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Former “Days of our Lives” actor Mark Valley is starring in the new film from director Luca Elmi called “Hostage,” which wrapped principal photography this week in Kentucky, Deadline reported.

Written by Drew Ingram and produced by his Stagmoor Studios, the film also stars William Moseley (“The Chronicles of Narnia” franchise) and follows a charismatic politician’s road to the governor’s office as it takes an unexpected twist when he becomes embroiled in a high-stakes hostage situation that forces him to confront his past and threatens to derail his path to power.

Valley will play Jon Lewis, the ruthless campaign manager working for Logan Marshall (Moseley), who is described as a rising political star and the Independent candidate in the upcoming Kentucky gubernatorial election. The kind of politician every voter wants to believe in, a proud Kentuckian, handsome, young, charismatic, and commanding, with a supportive wife and daughter by his side.

Exclusive: William Moseley (The Chronicles of Narnia franchise) and Mark Valley (Boston Legal) are leading Luca Elmi’s new film Hostage, a thriller that will soon wrap principal photography this week in Kentucky.

Written by Drew Ingram and produced by his Stagmoor Studios, Hostage follows a charismatic politician’s road to the governor’s office as it takes an unexpected twist when he becomes embroiled in a high-stakes hostage situation that forces him to confront his past and threatens to derail his path to power.

Moseley stars as ‘Logan Marshall,’ a man in his prime; a rising political star and the Independent candidate in the upcoming Kentucky gubernatorial election. The kind of politician every voter wants to believe in, a proud Kentuckian, handsome, young, charismatic, and commanding, with a supportive wife, Clara Marshall, and their daughter, Amelia, by his side. But beneath the surface, Logan is a man barely holding it together.

The Walking Dead was a unique show that balances the drama with the survival thriller setting of a zombie apocalypse. While still at the height of the zombie-obsession in Hollywood, the show offered a more poignant exploration of how humans function in a fallen society and how they seek to rebuild a sense of meaning through various ways.

A post-apocalyptic setting would have a lot of artifacts that were remnants of the past, and music composer Bear McCreary reportedly hoped to invoke the same emptiness and a foreboding sense of doom with the theme song. His creative direction was also guided by his previous work on the series Human Target.

The Walking Dead’s theme used fewer instruments because of Human Target A still from Human Target | Credits: Fox

While AMC’s The Walking Dead is set during a zombie apocalypse, the episodes are not always action-based and have long scenes of talking and drama.

Last summer, it was revealed that Hasbro's Power Rangers "cinematic universe," which was expected to include both an original television show alongside a slate of movies, had been scrapped by Netflix despite being in development for over two years. 

Jonathan Entwistle (The End of the F***ing World) was originally set to oversee the franchise with Jenny Klein (Jessica Jones) serving as showrunner. Reboot plans subsequently stalled and it sounded like Hasbro was going back to the drawing board to figure out how best to monetize the iconic TV series the '90s kids among you will so fondly remember. 

Today, The Wrap (via SFFGazette.com) has revealed that Percy Jackson and the Olympians showrunners Jonathan E. Steinberg and Dan Shotz are in talks to write, produce, and serve as showrunners for a new live-action TV series.

Developed by 20th Century TV, the reboot will stream on Disney+. 

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For many, Janet Montgomery is best known for her work in television. She played the character Ames in 11 episodes of Human Target, Jennie in 10 episodes of Entourage, Mary Sibley in 36 episodes of Salem, and Dr. Lauren Bloom in 89 episodes of New Amsterdam – but I’m most familiar with her work in two horror films that were released in 2009, The Hills Run Red and Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead. So it’s cool to hear that she’s returning to the world of horror features with her latest project, a body horror film called Symbiosis.

Set to go into production April, Symbiosis will be directed by Mark Heller (The Passage) from a screenplay written by Stephen James Thompson. Set in a remote research station in Scotland, the story centers on a husband-and-wife team working over Christmas as the only two people who can save humanity from an alien parasite — tiny...

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Person of Interest is a sci-fi crime drama series created by Jonathan Nolan. The CBS series follows Harold Finch, a mysterious, reclusive billionaire computer programmer who developed a technology that can predict terrorist acts. He soon realizes that the machine also predicts crimes and recruits John Reese, a former spy, to help stop them from happening. Person of Interest stars Jim Caviezel, Taraji P. Henson, Kevin Chapman, Michael Emerson, Amy Acker, and Sarah Shahi. So, if you loved the thrilling stories, intense crime drama, and compelling characters in Person of Interest, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Burn Notice is a spy action thriller comedy-drama series created by Matt Nix. The USA Network series follows Michael Westen, a CIA spy who is suddenly dropped...

