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The C3 ratings for the second quarter are in and it would appear that there is no end in sight for cable's ongoing demo drought. According to Nielsen data on TV-land currency — three-day commercial ratings among 18-to-49-year-olds — ad-supported cable networks saw their prime-time deliveries drop 9% in the second quarter. Wall Street-watchers say the decline will have an impact on big media's upcoming earnings calls.
(AA)
Sony Pictures has tapped Canadian cartoon producer Nelvana to produce an animated TV show based on the Sony Animation hit film. The small-screen adaptation will focus on the teenage years of Dracula’s daughter, Mavis, and her friends. An early 2017 TV airdate is planned. Rick Mischel of Sony Pictures Animation will executive produce along with Colin Bohm and Irene Weibel for Nelvana.
(THR)
Nikolaj Arcel, best known for
A Royal Affair and the Swedish
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo adaptation, will direct the film, and will team up with Anders Thomas Jensen on the latest version of the script, which may or may not build upon a former treatment by
Fringe writers Akiva Goldsman and Jeff Pinkner. Project is based on Stephen King’s legendary seven book series, that follows Gunslinger Roland Deschain through a mysterious land.
(UR)
Based on the UbiSoft series of video games, the film adaptation has gone through several incarnations and had been working off a script by
American Hustle co-writer and Oscar nominee Eric Warren Singer, but not actor/writer Frank John Hughes has come aboard to pen a new version. Hardy is attached to star, but still no director attached.
(SF)
Tarsem Singh has come aboard the project and will direct all 10 episodes of the series, which received a straight-to-series order from the network in 2014 before being shelved last year. Original executive producer/writer Josh Friedman left the show in August, and about three months ago, a report surfaced claiming that NBC held on to the project, and that David Schulner is the new showrunner.
(COL)
The successful producer, via his Will Packer Productions shingle, has renewed his overall deal with Universal Television, extending the relationship (initially inked in 2013) through 2017. He has two new comedies coming next season that he is executive producing:
People Are Talking premieres on NBC on October 16th, and
Uncle Buck will air on ABC in January.
(SAA)
A new behind-the-scenes featurette has appeared online for
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation, focusing exclusively on the stunt that has had everyone talking … that's right, it's Tom Cruise hanging off the side of an Airbus during takeoff. Cruise insisted on doing the stunt for real, which would be death-defying enough if he'd nailed it in one take. As it turned out, he had to go through the whole process eight times over.
(GR)
Universal has released the first trailer for the upcoming drama starring Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, and Liam Hemsworth, and based on the book by Sue Maslin. It hits theaters October 22nd.
(VUL)
FX has revealed the first look at the new show by
Sons Of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter, a period drama set in the 14th century. The cable network has not set a premiere date yet, but it will be on TV screens come fall.
(TVL)
Director Gabrielle Demeestére discusses working with James Franco on her debut film,
Yosemite, and the challenges that go along with being a young, female filmmaker in a male-dominated business.
(WAH)
