling like a stream.
For the blood, Tucker has a simple rule to live by:
“Life throws elbows at you, and you’ve got to superglue the wounds together.”
“Kingdom” airs new episodes of its final season every Wednesday at 8 p.m. on Audience Network.
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- 6/21/2017
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
If you’ve been missing Sydney Bristow, better book a ticket to Austin, TX. The Atx Television Festival announced today it will be hosting an “Alias” writers’ room reunion featuring many of the show’s long-time scribes, including Ken Olin, Lawrence Trilling, Sarah Caplan, Monica Breen, Jeff Pinkner, Andre Nemec, and Josh Appelbaum.
Creator J.J. Abrams has yet to be confirmed, but additional panelists will be announced at a later date. Last year, the Atx Festival hosted a writers’ room reunion for “The O.C.” that included creator Josh Schwartz.
Also announced this afternoon was a “Parks and Recreation” community screening. For the first five seasons of the festival, the Austin-based event celebrated an Austin-based show: “Friday Night Lights.” But last year marked the final tailgate party / community screening for the beloved series, and festival programmers found a more than fitting replacement in “Parks and Recreation.”
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Creator J.J. Abrams has yet to be confirmed, but additional panelists will be announced at a later date. Last year, the Atx Festival hosted a writers’ room reunion for “The O.C.” that included creator Josh Schwartz.
Also announced this afternoon was a “Parks and Recreation” community screening. For the first five seasons of the festival, the Austin-based event celebrated an Austin-based show: “Friday Night Lights.” But last year marked the final tailgate party / community screening for the beloved series, and festival programmers found a more than fitting replacement in “Parks and Recreation.”
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- 2/3/2017
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
A version of this article originally appeared on EW.com.
The casts of two popular ’80s television series are reuniting at Atx Television Festival next year.
On Thursday, the Austin-based festival announced the cast and creator of CBS’ Designing Women will reunite for a special 30th anniversary panel. Stars Delta Burke, Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Gerald McRaney, Hal Holbrook and Douglas Barr will join creator and executive producer Linda Bloodworth-Thomason for the event. The festival is also planning retrospectives for Bloodworth-Thomason’s Evening Shade and Hearts Afire.
The cast of the quirky CBS comedy-drama Northern Exposure will also get together at Atx next year.
The casts of two popular ’80s television series are reuniting at Atx Television Festival next year.
On Thursday, the Austin-based festival announced the cast and creator of CBS’ Designing Women will reunite for a special 30th anniversary panel. Stars Delta Burke, Annie Potts, Jean Smart, Gerald McRaney, Hal Holbrook and Douglas Barr will join creator and executive producer Linda Bloodworth-Thomason for the event. The festival is also planning retrospectives for Bloodworth-Thomason’s Evening Shade and Hearts Afire.
The cast of the quirky CBS comedy-drama Northern Exposure will also get together at Atx next year.
- 11/17/2016
- by Lanford Beard
- PEOPLE.com
The wonderfully ubiquitous Bridget Regan will add ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy to her IMDb listing this fall.
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The Last Ship recruit and Jane the Virgin pot-stirrer will guest-star in Season 13’s sixth episode, “The Room Where it Happens,” she announced via social media on Tuesday. No details on her role were immediately made available, though if we take a cue from previous Grey’s guests who played opposite Matt Bomer on White Collar… nah, I’m just funnin’ with y’all. Nothing to see here!
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The Last Ship recruit and Jane the Virgin pot-stirrer will guest-star in Season 13’s sixth episode, “The Room Where it Happens,” she announced via social media on Tuesday. No details on her role were immediately made available, though if we take a cue from previous Grey’s guests who played opposite Matt Bomer on White Collar… nah, I’m just funnin’ with y’all. Nothing to see here!
- 10/4/2016
- TVLine.com
Dave Thomas Brown, recently of Heathers The Musical at New World Stages, leads a cast that also includes Wayne Duvall O Brother Where Art Thou, Leatherheads, Matt McGrath Cabaret, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Keith Nobbs Lombardi, 'The Black Donnellys' and Afton C. Williamson'Nashville,' 'Homeland', in Matthew Lopez's The Legend of Georgia McBride, the first production of McC's 2015-16 Main Stage Season.