Writer Tom King has huge faith in the upcoming Green Lantern show and is setting the bar high for the anticipated adaptation. King has left his mark on the comics world with dozens of critically-lauded stories. Now he's helping usher in a new Green Lantern series that he thinks could be something really special.

Tom King spoke with Comic Book Movie to discuss his new miniseries Black Canary: Best of the Best. However, he also provided some information about the upcoming HBO series Lanterns, which King co-created and serves as an executive producer of. King spoke highly of what he's seen so far, praising Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre's chemistry as Hal Jordan and John Stewart.

When you look at Kyle, you see someone who used to fly jetplanes and embodies Hal. When you look at Aaron, his heart, his soul, and his strength are so John Stewart. He’s so perfect.

Before the formation of DC Studios, Warner Bros. brought many of its characters to television. Some like The Flash and Superman were well known to fans; others - the Doom Patrol and Human Target, for example - were not.

The plan moving forward is for the vast majority of live-action projects to take place in the Dcu, meaning we're likely to see fewer comic book heroes and villains on-screen.

In a recent interview with The Direct, Dean Lorey, the creator of animated TV shows Harley Quinn and Kite Man: Hell Yeah!, revealed that he briefly worked on a Hitman TV series for Syfy based on the little-known but still popular character.

Kite Man: Hell Yeah! has featured appearances from several characters tied to Hitman's world, something which now makes a lot more sense.

"Because we established the bar Noonan's, that sort of naturally led to some Hitman characters," he told the site.

The cast of The Old Man has ensured the legendary FX thriller kept viewers hooked despite a gap of several years between season 1 and season 2, with leads Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow joined by a full ensemble of incredibly talented names. Created for television by Jonathan E. Steinberg and Robert Levine, The Old Man is based on the novel by Thomas Perry. The show focuses former CIA operative Dan Chase (Bridges), who is living in hiding when he is suddenly thrust back into the spy game and on the run after an assassination attempt.

Joining Bridges is veteran actor John Lithgow, as well as actress Amy Brenneman, Alia Shawkat, E.J. Bonilla, and Gbenga Akinnagbe. Creators Levine and Steinberg are best known for their previous TV work on shows like Black Sails, See, and Human Target. Additional cast for The Old Man include actors playing younger versions of key characters, including Bill Heck,...

With James Gunn calling the shots at DC Studios, we're expecting a far greater number of obscure characters from the comics to get their chance to shine in the new Dcu.

That's exciting for fans and if a new rumour shared by FilmFront is anything to go by, a Human Target TV series is also in development.

Comic book writer Tom King (who is working on Lanterns and inspired Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow with his series of the same name) has reportedly been working on the projects since the start of 2024. He'll be Human Target's main writer and the search for a showrunner - and lead star - is said to be underway.

As you might expect, Gunn and Peter Safran will executive produce.

Warner Bros. launched a Human Target TV series in 2010 starring Mark Valley as Christopher Chance. That ran for two seasons - a total of 25 episodes - on Fox,...

In the sixth-season episode of "Bones" called "The Finder," which aired in April of 2012, Brennan and Booth (Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz) travel to the Florida Everglades to investigate the death of a maritime museum worker whose remains in the woods lead to the discovery of a fragment of a 17th-century map. The map may lead to sunken treasure (!) and our heroes know that if they find the rest of the map, they'll likely uncover a murderer. 

To help with their investigation, the two agents hire an eccentric local named Walter Sherman (Geoff Stults), an old friend of Booth's. Walter is a kooky former soldier and head injury sufferer who possesses a bizarre, obsessive talent for locating lost objects. It's implied that Walter may even have semi-clairvoyant powers. 

Walter is running his own hustle in Florida, working as a "finder" for hire, and he's aided in his finding quests by...

Comic artists are often known to be comic fans beforehand, as is the case with DC artist Bruno Redondo who is a fan of Dragon Ball since he was a kid. As a blooming artis, however, Redondo was not happy simply reading his favorite manga, but went a little bit farther.

Bruno Redondo is best known for his work on various DC Comics titles, including Injustice, Injustice: Gods Among Us, Nightwing, and Human Target, as well as many others. He and his work have been nominated for several Eisner awards, including three in 2023 in the categories of which he won Best Continuing Series and Best Cover Artist for Nightwing. His work with Tom King has produced a fan-favorite series with stunning artistic feats during its run. When he was a kid, Dragon Ball was actually not distributed where Redondo lived, but that did not stop him or his peers.

Redondo's...

