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Zoey Brooks is back and apparently, still trying to figure out life and love.

Paramount+ released the official trailer for Zoey 102, a new original movie based on characters from the live-action Nickelodeon series Zoey 101. In the movie, Pacific Coast Academy alumni return to Malibu for a wedding that turns into a high school reunion for the books.

Jamie Lynn Spears returns as Zoey Brooks, who graduated alongside the first female class ever to be allowed into Pacific Coast Academy. Erin Sanders returns as Zoey’s best friend, Quinn Pensky. Sean Flynn returns as Zoey’s on again, off again love interest Chase Matthews. Also returning are Matthew Underwood as Logan Reese; Christopher Massey as Michael Barret; Abby Wilde as Stacey Dillsen and Jack Salvatore as Mark Del Figgalo. The wedding reunion includes new cast members Thomas Lennon as Zoey’s boss Kelly Kevyn; Owen Thiele as Zoey’s...

“Zoey 102,” Paramount+’s sequel movie to “Zoey 101,” will be available to watch on Thursday, July 27. The premiere date was released as part of a new trailer for the upcoming project.

Produced by Nickelodeon Studios and set over a decade after the original series ended, the movie will follow a group of Pacific Coast Academy alumni who return to Malibu for the over-the-top wedding between Quinn (Erin Sanders) and Logan (Matthew Underwood). But it isn’t long before the whole affair turns into an unofficial high school reunion. In addition to Sanders and Underwood, the reunion stars Jamie Lynn Spears, Sean Flynn, Christopher Massey, Abby Wilde, Jack Salvatore, Dean Geyer, Owen Thiele, Thomas Lennon, Audrey Whitby and Zach Zagoria.

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“Zoey 102” will be available to stream in the U.S. and Canada starting July 27. It...

Just after wrapping up its sizable presence at VidCon, AwesomenessTV another project it plans to bring to YouTube Premium. The media company, which has produced programs for platforms like YouTube, Hulu, and Netflix, is behind Kat & June Think Stuff, a comedy that will present the inner monologues of two women as they become friends with one another.

In keeping with one of YouTube's top priorities for its Premium programming, Kat & June Think Stuff will be filled with female talent, both in front of and behind the camera. The co-stars are Alexia Dox, who appeared in the Hulu series Quick Draw, and Tenea Intriago, who had a role in the 2017 horror movie Happy Death Day. The supporting cast includes Saturday Night Live alum Sasheer Zamata. Those performers will work with creator and writer Mackenzie Yeager, who is bringing Kat & June to life with help from co-showrunner Jen Braeden.

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AwesomenessTV is producing a half-hour comedy series for YouTube Premium, the internet video giant’s subscription service, revolving around the internal musings of two women as they become friends.

“Kat & June Think Stuff!” (working title) stars Tenea Intriago (“Law & Order: Svu”) as Kat and Alexia Dox (“Quick Draw”) as June. In the six-episode series about the birth of a strange but beautiful female friendship, the hopes, dreams and fears — but mostly fears — of the duo are heard out loud.

The cast is rounded out by Emily Hinkler (“The Good Doctor”) as Tessa, Elizabeth Hinkler (“The Good Doctor”) as Molly, Sasheer Zamata as Tiff, and Justin Kirk (“Weeds”) as David.

“Kat & June Think Stuff!” is created and written by Mackenzie Yeager (writer on “Girl Meets World” and “All Night”), who is repped by Apa. Jen Braeden serves co-showrunner. The show is executive produced by Shelley Zimmerman, Shauna Phelan, Mackenzie Yeager, and Jen Braeden.

Quick Draw alumna Allison Dunbar is set for a recurring role opposite Ron Perlman on the third season of Sony’s Crackle series StartUp. The series explores what happens when a brilliant, yet controversial tech idea gets incubated on the wrong side of the tracks by three strangers who don't necessarily fit the mold of "tech entrepreneurs." Dunbar will play Kelly, Wes’s (Perlman) longtime friend and trusted lawyer. Shrewd and unpredictable, her fast-paced life style has…...

Though most well known for his musical abilities, rapper turned actor Common is starting to make a decent case for himself as a legitimate talent on screen. Hot off a solid turn in John Wick: Chapter 2, The Hollywood Reporter is now telling us that he’s set to headline Quick Draw, a revenge thriller from Content Media.