- 9/15/2015
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
Dave Thomas Brown, recently of Heathers The Musical at New World Stages, leads a cast that also includes Wayne Duvall O Brother Where Art Thou, Leatherheads, Matt McGrath Cabaret, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Keith Nobbs Lombardi, 'The Black Donnellys' and Afton C. Williamson'Nashville,' 'Homeland', in Matthew Lopez'sThe Legend of Georgia McBride, the first production of McC's 2015-16 Main Stage Season.BroadwayWorld brings you photos from opening night below...
- 9/10/2015
- by Jennifer Broski
- BroadwayWorld.com
DaveThomas Brown, recently of Heathers The Musical at New World Stages, leads a cast that also includesWayne DuvallO Brother Where Art Thou, Leatherheads,Matt McGrathCabaret, Hedwig and the Angry Inch,Keith NobbsLombardi, 'The Black Donnellys' andAfton C. Williamson 'Nashville,' 'Homeland', inMatthew Lopez's The Legend Of Georgia McBride,openingtonight, September 9, 2015 at McC Theater.Let's see what the critics had to say...
- 9/10/2015
- by Review Roundups
- BroadwayWorld.com
Dave Thomas Brown, recently ofHeathers The Musical at New World Stages, leads a cast that also includes Wayne Duvall O Brother Where Art Thou, Leatherheads, Matt McGrath Cabaret, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Keith Nobbs Lombardi, 'The Black Donnellys' and Afton C. Williamson 'Nashville,' 'Homeland', inMatthew Lopez's The Legend Of Georgia McBride,the first production of McC's 2015-16 Main Stage Season. The Legend Of Georgia McBride begins previews tonight, August 20, 2015 ahead of a September 9, 2015 opening night.
- 9/9/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Dave Thomas Brown, recently of Heathers The Musical at New World Stages, leads a cast that also includes Wayne Duvall O Brother Where Art Thou, Leatherheads, Matt McGrath Cabaret, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Keith Nobbs Lombardi, 'The Black Donnellys' and Afton C. Williamson 'Nashville,' 'Homeland', in Matthew Lopez'sThe Legend of Georgia McBride, the first production of McC's 2015-16 Main Stage Season. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below...
- 8/24/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
Dave Thomas Brown, recently ofHeathers The Musical at New World Stages, leads a cast that also includes Wayne Duvall O Brother Where Art Thou, Leatherheads, Matt McGrath Cabaret, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Keith Nobbs Lombardi, 'The Black Donnellys' and Afton C. Williamson 'Nashville,' 'Homeland', inMatthew Lopez's The Legend Of Georgia McBride,the first production of McC's 2015-16 Main Stage Season. The Legend Of Georgia McBride begins previews tonight, August 20, 2015 ahead of a September 9, 2015 opening night.
- 8/20/2015
- by BWW News Desk
- BroadwayWorld.com
DaveThomas Brown, recently of Heathers The Musical at New World Stages, leads a cast that also includesWayne DuvallO Brother Where Art Thou, Leatherheads,Matt McGrathCabaret, Hedwig and the Angry Inch,Keith NobbsLombardi, 'The Black Donnellys' andAfton C. Williamson'Nashville,' 'Homeland' will star inMatthew Lopez's The Legend of Georgia McBride, the first production of McC's 2015-16 Main Stage Season.Below, BroadwayWorld brings you photos of the company in the BroadwayWorld.com series 'In The Spotlight' by acclaimed photographerWalter McBride...
- 8/17/2015
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
The very first pilot I watched on this job was for a CBS drama called "Ez Streets." Created by Paul Haggis — then best known for creating "Due South," but most commercially successful for having helped develop the "Walker, Texas Ranger" pilot — it was essentially an HBO drama before such a thing existed: dark, dense, ambitious, heartbreaking, and addictive. It even featured Joe Pantoliano playing a sociopath gangster years before he won an Emmy for it on "The Sopranos" (and was, to my mind, better as Jimmy Murtha than as Ralphie Ciffaretto). It was also the first time I got my heart broken in this job. Despite rave reviews from me and my more established colleagues across the country, "Ez Streets" was Doa: CBS pulled it off the air after only two episodes had aired, and though most of the remaining episodes would air the following winter, it was just running out the string.
- 8/11/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Dave Thomas Brown, recently of Heathers The Musical at New World Stages, leads a cast that also includes Wayne Duvall O Brother Where Art Thou, Leatherheads, Matt McGrath Cabaret, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Keith NobbsLombardi, 'The Black Donnellys' and Afton C. Williamson 'Nashville,' 'Homeland' will star in Matthew Lopez's The Legend of Georgia McBride, the first production of McC's 2015-16 Main Stage Season.