A film or TV series is often most effective and potent as an artform when it makes us feel, so what are the best ways that good scores elicit an emotional response in the audience? Which film or TV scores and composers are you most fond of and why? These were some of the secrets revealed by five top composers when they joined Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2023 Emmy Awards contenders: Bear McCreary (“The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”), Tom Howe (“Shrinking” and “Ted Lasso”), Stephen Barton (“Star Trek: Picard”), John Powell (“Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie”) and Ingrid Michaelson (“Tiny Beautiful Things”). Watch our fascinating full group roundtable panel above, and click on each name above to view each nominee’s individual interview.

See dozens of interviews with 2023 awards contenders

“There’s only one thing you ever need to ask a filmmaker,...

Two Justice League International mainstays, Fire and Ice, are finally getting the spotlight they deserve - by being completely exiled from the hero community. DC Comics' newly announced miniseries, Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville, will see this dynamic duo make a new home for themselves in Superman's hometown - and invite a huge supervillain brawl to its streets.

The latest Dawn of DC series, Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville by Joanne Starer, Natacha Bustos, Tamra Bonvillain, and Ariana Maher, launches its first issue on September 5. Fire and Ice's new era begins in a prologue story by the same team in Power Girl Special #1, which sees the two tangle with Guy Gardner at a natural disaster in Baltimore. Guy, of course, "causes some major drama," and Superman decides to involve himself - ultimately leading him to practically exile Fire and Ice to his beloved hometown of Smallville. Enjoy the issue's...

Warning: Spoilers for The Human Target #12The DC Universe is full of numerous Green Lanterns, each possessing their own skills and flaws, but after a recent string of bad luck, one Lantern is making a case for him being the weakest of the bunch.

Tom King and Greg Smallwood's The Human Target #12 shows the aftermath of an assassination attempt on Lex Luthor that caught professional bullet-taker Christopher Chance, also known as the Human Target, in its crossfire. With the mystery solved and Chance out of the picture, Ice, a member of the Justice League International and a new romantic partner of the late Human Target's, endeavors to spread Christopher's ashes in the ocean. Ice is then met by Green Lantern Guy Gardner, another member of the Jli and a former flame of hers who has followed her out into the ocean. When Guy Gardner begins hitting on Ice,...

Warning! Spoilers ahead for The Human Target #10!One of the most shocking secrets will change everything fans know about the Green Lanterns and their organization. The Human Target #10 reveals what the Corps is hiding on Oa, and what that means for the supposed peacekeepers of the DC Universe.

Eons ago, the Guardians of the Universe realized that the DC Universe was too chaotic to be left to its own devices and decided to form an army to establish order. Unfortunately, their first attempt at soldiers, the Manhunters, were corrupted and slaughtered an entire space sector. The Guardians decided to replace their Manhunters with the Green Lantern Corps and armed them with Power Rings drawing from the Green Light of Will. In their time as the Corps' leaders, the Guardians have kept several secrets from their Lanterns, largely in an attempt to hide their own sins. But everything the Guardians have...

They may be a collection of modern gods, but the Justice League is missing something special from making them truly effective. Human Target #3 reveals how all the super speed and Power Rings can't make up for the one element the League is sorely lacking.

There's little doubt that from the very beginning, the Justice League has been a net good for the DC Universe. Whether repelling Starro the Conqueror or Darkseid, seven heroes came together to protect the world from evils that could easily destroy civilization. And while fans may have an image of what the Justice League's roster in mind, the truth is that the team is almost always updating its roster. Members come and go, and thanks to several changes of continuity, even the League's founding members aren't always the same. While the team might have a general presence in the Dcu, it's not the most stable organization.

One of the steamiest hookups in the Justice League is spotlighting what a weakness may actually mean for a hero. Martian Manhunter's dalliance with a teammate shows how the hero's vulnerabilities might actually be something quite appealing for him.

Superheroes wouldn't be who they are if they didn't have a weakness in some form or fashion. Superman has the radioactive slivers of his home planet in the form of Kryptonite. The Flash is rendered helpless by the total stoppage of movement caused by absolute zero. Even the mighty Green Lantern has shown a vulnerability to the color yellow in the past. Weaknesses make characters more well-rounded and increase the stakes in their adventures. If a villain knows just how to exploit a hero's Achilles' heel, they're in the best position possible to exterminate them. Some heroes might have more obvious disadvantages than others, but nearly superhero has something that can harm them.

Warning! Spoilers ahead for Human Target #8!The DC Universe has its own Iron Man, and the Justice League could be doing itself a serious disservice by ignoring him. Human Target #8 shows how Rocket Red's technological prowess and keen detective skills put him on the same level as Tony Stark.

