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The book, published April 12 by HarperCollins, is described as an intimate, news-making look at the true modern power brokers at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: the First Ladies, from Jackie Kennedy to Michelle Obama. Wright, who won a Golden Globe for her role as FLOTUS Claire Underwood on House Of Cards, is attached to direct the pilot. She executive produces, along with Pacific Standard’s Witherspoon, Anonymous Content’s Michael Sugar, and Bruna Papandrea. Anonymous Content’s Ashley Zalta and Doreen Wilcox-Little are co-executive producers.

CBS has given a straight-to-series order for 13 episodes of “Salvation”, a new one-hour event series from Alex Kurtzman, TheWrap has learned.

“Salvation” centers on an MIT grad student and a tech genius who bring a low-level Pentagon official a terrifying discovery–an asteroid is just six months away from colliding with Earth. The show will air in summer 2017.

“‘Salvation’ is the type of fast-paced, dramatic ride that viewers look for in a summer event series,” said Glenn Geller, president of CBS Entertainment. “We’re excited to launch another high concept, highly promotable show with great auspices that adds to our roster of year-round, original scripted programming.”

The CW has set a new writer for Weaveworld, its drama series project based on the 1987 dark fantasy novel by Clive Barker (Hellraiser). Josh Stolberg (Piranha 3D, Crawlspace, Good Luck Chuck) has come on board to write the adaptation, which he will also executive produce alongside Barker and Angela Mancuso for CBS TV Studios.

Weaveworld has been a priority for the CW. The network first took a stab at a series based on Barker’s book last season with the genre filmmaker and Mancuso executive producing through CBS Studios and Jack Kenny writing. While the script did not go to pilot, the CW brass remained high on the title, earmarking it for redevelopment.


In the new take on Weaveworld, two ordinary people find themselves on a quest to find and protect a magical realm and ultimately to save all of humanity from an evil force.

For decades, Weaveworld had been considered too hard to adapt for TV because of its scope and settings that would require extensive use of special effects. That is something the current technology can accomplish on a TV budget, including at a network like the CW, as evident by shows like Arrow and Flash. There have been multiple attempts at a Weaveworld miniseries in the past two decades, including by Showtime.

This marks Stolberg’s return to television where he started his writing career before segueing to features as a writer and director. He recently co-penned with Pete Goldfinger Saw: Legacy for Lionsgate, now in production. He is repped by UTA, Circle of Confusion and Karl Austen.

Warm up the 1982 Pontiac Trans Am — and also, KITT’s vocals: Justin Lin and Machinima have teamed to bring back ’80s NBC classic “Knight Rider.”

Lin will produce through his YOMYOMF; NBCUniversal Brand Development is also on board. The new “Knight Rider” could launch in 2017, the companies said Tuesday in a joint announcement.

“‘Knight Rider’ is an iconic franchise whose concepts of AI and autonomous vehicles were science fiction in the 1980s and are now science fact,” said Machinima CEO Chad Gutstein. “Justin is one of the leading storytellers of his generation and we couldn’t be more excited to work with him on re-invigorating ‘Knight Rider’ for a new generation of fans.”

cena wrote: »

I liked the last reboot they did

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Waco

Michael Shannon and Taylor Kitsch Starring in ‘Waco’ Miniseries Based on 1993 Siege

In February of 1993, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) initiated a raid of the Branch Davidians ranch in Waco Texas. Led by David Koresh, the Branch Davidians were a subset of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church and had operated their organization out of Waco since 1955. The ATF suspected the group of weapons violations and soon the raid quickly escalated into a shootout and a 51 day standoff, culminating in a fire that killed almost 80 of the group’s members on April 19, 1993. Now, Weinstein Television has announced that they are developing an event series based on the harrowing tale with Michael Shannon (“Midnight Special”) and Taylor Kitsch (“Friday Night Lights”), playing lead FBI negotiator Gary Noesener and Koresh respectively.

The series will be written by brothers John Erick and Drew Dowdle, who have previously collaborated on the horror films “Quarantine” and “As Above, So Below,” as well the recent action film “No Escape.” John Erick Dowdle will direct the series. It will be largely based on two biographies: “A Place Called Waco” by Branch Davidian David Thibodeau, one of the nine survivors of the final fire, and “Sinful Messiah,” written by the FBI negotiator Gary Noesner. It will explore the true-life events leading up to the siege and chronicle the 51-day standoff and will be told from several perspectives from both sides of the conflict. The Weinstein Company are expected to shop the series out to networks next month.

http://www.indiewire.com/2016/08/michael-shannon-taylor-kitsch-waco-miniseries-david-koresh-weinstein-television-1201721825/

Talks are underway for a potential revival of “Will & Grace” at NBC, Variety has confirmed.

According to sources, Discussions about resurrecting the series first began last month after the cast reunited to create an election-themed video online. Discussions are believed to be in very early stages.

Last month, the show’s four cast members — Debra Messing, Eric McCormack, Megan Mullally and Sean Hayes — gathered to make a nearly 10-minute episode posted online shortly before the start of the Sept. 26 presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Messing and other cast members teased the reunion on Twitter the day prior, posting photos from the set. The video and the teaser campaign sparked an outpouring of fan interest on social media.

Mr E wrote: »

Notorious has been cut from 13 episodes to 10. Not cancelled, but ....

http://tvline.com/2016/10/25/notorious-season-1-cancelled-renewed-abc-episode-order-cut/

The streaming service has given the untitled series from David O. Russell a two-season order, our sister site Deadline is reporting, with a whopping $160 million commitment. Both seasons will run eight episodes each, with Oscar-nominated director Russell (Silver Linings Playbook, The Fighter) writing and directing each episode himself.

Need another reason to get excited about this? The series is reportedly a Mafia crime series — which would bring De Niro back to the glory days of GoodFellas, Casino and The Godfather Part II. (He’s also starred in a number of Russell’s recent films, including last year’s Joy, with Jennifer Lawrence.) Moore, no slouch herself, won an Emmy in 2012 for playing VP candidate Sarah Palin in the HBO movie Game Change.
News of the series first broke in August, with production company The Weinstein Company pitching the unbeatable combo of De Niro, Moore and Russell around Hollywood. This is Amazon’s second big deal with The Weinstein Company in recent weeks, following their acquisition of Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner’s next TV project.

Mr E wrote: »

Conviction cancelled.

http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/conviction-cancelled-abc-season-1-1201913099/

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Cormoran Strike

HBO Picks Up ‘Cormoran Strike’ Drama Based On J.K. Rowling’s Crime Novels