On board to produce is Lorenzo di Bonaventura, working from a screenplay by Deuce Bigelow: Male Gigolo scribe Harris Goldberg, who will also direct. A logline isn’t available at the moment, but according to those involved, Quick Draw will boast “hyper intense shoot-outs, choreographed car chases, and lightning fast hand-to-hand combat that plays out across the mean streets of Los Angeles.”

“Harris has such an incredible vision for this film that this collaboration is particularly exciting for us. The narrative he creates is incredibly rich and while intense action defines this movie,...

Following his supporting turn as gun-toting bodyguard Cassian in John Wick: Chapter 2, Common is getting an opportunity to star in his own revenge-fueled action movie. Deadine has a few scant details on the project, Quick Draw, which is being produced by Transformers and Red’s Lorenzo di Bonaventura. The plot of the film remains top secret for the time being, but Quick Draw will reportedly have “hyper-intense shootouts, choreographed car chases, and hand-to-hand combat,” like most good action movies, revenge-based or not, should. The film was written and will be directed by Harris Goldberg, who’s written comedies—including both Deuce Bigalow movies—throughout most of his career but who, according to The Hollywood Reporter, “is now reinventing himself in the action sphere.”...

It was revealed today that Common (John Wick: Chapter 2, Suicide Squad, Run All Night, Selma, Now You See Me) will star in a new revenge action thriller titled Quick Draw from Content Media and Lorenzo di Bonaventura - producer of the blockbuster Transformers franchise, Deepwater Horizon, Shooter, and the GI Joe franchise among others.

Harris Goldberg wrote the screenplay and will direct the film. Featuring hyper intense shoot-outs, choreographed car chases, and lightning fast hand-to-hand combat, the action in Quick Draw plays out across the mean streets of Los Angeles.

Lorenzo di Bonaventura is producing the film with Content Media's Tom Butterfield and David Greenblatt, through his Greenlit Creative company. In addition to producing Quick Draw, Content Media is handling worldwide sales, while CAA will handle USA. Lorenzo di Bonaventura said this.

"Harris has such an incredible vision for this film that this collaboration is particularly exciting for us.

Revenge action thriller teams Content Media with producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura.

Common, currently starring alongside Keanu Reeves in John Wick: Chapter 2 will play the lead in Quick Draw, which is set to begin shooting this summer.

Content produces and handles international sales, while CAA represents Us rights.

Harris Goldberg wrote the screenplay and will direct the film, which plays out across the mean streets of Los Angeles and according to Content’s representatives will feature “intense shoot-outs, choreographed car chases, and lightning fast hand-to-hand combat”.

di Bonaventura serevs as producer with Content Media’s Tom Butterfield and David Greenblatt through his Greenlit Creative company.

“Harris has such an incredible vision for this film that this collaboration is particularly exciting for us,” di Bonaventura, whose tentpole credits as producer include the Transformers franchise including June 23 release Transformers: The Last Knight, Deepwater Horizon, Shooter, Red, and GI Joe, said.

“The narrative he creates is incredibly rich and while...

Oscar-winning musician and actor Common will star in the revenge thriller “Quick Draw,” producers announced Monday. Harris Goldberg (“The List”) will write and direct the project, which is set on the mean streets of Los Angeles. Principal photography will begin this summer. Lorenzo di Bonaventura is producing the film with Content Media’s Tom Butterfield and David Greenblatt, through his Greenlit Creative company. Also Read: Oscar Song Contenders: Why Common Fought to Get Into Ava DuVernay's '13th' (Video) In addition to producing “Quick Draw,” Content Media is handling worldwide sales, while CAA will handle USA. Common won an...

Common, who is coming off a butt-kicking turn as one of the villains in John Wick: Chapter 2, is loading up for Quick Draw, a revenge thriller from Content Media and producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura.

Harris Goldberg, who co-wrote comedies such as Deuce Bigelow: Male Gigolo but is now reinventing himself in the action sphere, wrote the screenplay and will direct the film.

Quick Draw’s logline is being holstered but Goldberg and producers are promising “hyper intense shoot-outs, choreographed car chases, and lightning fast hand-to-hand combat” as the action “plays out across the mean streets of Los Angeles.”