When fans think of the Justice League, they may get an image of the founding seven members, give or take a hero depending on the continuity. But the truth is, the Justice League is the most expansive collection of heroes in the Dcu that has accepted a number of heroes with varying skill sets. The Justice League has had heroes that are experts in magic or tech, heroes from the distant past and future, and even literal angels of the team. In order to face their universe's most powerful threats, the team assesses what its members can do and how they...

It's an argument that's raged on between Green Lantern fans for some time: who is the better Lantern between Hal Jordan and Guy Gardner? Human Target #3 finally provides fans with an answer that reveals one hero's hidden weakness.

For eons, the Green Lantern Corps has sought out officers capable of tremendous willpower all across the universe. But it wasn't until Abin Sur crashed his spaceship on Earth that the Corps would gain some of its most powerful Lanterns. While dying, Sur sought out the closest, most suitable candidate to replace him, which made Hal Jordan the first human member of the Green Lantern Corps. However, Guy Gardner was another candidate Sur's ring chose, and while Gardner eventually joined the Corps, he's always held the belief that he would have been a better first pick. Jordan and Gardner eventually established a peace, but it didn't exactly put an end to Guy's arrogance.

Spoilers for The Human Target #9 by DC Comics

A surprise DC Comics hero, Ice, believes they have the worst superhero names out of anyone in the DC Universe. In The Human Target #9 by DC Comics, Ice admits that her name is uncreative, joking that it's something a six-year-old would come up with - when in actuality, the codename was conceived by someone who probably could have been a little more creative with her moniker.

The DC Universe is filled with some great and not-so-great codenames for heroes and villains. The best names include Batman, Martian Manhunter, and Superman, which help paint a picture of the hero using the moniker. However, some that try to accomplish the same goal, including Lady Cop, Matter-Eater Lad, and Arm-Fall-Off Boy, show DC Comics is no stranger to giving its characters some of the most bizarre names in comics. However, one surprise former Justice Leaguer,...

DC Comics “The Human Target” #9, now available is written by Tom King and illustrated by Greg Smallwood, with covers by Smallwood, Cully Hamner and Francesco Francavilla:

“…’Christopher Chance’ has only a few days left to solve his own murder. His investigation has been bumpy to say the least, but will the murder of ‘Guy Gardner’ finally catch up to the ‘Human Target’ and end his search before the poison ends his life?

“And when ‘Batman’ learns of his ex-teammates disappearance, can anything stop the ‘Dark Knight’ from uncovering the truth…?”

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Stars: Jon Hamm, Roy Wood Jr., Annie Mumolo, Ayden Mayeri, Lorenza Izzo, Kyle MacLachlan, Marcia Gay Harden | Written by Greg Mottola, Zev Borow | Directed by Greg Mottola

After what seems like an eternity of talk of a third Fletch movie, it has finally arrived. Not the Fletch we were expecting (I’d honestly still like to see Kevin Smith’s proposed version with Jason Lee) but a Fletch that has a pretty decent pedigree – including Jon Hamm playing the titular character and Greg Mottola and Zev Borow behind the camera. Ok, so it won’t match up to the craziness of Chevy Chase’s two Fletch movies (could any new Fletch movie?) but we’ve got the acting chops, plus the action And the comedy experience – all of which stand the film in good stead…

Confess, Fletch sees the roguishly charming and endlessly troublesome Fletch (Hamm) become the prime suspect...

Dune: The Sisterhood is expanding: Indira Varma (aka Game Of Thrones‘ Ellaria Sand) has joined HBO Max’s forthcoming prequel series, our sister site Deadline reports.

The female-led spinoff of the film franchise is intended to act as a companion series to the new Dune films as it portrays the events of the Frank Herbert novels through the eyes of the Bene Gesserit, a mysterious order of women. As previously reported, Emily Watson (Chernobyl) will play Valya Harkonnen, while Shirley Henderson (Happy Valley) will play Tula Harkonnen — two sisters who “have risen to power in the Sisterhood, a secret organization...

An adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan (Saga, Ex Machina) and Cliff Chiang‘s best-selling, Eisner-winning comic series, which ran from 2015 to 2019, Prime Video’s “Paper Girls” just debuted this summer, and it has already been cancelled.

Deadline reports, “The decision comes a little over a month after all eight episodes from Season 1 were released July 29 to a strong response by critics, earning 90 on Rotten Tomatoes, which was soon joined by an equally impressive 88 audience score.”

The site also notes, “According to sources, Legendary TV will be shopping the series, looking to tap into the popularity of series like to Euphoria and Sex Lives of College Girl by offering another show with three-dimensional young female characters at the center.”

Here’s the official plot synopsis for “Paper Girls”…

“In the early morning hours after Halloween 1988, four paper girls—Erin, Mac, Tiffany, and Kj—are out on their delivery route when they...

