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Anna Fishko to Write New Orphan Black Sequel Series
Anna Fishko has been tapped to write and executive produce AMC’s new iteration of Orphan Black, Variety reports. First announced in 2019, the new Orphan Black is set not to reboot the original — which saw Tatiana Maslany star as Sarah Manning, leader of a pack of human clones — but to tell a new story within the same world. The exact plot of the sequel has yet to be revealed; perhaps it it will follow one of Manning’s “sisters.” John Fawcett and Graeme Manson created the original Orphan Black, which ran on BBC America from 2013 to 2017. As for Fishko, she previously served as writer and supervising producer on AMC’S Fear the Walking Dead, as well as writer and co-executive producer on Netflix’s The Society. She’s also lent a production hand to the Prime V...
The Boondocks Reboot Canceled at HBO Max
Cross The Boondocks off your list of upcoming television revivals. According to Deadline, HBO Max’s planned reboot of the animated series has been officially been canceled. Showrunner Aaron McGruder and Sony Pictures Animation first announced a Boondocks revival in 2019, and the show was supposed to premiere in Fall 2020 with a 50-minute special. Back then, McGruder said the two-season reboot would see Huey, Riley, and Granddad Freeman navigate an upper class Maryland community. Per usual, what seemed idyllic and harmonious would prove toxic and dangerous, as the tyrannical Uncle Ruckus would have imparted a neo-fascist regime on the suburban town. While it’s unclear why production stalled on the project, Sony is reportedly evaluating other options for the series. Advertisement R...
Kam Williams And Leroy Garrett Reveal Sex Of First Child
“Are you Team Girl or Team Boy?” Kam Williams and Leroy Garrett, who announced right before Christmas they would welcome the “greatest gift” in June, just revealed the sex of their first child. The Challenge bundle of joy is a boy! “Our greatest gift to each other 👶🏽💙! #boymom #itsaboy,” Kam captioned the Instagram post above. “I always think back to the moment we first met to where we are now. Right before I met you I was looking for love, when I actually met you I wasn’t. I guess things really do come to you when you’re not looking at all 🥰 We’ve always trusted the process & let things happen on Gods timing which is never wrong! I look forward to bringing our first child into the world and raising a little vers...
‘Why’d You Even Marry Him?’: Angelina’s Dog Is Asking The Important Questions On Family Vacation
If Angelina’s pup has any say, her marriage might actually be headed for Splitsville sooner rather than later. Tonight’s Jersey Shore: Family Vacation saw the Staten Island native turning to the experts for relationship advice. No, not a lawyer this time. More like a pet psychic. (Yes, really.) After adopting two new rescue cats, Angelina found herself in another catfight, literally: “One of them is biting me and, like, scratching the crap out of me, and he sh*ts on the floor everywhere.” (But at least it’s not the back of a Miami taxicab…?) With the help of her psychic grandma‘s spiritual connections and a few reinforcements (the girls), Ang hoped to get to the bottom of why her “cats are evil and vicious” — and maybe g...
Bill Nighy Crashes into Lead Role of Showtime’s The Man Who Fell to Earth
Beloved character actor Bill Nighy (Love, Actually, the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise) has booked a trip on Showtime’s The Man Who Fell to Earth. The upcoming series is based on Walter Tevis‘ 1963 novel of the same name, which in 1976 also provided the source material for one of David Bowie’s most iconic on-screen performances. The Man Who Fell to Earth tells the story of Thomas Jerome Newton, a refugee from an alien planet who journeys to Earth in the hopes of ferrying the few remaining members of his species to safety. Nighy will be joined along his journey by Chiwetel Ejiofor and Naomie Harris, while Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet executive produce. “I was honored to be invited to play the part of Thomas Jerome Newton that glorious David Bowie made so f...
Kate McKinnon and Kyle MacLachlan Hunt Down Joe Exotic in Official Trailer for Joe vs. Carole: Watch
Even though Tiger King might’ve made audiences feel like we knew everything about its rather colorful cast of characters, Netflix’s smash true crime series left us with more questions than answers about the feud between Carole Baskin and Joe Exotic — as well as Baskin’s own checkered history. Today, Peacock has unveiled the official trailer for its forthcoming limited series Joe vs. Carole, in which Kate McKinnon and Kyle MacLachlan seek revenge on the most infamous man in the big cat kingdom. Joe vs. Carole is based on Robert Moor’s podcast Joe Exotic, and presents a fictionalized retelling of the story that made Carole and Joe household names. When Carole (McKinnon) learns that her nemesis and fellow big cat enthusiast, Joe Exotic (John Cameron Mitchell), has been bre...
