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ITV has announced a glut of new content as part of a spring showcase, including revealing that it has greenlit a true-crime drama series on John Darwin, the former prison officer who was jailed for faking his own death. Objective Media Group’s Story Films is making four-part series The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe , which is based on an unpublished manuscript written by journalist David Leigh. The series tells the true story of how debt-laden Darwin and his wife, Anne Darwin, came up with an elaborate scheme to defraud insurance companies by faking his death in a canoeing accident in 2002. Anne told the world that her husband had gone missing off the coast of Cleveland, England, weaving a web of deceit that included lying to her sons about their own father’s death. Related Story 'Love Island' To Return To ITV This Summer Anne and John later moved to Panama City to start a new life together before their secret was exposed by the discovery of an … [Read more...] about ITV Sets John Darwin True-Crime Drama; Unscripted Orders Include ‘Ready To Mingle’ & ‘Queen Unseen’

EXCLUSIVE : Nickelodeon has given a 13-episode series order to Kamp Koral (working title), a spinoff of the network’s signature series SpongeBob SquarePants . While the mothership is a classic 2D cartoon, the offshoot will be a CG-animated series, which serves as a prequel to SpongeBob. It introduces 10-year-old SpongeBob SquarePants during his summer at sleepaway camp. Earlier this year, Nickelodeon, under new president Brian Robbins, announced it is developing for the first time ever spinoff projects for SpongeBob SquarePants characters. Kamp Koral marks the first such project to get a green light. It is slated to begin production in June at Nickelodeon’s facilities in Burbank. In the series, SpongeBob and his pals spend the summer building underwater campfires, catching wild jellyfish, and swimming in Lake Yuckymuck at the craziest camp in the kelp forest, Kamp Koral. SpongeBob SquarePants ‘ Marc Ceccarelli and Vincent Waller co-executive produce the … [Read more...] about ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ CG-Animated Prequel Series ‘Kamp Koral’ Greenlighted By Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon has unveiled its 2019 content slate, highlighted by SpongeBob SquarePant s spinoffs and an hour-long special, a revival of sketch comedy show All That with Kenan Thompson as executive producer, a reimagined version of Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? hosted by John Cena, and a scripted music series set in a boarding/performing arts high school from Simon Fuller and Ryan Tedder. The slate, announced today by Nickelodeon President Brian Robbins, was put into development in October at the beginning of Robbins’ tenure and will begin to roll out on Nick’s platforms this summer. Nick will commemorate the 20th anniversary of SpongeBob Squarepants with Best Year Ever, a tribute that includes an original one-hour special, SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout, premiering Friday, July 12. Also planned are SpongeBob spinoffs focused on the core characters into formats such as new series, specials and feature-length movies. The anniversary will culminate … [Read more...] about ‘SpongeBob’ Spinoffs, ‘All That’ & ‘Are You Smarter Than 5th Grader?’ Revivals & More On Nickelodeon’s 2019 Content Slate

Earlier this winter, Robert Finley was backstage at Seattle’s Showbox nightclub discussing his remarkable personal history when the subject of his age came up. The soul singer said he would be turning 64 soon – on February 13th, in fact. “Robert, that’s tomorrow,” said his friend and bandleader Dan Auerbach , breaking into laughter. “With Robert,” Auerbach explained, “every day is his birthday, and is a bit of a celebration.” Finley has plenty of reasons to celebrate lately. After spending almost all of his life living in obscurity within 50 miles of the tiny town of Bernice, Louisiana, Finley has been playing sold-out rooms across the country as part of Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound Revue (That tour just wrapped last week; Finley begins a solo headlining tour May 20th in New York). Tonight in Seattle, Finley sang six songs, bringing the house down with his booming range, posessing what Auerbach calls a “deep yearning.” Related Inside Dan Auerbach's Own Rolling Thunder … [Read more...] about The Gospel of Robert Finley, Dan Auerbach’s Favorite Singer

Dan Auerbach can’t even make it to the dressing room before he has to stop to talk about the gig he just played. “This is the most fun I’ve had onstage,” he says, beaming in the hallway of Seattle’s Showbox nightclub as roadies navigate around him. “This band, these players, these legends – this is exactly why I love music.” He’s talking about his Easy Eye Sound Revue, which kicks off its second leg Thursday at Washington D.C.’s 9:30 Club and runs through April 5th . The tour is named after Auerbach’s Nashville studio, where he has been making music with longtime session pros like drummer Gene Chrisman and keyboardist Bobby Wood since the Black Keys went on hiatus in 2014. “These guys played with Elvis, and were on ‘Son of a Preacher Man,'”  Auerbach says. Those players take the music from his 2017 album, Waiting on a Song , to new heights live, performing explosive versions of tracks like “Stand By My Girl” and “Cherrybomb,” a dark, Grateful Dead–style jam. “There was no … [Read more...] about Inside Dan Auerbach’s Own Rolling Thunder Revue