DC Comics' "The Human Target" #7, available september 27, 2022, is written by Tom King and illustrated by Greg Smallwood, with covers by Stanley "Artgem" Lau and Francesco Mattina:

"...'Christopher Chance'  has only days left to solve his own murder. The intrepid detective might have met his match, however, when 'Fire' smolders into his life. 

"What secrets does this flaming femme fatale hold, and will the 'Human Target' get burned?..."

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Extra! Extra! Prime Video just released brand new images and release details for their upcoming ’80s-set adventure sci-fi series “Paper Girls.” “Paper Girls” is an adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan (Saga, Ex Machina) and Cliff Chiang‘s best-selling, Eisner-winning comic series, which ran from 2015 to 2019. The series’ official Twitter Page introduced previously the […]

The post Adventure Sci-fi Series “Paper Girls” Reveals New Images and Release Date appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.

McG, who has been busy producing movies for Netflix, returned to broadcast television this season with three pilots on three different networks for his Wonderland Sound and Vision banner, True Lies, based on James Cameron’s 1994 movie, on CBS; Not Dead Yet starring Gina Rodriguez on ABC; and the Jensen Ackles-produced Supernatural prequel The Winchesters on the CW. Over the last couple of days, all three were picked up to series. Additionally, BET+ just picked up Wonderland’s series Average Joe, created by Robb Cullen and starring Deon Cole.

The slate of four series on the air harkens back to Wonderland’s most prolific time in television a decade ago when the company also had four series with Supernatural, Nikita, Chuck and Human Target. The company’s executive team includes McG’s longtime partner, Mary Viola, who serves as President, and EVP Corey Marsh.

True Lies, whose pilot was...

Kenneth Welsh, a prolific Canadian character actor with more than 200 screen credits, died Thursday evening. He was 80 years old.

Actra, the Canadian film and television union, confirmed the news on Friday. “Ken was one of Canada’s all-time great performers, with hundreds of memorable roles spanning decades,” Actra wrote in a statement. “He will be greatly missed. Our condolences to his loved ones.”

Actra Toronto is extremely saddened today by the passing of Kenneth Welsh. Ken was one of Canada’s all-time great performers, with hundreds of memorable roles spanning decades. He will be greatly missed. Our condolences to his loved ones. pic.twitter.com/SqcV3Wmhqk

— Actra Toronto (@ACTRAToronto) May 6, 2022

Welsh is best known to American audiences for his role as Windom Earle, the crazed FBI agent in Season 2 of the groundbreaking television series “Twin Peaks.”

In his native Canada, he was a consistent figure on television, frequently starring in TV films.

DC Comics the “Human Target” , available February 22, 2022 is wirtten by Tom King and illustrated by Greg Smallwood, with covers by Smallwood and Ben Oliver:

“…’Christopher Chance’, aka the ‘Human Target’, will be dead in a few days, but nothing will stop him from solving his own murder. His investigation into the ‘Jli’ intensifies, and he sets his sights on the ‘Martian Manhunter’. But what piece does ‘J'onn J'onzz’ add to the puzzle?…”

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This Young Justice Phantoms review contains spoilers.

Young Justice Season 4 Episode 13

Young Justice Phantoms hit its midseason break with this week’s episode, “Kaerb Ym Traeh!” And it was maybe the strongest episode of the season: lots of storylines were tied off, while the annoying motion comic section was cordoned off to an argument between the Lords of Chaos and Order, and Vandal Savage and the Phantom Stranger. Not moving any of the figures around wasn’t actually a problem there, because the motion wasn’t necessarily the point.

This week’s episode is also the first with a legitimate post-credits scene, and it’s…an interesting choice. They’re gonna hide Desaad in Mary Bromfeld.

The episode brings closure to Zatanna’s portion of the story. Her team battles Child and Flaw to save Earth, while Savage talks the Lords of Chaos out of supporting Child and evening the odds for the team.

Exclusive: Industry veteran Peter Johnson has joined Skydance as a television executive reporting to Skydance Television President Bill Bost.

Johnson previously did a two-year stint as President of Television Development at MRC. Before that, Johnson served as EVP scripted at Legendary TV for four years. There, he oversaw such series as Colony for USA, Love for Netflix, Lost in Space for Netflix and Looming Tower for Hulu. Prior to that he spent nine years at McG’s Wonderland Sound & Vision, serving as President of Television & Digital Media and Executive Producer of content, shepherding such shows as Supernatural, Nikita, Chuck, Human Target and The Oc.

Johnson began his career at Fox Broadcasting where he started in research before switching to development and rising to SVP of Drama Development for the network, developing such series as House, 24, Prison Break, Boston Public and Ally McBeal.