Murderville: How They Made Will Arnett’s Wild Improvised Cop Comedy for Netflix
The premise for Netflix’s new semi-unscripted comedy Murderville isn’t actually that hard to explain, on the surface: Each episode, shot in the style of a classic police procedural, features a new mystery being investigated by a tough mustachioed cop (Will Arnett) and his trainee partner. The catch is that said trainee is a celebrity, and they don’t have any idea what’s going on, because only Arnett and the other actors have the script. This leaves famous folks like Season 1 guest stars Conan O’Brien, Marshawn Lynch, Kumail Nanjiani, Annie Murphy, Sharon Stone, and Ken Jeong to improv their way towards solving the case — which they may or may not do correctly. If that sounds complicated to you, showrunner Krister Johnson (Medical Police) would agree. “I certainly had never figured this out...
Craig Robinson Fights Snakes and Gets Rich in Teaser Trailer for New Series Killing It: Watch
Craig Robinson is a snake-killing, kimono-wearing, all-American success story in the teaser trailer for Killing It. The new comedy series from Brooklyn Nine-Nine co-creator Dan Goor and writer/producer Luke Del Tredici arrives on Peacock in April. The trailer opens with Robinson standing on the balcony of a mansion overlooking the water, his flapping kimono allowing full-body access to the ocean breeze. “I know what you’re thinking: this rich prick,” he says. “But I came from nothing. And the story I’m about to tell you could only happen in the USA.” Robinson has plenty of experience working with Goor and Del Tredici, having booked several episodes of Brooklyn Nine-Nine as the Pontiac Bandit. In a statement, the series creators talked about their ambitions for...
Four Men Charged in Overdose Death of Michael K. Williams
Four men have been charged in connection with the overdose death of Michael K. Williams, accused of selling the actor heroin laced with fentanyl. Damian Williams, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said the men were part of a drug trafficking crew that operated in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. According to video surveillance footage obtained by police detectives, Williams purchased heroin from the group on South 3rd Street in Williamsburg on September 5th, 2021. He was found dead inside of his Brooklyn apartment the following day. A coroner later determined that Williams died of an accidental overdose after ingesting a mix of fentanyl, p-fluorofentanyl, heroin, and cocaine. Irvin Cartagena, Hector Robles, Luis Cruz, and Carlos Macci are each charged with conspir...
Murderville Showrunner Wants Dave Grohl for a Potential Season 2
The upcoming Netflix series Murderville stakes an early claim to the title of “wildest comedy of 2022,” bringing together a number of elements, including cop parody, improv comedy, and famous people being pranked, to deliver something remarkably unique. And while the first season has yet to premiere, if you ask showrunner Krister Johnson who he might want to involve in Season 2, he has an answer: Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters. Each episode of Murderville features a trainee detective (played by a celebrity) being paired up with senior detective Terry Seattle (Will Arnett) to solve a crime — the catch being that while everyone else involved has a script, the “trainee” has no idea what’s going on, and has to improv their way through each scene before ultimately coming up with the answer to w...
Julia Roberts Blows the Whistle on Watergate in Trailer for Gaslit: Watch
Starz’s upcoming limited series Gaslit offers a compelling look into the little-known Watergate story of Martha Mitchell (Julia Roberts), who spoke up to the media about the break-in despite being the wife of US Attorney General John Mitchell (Sean Penn). In advance of its April 24th premiere, the cable network has shared a trailer of the star-studded adaptation of the Slow Burn podcast. Watch it below. The preview sees Roberts stepping fully into her role as an outspoken socialite. “I’m a Southern woman, we speak our minds,” she jokingly tells a talk show host. “We never stop talking.” However, the tone quickly turns dark when G. Gordon Liddy (Shea Whigham) speaks about Martha “becoming too much of a liability” after she finds out the truth about the Watergate scandal. In response, she’s ...
Rudy Giuliani’s Appearance on The Masked Singer Prompts Judges to Walk Out
If watching D-List celebrities sing pop songs under the guise of elaborate costumes wasn’t enough to make you rebuke network television altogether, consider the fact that Rudy Giuliani performed on The Masked Singer as if he didn’t attempt to upend our democracy a year ago. While FOX was apparently okay with the casting, judges Ken Jeong and Robin Thicke appeared reasonably disgusted: According Deadline, they left the set in protest when Giuliani’s identity was revealed. Giuliani was unmasked as an exiting costumed contestant during last week’s taping of The Masked Singer. Upon the reveal, longtime judges Jeong and Thicke exited the stage, while fellow judges Jenny McCarthy and Nicole Scherzinger remained on stage and joked with Giuliani. Maybe they forgot about his last performance — you ...