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Common has been tapped to star in Quick Draw, a new revenge action thriller to be produced by Transformers producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Content Media. Harris Goldberg wrote the script and will direct, and shooting is set to begin in the summer. The plot is mostly under wraps, but the pic will feature hyper-intense shootouts, choreographed car chases and hand-to-hand combat and is set in Los Angeles. Di Bonaventura is producing with Content Media's Tom Butterfield…...

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At a recent hands-on event, we got to have an early go on Nintendo's brand new console. Here's what we made of the Switch...

It’s fascinating to think that, a decade ago, Nintendo turned the games industry on its head with its hand-waving, vase-breaking, cat-frightening Wii remotes. Suddenly, rival companies Microsoft and Sony were clamouring to bring in their own answer to that control system - the kind of simple yet effective idea that made the Wii one of the most accessible and best-selling consoles of all time.

See related Power Rangers, boob armour, and impractical costumes

A decade’s an unfathomably long time in tech, though, and the Wii U comprehensively failed to capture the same audience as its predecessor. You could blame the branding (as with the 3Ds, some would-be consumers initially assumed that the Wii U was an upgrade, not a brand new...

Q13 Fox anchor Kaci Atchison is probably wishing she paid more attention in art class right about now. During a live segment on the Seattle news station, Atchison and segment host Travis Mayfield were doing a demonstration of a new Google technology called Quick Draw. Mayfield explained it is similar to Pictionary, wherein you are prompted to draw an object on screen and the computer attempts to guess what it is in real time. Mayfield went first and successfully drew a bow tie and a pair of scissors. Atchison decided to join in the fun, with the game prompting her to draw.

Exclusive: ICM Partners has just signed Alex Lehmann, the director of Blue Jay, which is set to premiere during the Special Presentations section of the upcoming Toronto Film Festival. Lehmann, who is also a writer and cinematographer, started out as a TV camera operator on several series including The League, Quick Draw and Last Comic Standing. He made his feature directorial debut on SXSW documentary Asperger’s Are Us and also served as that film’s cinematographer. The…...

Following up on the recent award success of Netflix and Amazon, rival streaming service Hulu is staging its first major assault on the Golden Globes, SAG and Critics' Choice Awards. Thanks to high-profile new comedies "Difficult People" and "Casual," as well as its continuation of Fox's cancelled "The Mindy Project," Hulu is seriously in the hunt.  -Break- Kevin Spacey ('House of Cards') vs. Sam Heughan ('Outlander'): Golden Globes watch Sure, Hulu has been producing original content for a few years now -- my personal fave, western laffer "Quick Draw," streamed two seasons in 2013 and 2014 -- but this is the first time the online network has launched such a massive awards push. Bold Fyc ads are splattered on billboards and on the sides of buses across Hollywood. Veteran award consultants have been hired to assist with strategy and outreach. Thousands of industry insiders are rec...

Surprising Back to The Future fans everywhere, Pepsi officially confirms the long-awaited creation of Pepsi Perfect, the famous soda Marty McFly orders in Back to the Future Part II, the second installment of one of the most beloved trilogies in motion-picture history. The fantastical cola, made famous by the film, will officially be available on October 21, 2015, paying homage to the date Marty McFly travels to in the future. Since 1989, Back To The Future enthusiasts have waited patiently to see how the future unfolds. Said Lou Arbetter, Senior Director of Marketing, PepsiCo.

"Pepsi fans asked and we heard them loud and clear. The Back to the Future trilogy was as big a moment in pop culture history then as it is now, 30 years later. We are excited to be part of this moment and to bring fans something only Pepsi could deliver - and there's no need to wait - the future is now!

HBO has put in development The Loop, a half-hour dark comedy from 10 Items or Less co-creators Nancy Hower and John Lehr. The project is about a couple who downsizes everything and chooses to sail the Loop — a nautical course that cuts through the heart of America. All goes wrong when they become entangled in a smuggling ring. Hower and Lehr will write and executive produce. The two were behind original comedy series Quick Draw, which aired for two seasons on Hulu. They…...