Skydance’s current TV series include Grace and Frankie at Netflix,...

Tom Spezialy executive produced HBO’s “Watchmen,” one of the most acclaimed superhero television shows in recent memory. Now, he’s setting his sights on a Marvel character via “Silk,” Sony Television Pictures’ upcoming live-action series based on the Spider-Man character.

Deadline recently reported that Spezialy, whose credits also include “The Leftovers” and “Castle Rock,” has signed an overall deal with Amazon Studios. Part of that deal reportedly includes Spezialy serving as an executive producer and showrunner for “Silk,” which hails from Sony Pictures Television. The series is reportedly headed to Amazon Prime Video, which would make “Silk” one of the only upcoming Marvel-branded shows to not premiere on Disney+.

Spezialy will reportedly executive produce alongside Laureen Moon (“Atypical”), who wrote the “Silk” television adaptation, which is based on the Korean-American comic book superhero who is closely associated with Spider-Man. The series is also backed by veterans of recent Spider-Man...

Hawaii Five-0 vet Chi McBride is headed back to the Eye network, with a role opposite Pete Holmes in an untitled CBS comedy pilot, our sister site Deadline reports.

In the project, based on professional bowler Tom Smallwood’s life, a seemingly ordinary man named Tom (Holmes) decides to provide for his family by following his dream of becoming a professional bowler after being laid off from the Gm factory’s assembly line. McBride will play Archie, the proud owner of a bowling alley and Tom’s mentor/longstanding father figure.

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Exclusive: Executive producer and director Jon Cassar, best known for Fox’s 24, Reelz’s The Kennedys, and Netflix’s Medici: Masters of Florence, has signed with APA along with his Cassar Filmworks banner.

Cassar currently serves as executive producer and director on Seth MacFarlane’s The Orville. His Cassar Filmworks banner, which he runs alongside executive Patrick Munroe, has multiple projects in the pipeline in various stages of development.

Cassar’s extensive career includes eight seasons as director and EP on the Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning drama 24 for Fox. Cassar directed ten episodes each season for the high-action global hit series, while overseeing other production elements for the show.

Over the course of its run, Cassar received dual Emmy Awards for directing and producing, as well as two DGA Awards. He also directed the 2008 television movie, 24: Redemption, nominated for six Emmy Awards, and is the author and...

A new Star Trek movie is in the works at Paramount Pictures. Deadline reports that Kalinda Vazquez has signed on with the studio to write an original Star Trek movie with J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Productions producing. Vazquez has previously written for Star Trek: Discovery, though it's not yet clear if her new movie will be connected to any of the current shows on Paramount+ or if it will be a standalone story.

Along with Star Trek: Discovery, Kalinda Vazquez is also working on an HBO series adaptation of the Roger Zelazny sci-fi novel Roadmarks. Her other television credits include Runaways, Once Upon a Time, Nikita, Human Target, and Prison Break. Velazquez has also served as an executive producer for the AMC horror series Fear the Walking Dead.

With William Shatner playing Captain James T. Kirk, the Star Trek series made its first foray into movies with the 1979 motion picture with the original cast.

Paramount has set “Star Trek: Discovery” writer and consulting producer Kalinda Vazquez to write a new untitled “Star Trek” movie, according to an individual with knowledge of the project.

J.J. Abrams will produce the project via his Bad Robot banner.

The blind deal is for an original movie that Vazquez pitched, though details about the project are being kept under wraps. Of note, Vazquez got her birth name from the original “Star Trek” television show — she was named after the character Kelinda from the 1968 Season 2 episode “By Any Other Name.”

The untitled Vazquez project comes after Paramount pumped the brakes on Noah Hawley’s “Star Trek” movie last August, as well as another project that was being hatched by Quentin Tarantino.

Vazquez broke out by teaming with “Game of Thrones” author George R.R. Martin on an HBO series adaptation of “Roadmarks,” the Roger Zelazny sci-fi novel. Vazquez most recently did...

Exclusive: Kalinda Vazquez has been set by Paramount Pictures to write a Star Trek movie. JJ Abrams’ Bad Robot is producing.

Vazquez has written on Star Trek: Discovery, and insiders said this is a blind deal for an original movie that she hatched, one that expands her role in the Trek Universe. Vazquez was a co-executive producer on Fear the Walking Dead. She also got her name from the original Star Trek series, after a character from the second-season episode “By Any Other Name.” In the 1968 episode, the character’s name was Kelinda.

Vazquez just made a splash in teaming with Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin on an HBO series adaptation of the Roger Zelazny sci-fi novel Roadmarks. Vazquez’s TV credits include Marvel’s Runaways, Once Upon a Time, Nikita, Human Target and Prison Break, and she recently adapted Barrier, based on a Brian K. Vaughan graphic novel,...