- 7/26/2015
- by BroadwayWorld TV
- BroadwayWorld.com
DaveThomas Brown, recently of Heathers The Musical at New World Stages, leads a cast that also includesWayne DuvallO Brother Where Art Thou, Leatherheads,Matt McGrathCabaret, Hedwig and the Angry Inch,Keith NobbsLombardi, 'The Black Donnellys' andAfton C. Williamson'Nashville,' 'Homeland' will star inMatthew Lopez's The Legend of Georgia McBride, the first production of McC's 2015-16 Main Stage Season.
- 7/24/2015
- by Walter McBride
- BroadwayWorld.com
“Marvel's Agents of Shield” has cast Patrick Brennan as the villain Marcus Daniels (bad-guy name: Blackout), Marvel.com reports. Brennan, who played Liam in “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2” and was in NBC's short-lived 2007 drama “The Black Donnellys,” will first appear in “Providence,” the 18th episode of the ABC series, and will play a larger role in the next episode. Also read: ‘Marvel's Agents of Shield’ Producer Teases ‘Captain America’ Crossover Episode On the series, Blackout will have the power to suck the energy out of anything around him. See photos: 10 Horrible Marvel Movies – Before It Took Over...
- 3/29/2014
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Helix
Syfy has commissioned another thirteen episodes of its freshman drama series "Helix" from producers Ronald D. Moore and Steven Maeda. The show has averaged 2.1 million viewers and 1 million adults 18-49 including DVR playback since its premiere.
The first season follows a Cdc team's efforts to contain the outbreak of a strange virus in a remote Arctic biological facility. The second season premieres early 2015. [Source: EW]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Patrick Brennan ("The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2," "The Black Donnellys") has been cast as Marcus Daniels, a.k.a. Blackout, in Marvel's "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." on ABC. Brennan will make his debut in the eighteenth episode "Providence" and will have an even larger role in the nineteenth episode.
The TV version of Daniels will have slightly different powers than in the comics, here he has the ability to suck the energy out of anything around him. [Source: Marvel.com
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland...
Syfy has commissioned another thirteen episodes of its freshman drama series "Helix" from producers Ronald D. Moore and Steven Maeda. The show has averaged 2.1 million viewers and 1 million adults 18-49 including DVR playback since its premiere.
The first season follows a Cdc team's efforts to contain the outbreak of a strange virus in a remote Arctic biological facility. The second season premieres early 2015. [Source: EW]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Patrick Brennan ("The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2," "The Black Donnellys") has been cast as Marcus Daniels, a.k.a. Blackout, in Marvel's "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." on ABC. Brennan will make his debut in the eighteenth episode "Providence" and will have an even larger role in the nineteenth episode.
The TV version of Daniels will have slightly different powers than in the comics, here he has the ability to suck the energy out of anything around him. [Source: Marvel.com
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland...
- 3/29/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Michael Stahl-David (My Generation, The Black Donnellys) is in final negotiations to play the co-lead opposite Christine Woods in NBC’s single-camera comedy pilot Two To Go, from Universal TV and studio-based David Janollari Entertainment and Jason Bateman‘s Aggregate. Written by Bryan Shukoff & Kevin Chesley and directed by Craig Zisk, the project centers on longtime best friends Kurt (Stahl-David) and Laura (Woods), who grapple with the challenges of modern-day dating while their group of friends try and prove that they are destined to be together. Stahl-David is with ICM Partners and Management 360.
- 2/21/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Copper executive producer Thomas Kelly has signed an overall deal with AMC. Under the two-year pact, he will work on existing AMC series and develop new projects. “Tom Kelly is a great writer, and a truly unique voice in multiple mediums,” AMC’s Evp of programming Joel Stillerman said. “His background as a novelist and screenwriter – as well as a television writer and showrunner – conspire to bring a perfect sensibility to rich, character-based, serialized storytelling.” Kelly, considered one of the top urban novelists of his generation, has authored three books. The first, Payback, was optioned by New Line for Ted Demme’s Spanky Pictures, with David Mamet adapting. Kelly’s third novel, Empire Rising, about the construction of the Empire State Building, was recently picked up by Warner Bros. as a potential directing vehicle for Guy Ritchie, with Kelly writing the script. His TV series credits include Blue Bloods,...