Batman Assault On Arkham is the newest direct-to-dvd DC feature with a lot of familiar parts including Kevin Conroy reprising his Batman role, and telling us how he manages to always keep it fresh. Plus, comedian John Lehr goes from Geico caveman to western funny man in the Hulu series Quick Draw, and talks about how improv is a huge part of the show.

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Hulu continues to expand its programming, launching the new parody The Hotwives of Orlando plus bringing back the teen drama East Los High and Seth Meyers' animated superhero comedy The Awesomes for additional seasons. Also returning: The Western farce Quick Draw, starring John Lehr (10 Items or Less) as a Harvard grad practicing criminology and forensics in the Wild West town of Great Bend, Kan. Lehr and Nancy Hower, who executive produce with Keith Raskin, filled out our TV Guide Magazine showrunner survey to explain why we should saddle up to Quick Draw.

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On the northern ridge of the Santa Monica Mountains, in the former stomping grounds of old-west royalty Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, Nancy Hower and John Lehr are making one of the least-conventional series (not) on TV right now: a Western improv comedy for Hulu. The streamer launched the second season of Quick Draw, one of its ever-growing number of originals, on Aug. 7. And as was the case with the first run, the actors see no lines, the kill-rate is surprisingly high and comedians are frequently forced to be spontaneously funny while on horseback. Longtime collaborators

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Summer is here! Here’s the lowdown on when you can expect your favorite shows to return (or your soon-to-be favorite shows to premiere) this year. Schedule your DVR accordingly with our handy calendar below:

May 28

So You Think You Can Dance (Fox)

May 29

New Undateable (NBC)

May 30

New Crossbones (NBC)

Mystery Millionaire (WeTV)

May 31

New Sing Your Face Off (ABC)

Bet On Your Baby (ABC)

June 1

New Halt and Catch Fire (AMC)

New Return to Amish (TLC)

New Last Seen Alive (Investigation Discovery)

Food Network Star (Food Network)

Mountain Men (History)

June 2

New Ladies of London (Bravo)

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Hulu's next round of original scripted programming is coming, and each show's arrival date has now been set. Hulu has shared release information for all of its upcoming programs, which will hit the site between now and August. As has become one of Hulu's calling cards, the upcoming schedule includes a number of foreign shows that are not available on other American platforms. Several of those programs will debut in the spring, while the summer will belong to the originals for which Hulu is the primary distributor. Three of those series--East Los High, The Awesomes, and Quick Draw--will return for second seasons on July 9th, August 4th, and August 7th, respectively. They will be joined by a new show, The Hotwives Of Orlando, which will debut on July 15th. At Digital Content Newfronts, Hulu announced its plan to heavily market all of these originals, and it doubled down on...

Hulu wants more consumers to notice its lineup of original programs, and it is willing to spend money to make that happen. At its Digital Content Newfronts presentation, Hulu announced its plan to triple its originals budget, with much of the increase going towards marketing. Hulu's expanded originals budget will cover the second season of shows like The Awesomes, Quick Draw, East Los High, and Deadbeat, as well upcoming debuts like The Hotwives of Orlando, which will arrive on July 15th. The company's plan is to heavily promote these and other exclusive shows, a plan it already put into place before the release of Deadbeat earlier in April. That show's arrival was buttressed with a slew of ads across billboards, pre-rolls, and several other platforms. By focusing on its originals, Hulu can help turn viewer focus towards shows that do not require expensive licenses to broadcast online. That said, the site isn't abandoning licensed content,...

Word leaked out yesterday that Amazon had picked up four of its five adult-geared pilots, with Variety reporting Transparent, The After, Mozart in the Jungle, and Bosch will all end up as series on Amazon Prime. Amazon isn’t yet commenting, but if true, it will mean the streaming service is dramatically increasing its roster of original series: Last year, the network ordered just two series, Alpha House and Betas. Both projects got decent reviews, but like the originals trotted out by Hulu Plus last year (The Awesomes, Quick Draw), neither generated the sort of hype and hoopla that rival Netflix drew for House of Cards and Orange Is the New Black. Things are already looking different for Amazon’s sophomore class. The pilot for Transparent proved to be transcendent for more than a few critics, while all of the other shows also had critical supporters, to one degree or another.