Exclusive: George R.R. Martin is bringing more dragons to HBO.

The Game of Thrones creator is exec producing a TV adaptation of Roadmarks from sci-fi novelist Roger Zelazny, which is development at the WarnerMedia cable network.

The adaptation comes from Kalinda Vazquez, who has written on Star Trek: Discovery and was a co-exec producer on Fear The Walking Dead. Vazquez, who was named after a character from the original Star Trek TV series, will write, exec produce and showrun the adaptation.

The book was written in the late 1970s and published by Del Rey in 1979. It is about a highway that can travel through time, linking all timelines and places together for the very special people who discover it. Some might use it to explore the vast mysteries of the world, but for others…the road might be their only hope to survive, rewrite life-altering mistakes, and create a better...

Exclusive: Veteran development executive and producer Peter Johnson has joined Makeready, Brad Weston’s independent studio and financier for film, television and branded content, as head of television.

Johnson, who recently departed Mrc after a two-year stint as President of Television Development, succeeds Scott Nemes who recently left Makeready to join Ucp as Evp Development and Current Programming.

At Mrc, Johnson worked on the company’s upcoming series The Great for Hulu and The Outsider for HBO.

Johnson previously served as Evp scripted at Legendary TV for four years. There, he oversaw such series as Colony for USA, Love for Netflix, Lost in Space for Netflix and Looming Tower for Hulu. Prior to that he spent nine years at McG’s Wonderland Sound & Vision, serving as President of Television & Digital Media and Executive Producer of content and shepherding such shows as Supernatural, Nikita, Chuck, Human Target and The Oc. Johnson...

Exclusive: Peter Johnson will be departing Mrc where he served as President of Television development for the past two years. He is leaving to pursue other opportunities, including producing.

Johnson’s exit follows a string of TV executive hires at Mrc over the past couple of months, led by Ucp’s Elise Henderson joining as President of Television, overseeing Mrc’s slate of development, current programming as well as joint venture and production partnerships. Since her appointment in April, Henderson has built up her team by bringing in several people, most notably Mary-Claire Manley who joined as a VP from Ucp.

Mrc’s TV series roster includes Ozark on Netflix and the upcoming The Great for Hulu, written by Tony McNamara and starring Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult, and The Outsider for HBO, starring Ben Mendelsohn, with Jason Bateman directing and executive producing.

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‘Black Sails’ co-creator Jon Steinberg and his producing partner Dan Schotz have signed an overall deal with Fox 21 Television Studios.

Under the three-year deal, the pair will develop and run series for the studio. The deal is the twelfth such agreement that the combined Fox 21 TV and 20th Fox TV have signed since the Disney takeover.

Other creatives who have signed with Disney’s new TV acquisition include Wendy & Lizzie Molyneux, Drew Goddard, Jason Winer, Octavia Spencer, Nora Smith, Jake Kasdan & Melvin Mar, Marlene King, Liz Meriwether, Amy Holden Jones, Dan Fogelman and Jon M. Chu.

“Jon is both an incredibly talented creator and a force of nature as a showrunner. He’s one of the best multi-takers we’ve ever worked with. Together with his producing partner Dan Shotz, we have every belief that he’ll be a major supplier to the Disney platforms and a big presence...

Black Sails co-creator Jon Steinberg and his producing partner Dan Shotz have signed a three-year overall deal with Fox 21 Television Studios to develop and run series for the studio.

Steinberg and Shotz were most recently executive producers on the Apple streaming series, See. Prior to that, Steinberg executive produced and co-created three-time Emmy winner Black Sails, which ran for four seasons, and on which Shotz served as executive producer and writer. Steinberg was the executive producer and creator of Human Target, which he developed along with Wonderland Sound and Vision, DC Comics, Warner Bros. and Fox. Steinberg also co-created and produced the CBS series Jericho.

“Jon is both an incredibly talented creator and a force of nature as a showrunner,” said Bert Salke, President of Fox 21 Television Studios. He’s one of the best multi-takers we’ve ever worked with. Together with his producing partner Dan Shotz, we have...

“Black Sails” co-creator Jon Steinberg and his producing partner Dan Shotz have signed an overall deal with Fox 21 Television Studios, the studio announced on Friday.

Under the three-year deal, the duo will create and run new series for the Disney-owned TV studio.

Steinberg and Shotz most recently served as executive producers for the Apple streaming series, “See,” alongside “Hunger Games” director Francis Lawrence. Prior to that, the duo were executive producers on the Starz pirate drama “Black Sails.”

