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SSN ORIGINALS
The Oscar-winning writer of
Juno will be a guest at this year’s SCRIPTFEST, and herein is glimpse into the type of things she’ll be sharing on May 30 in Burbank, CA. Diablo’s latest script,
Ricki and the Flash, directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Meryl Streep and Rick Springfield, opens August 7th.
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TODAY’S HEADLINES
Josh Radnor, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Gary Cole, and Cherry Jones will be leading the series, alongside Peter Gerety, Norbert Leo Butz, and newcomer Hannah James. Meanwhile, Roxann Dawson and Jeremy Webb have been added to the directing roster. The series follows two volunteer nurses on either side of the Civil War and starts shooting soon. It will premiere in winter of 2016.
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Starting in June, it will be the only place you can stream any
Seinfeld episode of your choosing — not that there’s anything wrong with that. The online streaming service spent $180 million on the deal, while also nailing down rights to all new and upcoming scripted drama and comedy series from AMC, IFC, BBC AMERICA, SundanceTV and WE tv — including, of note, full seasons of AMC’s summer 2015
Walking Dead spinoff,
Fear the Walking Dead.
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The two are teaming to get behind Caitlin Doughty’s memoir,
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes: And Other Lessons From The Crematory as a pilot and potential series, with
Nurse Jackie co-creator Evan Dunsky attached as writer and showrunner. Book takes a behind-the-scenes look at a twenty-something mortician with a degree in medieval history and a flair for the macabre who takes a job at a crematory, turning morbid curiosity into her life’s work.
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The
SNL star and host of the recent White House Correspondents’ Dinner as signed on to the film, co-written by McCarthy and her husband Ben Falcone, who is also directing. Kristen Bell, Kathy Bates and Peter Dinklage also star in the comedy, about a titan of industry sent to prison after she’s caught for insider trading. When she emerges ready to rebrand herself as America’s latest sweetheart, not everyone she screwed over is so quick to forgive and forget.
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Jeff Daniels, who won an Emmy for
The Newsroom, has joined the two
Allegiant films, which will adapt the third and final book in the YA trilogy. As with many other such franchises, the book is being split into two movies. In
Allegiant Part 1 and
Part 2, Daniels will play David, the leader of the Bureau of Genetic Welfare, which originally created the various factions at the center of the story. The films will be released March 18th, 2016 and March 24th, 2017, respectively.
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Director-star Ben Stiller confirmed the news via his Instagram account, in which he posted a picture of him and Bieber facing off with dueling Blue Steel looks. No word on what character Bieber will play, but he joins Still,er Owen Wilson, Christine Taylor, Penelope Cruz and Will Ferrell in the film, which is currently shooting.
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Segna has climbed the Starz ladder rapidly; he began his career with the company as an executive assistant in 2010 before being promoted to VP of original programming in 2014. In his new role, Segna will oversee production on upcoming buzzy Starz projects, including series
Counterpart, a thriller/drama series starring J.K. Simmons and directed by Morten Tyldum and
The Girlfriend Experience, from Steven Soderbergh.
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The studio, which was founded last year with a mandate to develop and produce new live-action shortform and animated programming for digital and virtual reality platforms, announced a number of key executive appointments that will form its creative team. Peter Girardi will lead the unit as senior vice president of creative affairs at WBA and BRC, joined by Zoe Friedman, Lance Sloane, Alexandra Davis and others.
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The first trailer from the latest film by Woody Allen, the Cannes-bound film stars Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone. The movie opens in the U.S. on July 24th.
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