In an effort to push back against competitors Netflix and Amazon, Hulu has partnered, for the first time, with Lionsgate to co-produce Deadbeat, a supernatural comedy from co-creators Cody Heller and Brett Konner. If this new series is anything like Reaper in terms of its quality, we might have a real contender on our hands. The supernatural genre can be a little uninteresting, no matter how crazy the plot twists are. But if you inject just the right amount of comedy to it, you can have something truly magnificent. Some of the best episodes of Supernatural have had a deep root in comedy.

That being said, there’s a lot of power backing Deadbeat, so I’m thinking there are others who feel there’s a great amount of potential in this series. According to THR, Deadbeat was given a 10-episode order and will be produced by Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment.

Hulu has yet to find a real breakout original series of its own, though the Seth Meyers animated superhero spoof "The Awesomes," which premiered on August 1st, is probably its highest profile to date. The streaming service also released "Quick Draw" this month, an improvised half-hour western from "10 Items or Less" co-creators Nancy Hower and John Lehr. Today the streaming service announced that it has greenlit still another original comedy, this one entitled "Deadbeat," from "Wilfred" writers Cody Heller and Brett Konner. Hulu's ordered 10 episodes of "Deadbeat," which is about a New Yorker who helps ghosts with unfinished tasks. "Arrested Development" director Troy Miller will helm all 10 episodes, and will executive produce the series alongside Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Sarah Esberg of Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment. "Deadbeat," which will go into production this fall, comes from Lionsgate Television, which also produces "Mad Men" and...

The Hulu original series, "Quick Draw," is a half-hour procedural comedy set in the Old West. It has, however, something of a modern sensibility to it. In this exclusive clip from Monday's upcoming episode, we see that sensibility in a video for a "whiskey support group for not drinking whiskey."

Part of episode 5 -- available on Hulu starting on Monday (Aug. 26) -- the clip shows what happens when the good citizens of Great Bend, Kansas gather together for what they thought was a group for drinking whiskey. Alas, it seems that the Alcoholics Anonymous model isn't such a hit with the men (and woman) of the frontier.

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"Quick Draw" follows the crime-fighting adventures of Sheriff John Henry Hoyle (John Lehr) and his sidekick, Deputy Eli (Nick Brown) out on the frontier world of the Old West. Although Hoyle is a man of learning --...

The creators and star of the TBS sitcom "10 Items or Less" debuted their new web series "Quick Draw" on Hulu Monday. The semi-historical, semi-improvisational Western comedy stars John Lehr, Robert Clendenin and Ralph Garman. Lehr plays John Henry Hoyle, the sheriff of Great Bend, Kans. -- a Harvard alum, which he seems happy to tell the generally unimpressed population. "Quickdraw" is the latest original series offering from Hulu; "The Awesomes" premiered last week. Watch the trailer: Related Articles: ...

Sneak Peek footage, images and synopsis, from the new 'Old West' comedy series "Quick Draw", starring writer, actor John Lehr as 'John Henry Hoyle', a new sheriff in the 1875 Kansas town of 'Great Bend', premiering August 5, 2013 on Hulu.

Not since TV's "F Troop" and Mel Brooks' "Blazing Saddles" has there been an attempt at a film parody of the 'cowboy' genre, as Lehr satirizes "Deadwood" with the forensic procedures of "CSI":

"...a 'Harvard' graduate who studied forensic science, as well as being a remarkably good shot, 'Sheriff Hoyle' (Lehr) is also kind of a dummy, in a hilarious way. 

"Joined by a cast of characters that includes 'Deputy Eli Brocias' (Nicholas Brown), a madam/saloon-owner named 'Honey Shaw' (Allison Dunbar), and a hodgepodge of colorful locals, outlaws, and ladies of the night, Sheriff Hoyle is tasked with bringing law and order to 'Great Bend'...

"...earning the respect of the townspeople,...

To (incorrectly) paraphrase LL Cool J, don’t call it a network. The idea of TV is definitely shifting, especially given Netflix’s 14 Emmy nominations this year, and Hulu is helping push that concept even further, to the point that it doesn’t relate to the traditional network model.

“We’re not really a network, we’re not really a studio,” Hulu acting CEO Andy Forssell told reporters during the Television Critics Association press tour Wednesday. “We’re a distributor at heart.” Forssell says Hulu goes out “looking for voices,” as opposed to networks that try to find shows that fit their point of view.