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Before he joined forces with Shotz, Steinberg was creator of the Fox series “Human Target” and CBS’s “Jericho.” Shotz was a partner with director Jon Turteltaub at Junction Entertainment, where he developed and produced “Jericho” for CBS Television.

“We couldn’t be more grateful for the faith Peter, Dana, Craig and Bert have shown us, and excited...

Despite much of the network’s airtime being devoted to procedurals, CBS has developed a recent tradition of devoting its summer programming slots to more out-there genre programming — shows that might defy expectations and represent more bonkers storytelling.

This year, look to “Blood and Treasure” as the latest show to follow in this tradition. A modern-day action thriller with touches of “Indiana Jones” and “National Treasure,” creators Matthew Federman and Stephen Scaia deliver an odd couple globe-trotting adventure about an antiquities expert and a cunning art thief who team up to take down a notorious thief/terrorist (played by “The Mummy’s” Oded Fehr.)

Matt Barr, previously seen in the CW’s “Valor” and Fox’s “Sleepy Hollow,” leads the cast alongside Sofia Pernas, whose recent TV credits include “Jane the Virgin” and NBC’s “The Brave.” The series also stars Michael James Shaw, Katia Winter, James Callis, Alicia Coppola,...

Once Arrow fans had a chance to digest the official synopsis for the season finale, none of us could help pondering which returning familiar faces it was referring to. Whether your suspicions be directed toward Talia al Ghul, Ricardo Diaz or Curtis Holt, these are all entirely valid choices, but some recently presented evidence may hint at who one of them may be.

Believe it or not, the network has released two more images from next week’s episode, “Living Proof,” and they feature none other than Colin Donnell’s Tommy Merlyn. I don’t know why these couldn’t have been included in the original set released earlier this week, but you’re free to check them out below.

As longtime viewers of the series should recall, Tommy met his untimely demise during season 1’s finale but has appeared in flashbacks and hallucinations in the time since. More recently,...

Happy Thursday, Grey's Anatomy fans. We have some pretty interesting news for you guys in this report. According to the folks over at Entertainment Weekly, we're about to see Grey's Anatomy introduce yet another Derek Shepherd sister into the mix! That's right, guys. This new sister will be named Kathleen Shepherd. Kathleen is currently scheduled to be introduced in a season 15 episode that revolves around character Amelia Shepherd. Entertainment Weekly pointed out that the other Derek Shepherd sisters who have appeared in the past are: Liz Shepherd played by actress Neve Campbell and Nancy Shepherd played by actress Embeth Davitz. Kathleen's existence was first mentioned way, way back in season 3. Now, we're finally going to get to meet her! The only other information that Entertainment Weekly had to share about this new Kathleen Shepherd sister is that she also has a doctorate. She's a psychiatrist. We also know who has...

Matt Miller, the creator of Fox’s “Lethal Weapon” series, has inked a new exclusive multiyear overall deal with Warner Bros. TV, a person with knowledge of the deal told TheWrap.

Miller is also a co-creator of NBC sitcom “Trial & Error,” which we learned last week is currently being shopped by Wbtv to other platforms. Season 2 of the low-rated comedy is currently toiling away in the hot (and lightly viewed) summer months, and the deadline for NBC to renew or cancel the comedy has passed. They could still bring it back though — if NBC wants to and is the highest bidder.

Under terms of his new deal, Miller will continue to develop new drama and comedy series for the studio.

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“Lethal Weapon” has been a nice, steady ratings getter for Fox.

Brad Kern has been suspended from NCIS: New Orleans.

The news was confirmed Sunday the Television Critics Association summer press tour.

“I believe in terms of keeping him out of the workplace during the investigation, that was to be as fair and open as we could be,” CBS Entertainment President Kelly Kahl told reporters.

“The investigation is ongoing. I’m told we will have results soon.”

This marks the third misconduct investigation against Kern at the network. Variety confirmed in December last year that there were two internal investigations that were found inconclusive.

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“We were aware of these allegations when they took place in 2016 and took them very seriously,” CBS TV Studios said in a statement at the time.

“Both complaints were acted upon immediately with investigations and subsequent disciplinary action. While we were not able to corroborate all of the allegations,...

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The “Dark Matter” TV series came years after the debut of the Dark Horse comic book it’s based on, but creators Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie originally conceived of the series — about six individuals who wake up on a starship together with their memories wiped — as a TV show before it was redeveloped as a comic in 2012.

“Wynonna Earp” (Syfy)

Syfy has a number of science fiction series based on lesser known comic book titles, including the fan-favorite “Wynonna Earp,” starring Melanie Scrofano as the demon-fighting descendent of legendary lawman Wyatt Earp.

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The CW’s “Arrowverse” gets all the attention for being the...