- 1/18/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Bryan Fuller's highly anticipated Syfy project, "High Moon," continues to flesh out the cast for its 90-minute pilot, adding Dana Davis ("Heroes," "Franklin & Bash"), Jonathan Tucker ("The Black Donnellys") and Peter Macon ("Supernatural") in recurring roles, the network announced on Thursday (Aug. 22)
"High Moon," based on John Christopher's novel "The Lotus Caves," is described as "an imaginative, out-of-this-world adventure series exploring what happens when Earth establishes colonies to mine the Moon's resources and discover a new form of life." Fuller and Adam Kane ("Being Human") will executive producer the pilot, which will be written by co-executive producer Jim Danger Gray ("Pushing Daisies").
Macon will play General Gale Lynn Winehart, "a hard-as-nails American Army General able to kick the crap out of just about anybody ... intent on getting to the bottom of the explosion on the moon," while David will play Yama, his daughter, the first and only kid ever born on the moon.
"High Moon," based on John Christopher's novel "The Lotus Caves," is described as "an imaginative, out-of-this-world adventure series exploring what happens when Earth establishes colonies to mine the Moon's resources and discover a new form of life." Fuller and Adam Kane ("Being Human") will executive producer the pilot, which will be written by co-executive producer Jim Danger Gray ("Pushing Daisies").
Macon will play General Gale Lynn Winehart, "a hard-as-nails American Army General able to kick the crap out of just about anybody ... intent on getting to the bottom of the explosion on the moon," while David will play Yama, his daughter, the first and only kid ever born on the moon.
- 8/23/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Eileen Brennan, who played Mrs. Peacock in the 1985 film "Clue," died from bladder cancer on Sunday in Burbank.She was 80.The actress is known for her Oscar-nominated role as captain Doreen Lewis opposite Goldie Hawn in "Private Benjamin," and won an Emmy playing the same role in the television series that followed.Brennan also had memorable parts in "The Last Picture Show," "The Sting," played Miss Bannister in "The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking" and appeared on "Will & Grace," "7th Heaven" and "Off the Rack."According to The Hollywood Reporter, she is survived by her sons Sam and Patrick (who starred on "The Black Donnellys" and appeared in "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2"), sister Kate and grandchildren Liam and Maggie.To find out what happened to the rest of the cast of "Clue," click the gallery above. Read more...
- 7/30/2013
- by tooFab Staff
- TooFab
The second season of BBC America's Copper (Sundays, 10/9c) is set in 1865 New York. With the Civil War drawing to a close, Irish immigrant police detective Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones) must deal with upheaval in the gritty Five Points slum as well as overall changes in the city. Copper executive producer and showrunner Thomas Kelly has chronicled New York history for years — his 2005 novel, Empire Rising, centered on the construction of the Empire State Building, and his TV credits include the New York-set Blue Bloods and The Black Donnellys. Kelly explains why Copper shines.
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- 7/12/2013
- by Michael Schneider
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Orange is the New Black, the quite unique Netflix original dark comedy, starring Taylor Schilling, is getting a request from Netflix for more, more, more. The streaming media service has has renewed Orange Is the New Black, for a second season just a few weeks ahead of the series’ premier. Woo!
I have to say I’m looking forward to July 11th. That’s when season one ignites on Netflix. The renewal request means that 13 more episodes of the Lionsgate TV production will be coming our way in the future, THR confirms.
Orange is the New Black comes from Weeds creator Jenji Kohan and is based on Piper Kerman’s memoir. Schilling plays a character called Piper Chapman, who lands “behind bars after her decade-old personal and business relationship with drug runner Alex [acted by Laura Prepon] comes to light.”
Also in the cast are Jason Biggs, Natasha Lyonne, Kate Mulgrew and Pablo Schreiber.
I have to say I’m looking forward to July 11th. That’s when season one ignites on Netflix. The renewal request means that 13 more episodes of the Lionsgate TV production will be coming our way in the future, THR confirms.
Orange is the New Black comes from Weeds creator Jenji Kohan and is based on Piper Kerman’s memoir. Schilling plays a character called Piper Chapman, who lands “behind bars after her decade-old personal and business relationship with drug runner Alex [acted by Laura Prepon] comes to light.”
Also in the cast are Jason Biggs, Natasha Lyonne, Kate Mulgrew and Pablo Schreiber.
- 6/28/2013
- by Sasha Nova
- Boomtron
The Black Donnellys “Pilot”
Directed by Paul Haggis
Written by Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco
Original air date: February 26, 2007
“So where are the bodies?”
And so The Black Donnellys pilot opens, with an imprisoned Joey Ice Cream being questioned by the police over bodies that have presumably gone missing at the hands of the four Donnelly brothers. The Black Donnellys‘ premiere episode is a frenetically-paced pilot brimming with series potential–in a single episode (narrated somewhat unreliably by Joey at some indeterminable point in the future), the audience is given a glimpse into the troubled lives of the show’s titular family, an Irish clan living in New York City’s infamous Hell’s Kitchen, as well as a solidly well-written episode whose plot functions as a full story in and of itself.
Joey launches into his story from the very beginning (when the brothers are kids) and tells the...
Directed by Paul Haggis
Written by Paul Haggis and Robert Moresco
Original air date: February 26, 2007
“So where are the bodies?”
And so The Black Donnellys pilot opens, with an imprisoned Joey Ice Cream being questioned by the police over bodies that have presumably gone missing at the hands of the four Donnelly brothers. The Black Donnellys‘ premiere episode is a frenetically-paced pilot brimming with series potential–in a single episode (narrated somewhat unreliably by Joey at some indeterminable point in the future), the audience is given a glimpse into the troubled lives of the show’s titular family, an Irish clan living in New York City’s infamous Hell’s Kitchen, as well as a solidly well-written episode whose plot functions as a full story in and of itself.
Joey launches into his story from the very beginning (when the brothers are kids) and tells the...
- 6/11/2013
- by Ashley Laggan
- SoundOnSight
James Badge Dale is currently enjoying being in the biggest movie of 2013, so far, "Iron Man 3." The sky's the limit for the former star of "24" though, as he's got two more blockbuster movies in theaters this summer. With roles in "The Lone Ranger" and "World War Z," is sounds like Dale is here to stay.
He plays the villainous Eric Savin in "Iron Man 3," wreaking havoc with the Extremis virus surging through his veins. He's also one of the movie's few characters that appears opposite nearly everyone else in the film, at one point or another.
Dale is mostly known for his TV work, appearing in shows like "Rescue Me," "The Black Donnellys" and "Rubicon," in addition to "24," however he's no stranger to the big screen. As a child in 1990, he starred as Simon in a film adaptation of "Lord of the Flies."
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He plays the villainous Eric Savin in "Iron Man 3," wreaking havoc with the Extremis virus surging through his veins. He's also one of the movie's few characters that appears opposite nearly everyone else in the film, at one point or another.
Dale is mostly known for his TV work, appearing in shows like "Rescue Me," "The Black Donnellys" and "Rubicon," in addition to "24," however he's no stranger to the big screen. As a child in 1990, he starred as Simon in a film adaptation of "Lord of the Flies."
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- 5/17/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Without a Trace‘s Anthony Lapaglia is in talks to star opposite Felicity Huffman in Boomerang, Fox’s drama pilot about a family of hired guns, TVLine has learned.
The project, from ER and Shameless vet John Wells, focuses on the usual, everyday drama surrounding a family business — except this family is in the business of executing hits as assassins for the U.S. government.
Related | TVLine’s Guide to Pilot Season 2013: Get All the Scoop on This Year’s Possible Newcomers
Lapaglia would play the clan’s ex-cia patriarch Bill, a seasoned assassin with a neurotic side who takes his job very seriously.
The project, from ER and Shameless vet John Wells, focuses on the usual, everyday drama surrounding a family business — except this family is in the business of executing hits as assassins for the U.S. government.
Related | TVLine’s Guide to Pilot Season 2013: Get All the Scoop on This Year’s Possible Newcomers
Lapaglia would play the clan’s ex-cia patriarch Bill, a seasoned assassin with a neurotic side who takes his job very seriously.
- 2/27/2013
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
It's hard for a writer to let go of a good idea that didn't work the first time out. That's why, from time to time, you'll see a TV producer present a new show very obviously inspired by a past project that failed. On very rare occasions — Joss Whedon turning "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" into a TV show after he was unhappy with how the movie was directed — the second time's the charm. More often, though, you get something like "The Black Donnellys" — Paul Haggis using his Oscar juice to do another show like his brilliant-but-canceled '90s CBS...
- 2/26/2013
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
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