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EXCLUSIVE: Another star-studded package looks to have hit the market right before the holiday weekend as sources tell Deadline Rebel Wilson and Charles Melton are attached to star in K-Pop: Lost In America for producers Lynda Obst and CJ Entertainment’s Miky Lee. South Korean filmmaker JK Youn is directing and was written by Jeff Kaplan & Ian Springer, with a current draft by Karen McCullah & Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith. The package just hit the market and his already drawing interest from suitors. The story follows a breaking K-Pop group finds themselves mistakenly stranded in Waco, Texas just days before their American debut at Madison Square Garden. Left with no phones, no money, and no transportation, the group must overcome their differences and a host of crazy obstacles to make it to New York City. Along the way, they learn to love Texas and Texas learns to love them back. Filming is expected to begin in the fall. Wilson was most recently seen in the … [Read more...] about Hot Package: Rebel Wilson & Charles Melton Starring In Road-Trip Pic ‘K-Pop: Lost In America’

Freeform has picked up to series The Watchful Eye (fka The Nanny ) drama with Mariel Molino ( Promised Land ) set to lead the ensemble cast. The Watchful Eye (fka The Nanny ), which was ordered to pilot last year, hails from Julie Durk ( Grace and Frankie ), Ryan Seacrest Productions and ABC Signature. Created by Durk, who also serves as consultant, The Watchful Eye is described as a Hitchcockian contemporary thriller that follows a young woman as she is thrust into a world of old money and deadly secrets. It follows Elena Santos, played by Molino, a young woman with a complicated past, maneuvering her way into working as a live-in nanny for an affluent family in Manhattan. She quickly learns that everyone in the mysterious building has deadly secrets and ulterior motives. What they don’t know, however, is that Elena has some shocking secrets of her own. Molino’s Elena is a bright, savvy young woman hired as the live-in nanny to a wealthy widower and his … [Read more...] about Freeform Orders ‘The Watchful Eye’ Drama Series Starring Mariel Molino From Julie Durk

News 12 dominated with 80 nominations for the 65th annual New York Emmy Awards nominations, which were revealed today. The NY chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences said Telemundo’s WNJU squeezed past Univision’s WXTY for second place, 53 noms to 52. Spectrum News NY1 and MSG Networks tied for fourth place with 45 nominations apiece, just ahead of WNBC News’ 44. The winners will be honored at a ceremony in October, with a date and venue TBA. The gala will be livestreamed on the New York Emmys website. Here are all the nominees for 2022 New York Emmy Awards: OVERALL EXCELLENCE CNY Central Overall Excellence – January 1, 2021 CNY Central, WSTM-NBC3, WTVH-CBS5, CW6 The WNET Group Overall Excellence Submission – January 1, 2021 The WNET Group Newsday 2021 – December 17, 2021 Newsday Roberto Yanez – January 1, 2021 NEWS EXCELLENCE Spectrum News NY1: News Excellence – January 27, 2021 Spectrum News NY1 Telemundo 47 – … [Read more...] about New York Emmy Nominations: News 12 Dominates Field; Telemundo & Univision Outlets Top All Others

Field of Dreams has struck out at Peacock . The NBCUniversal streamer has abruptly dropped its series reboot of the classic Kevin Costner baseball movie, Deadline has confirmed. The project, which comes from The Good Place creator Michael Schur, the film’s producer Lawrence Gordon and Universal TV, had been handed a straight-to-series order in August 2021. Universal TV is now shopping the series to other broadcasters and platforms. It’s believed that the show has been casting and is a month out from production with seven hour-long scripts ready to go. Written by Schur, the series was set to reimagine the mixture of family, baseball, Iowa and magic that made the movie so enduring and beloved. The pickup came amid a surge in popularity for the 1989 film starring Kevin Costner following baseball’s “Field of Dreams” game last summer between the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox, which aired in primetime on Fox. It was the most-watched regular-season Major … [Read more...] about ‘Field Of Dreams’: Peacock Drops TV Reboot From Mike Schur; Universal TV Eyes New Buyers

When Mom Rock got an invite to perform on the Rock Boat in 2020, they presumed it was a spam email, or a joke. This was a five-day cruise from Miami through the Caribbean headlined by veteran acts like Switchfoot and Sister Hazel, and they were a bunch of college students who’d never played anything bigger than a basement house party. “We were about to write it off before we actually realized it was a real thing,” says Mom Rock singer-guitarist Curtis Heimburger. “We had no idea how we got asked. We eventually just said, ‘Alright, this is amazing fortune and we’re going to run with it.'” That amazing fortune, it turns out, extended beyond just the Rock Boat gig, and it’s well-deserved. Since forming in 2017 at Boston’s Berklee School of Music, drawing inspiration from Weezer, Talking Heads, and Bleachers, Mom Rock have honed an addictive mix of power pop and alt-rock; the first two songs they uploaded to Spotify (“Conversation,” “Grand Romantic Life”) racked up more than a … [Read more...] about How Mom Rock Became One of America’s Best Young Bands Before Graduating College

TUESDAY AM UPDATE: The Tom Cruise Paramount / Skydance sequel goes to an even higher stratosphere with a 4-day $160.5M Memorial Day opening record. Global is at a $300M start. Important to note that given the whole thing of rolling the $13.2M Thursday previews of Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End into its opening weekend, that movie still has the 3-day over Memorial Day weekend with $127.97M to Top Gun: Maverick ‘s $126.7M . MONDAY AM UPDATE: Paramount/Skydance’s Top Gun: Maverick has beaten Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End fair and square for the Memorial Day opening 4-day record (+ previews) at the domestic box office with $156M. While easily Tom Cruise’s best opening of all-time, producer Jerry Bruckheimer is the common denominator of the two largest Memorial Day weekend openings at the domestic box office. At World’s End’s four-day holiday opening of $139.8M was further puffed by Thursday previews which got … [Read more...] about ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Scorches ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World’s End’ For Memorial Day Opening Record With $160M+ – Tuesday AM Update

Anthony Edwards might have a future in the NFL -- the Minnesota Timberwolves star showed off his rocket arm in a highlight video ... and it was so impressive, even the G.O.A.T. himself, Tom Brady , had to show respect. The 20-year-old hooper posted a clip of his football workout with some of his friends recently ... with the guys engaging in 1-on-1 battles. In the video, Ant -- who was playing QB -- airs it out with a beauty of a throw ... putting the football where only the receiver could catch it. But, Edwards didn't stop there ... he successfully completed a back-shoulder pass as well, easily one of the toughest throws for any QB in the NFL to make. "Don't I look like something?" Edwards asked after delivering back-to-back bombs. "What y'all think? I got a profession in this s*** or what? Pay me!" Ant I know the money is good but you’re playing the wrong sport bro. @NFL https://t.co/FC6F05YSmr — Tom Brady (@TomBrady) June 30, 2022 @TomBrady … [Read more...] about Anthony Edwards Shows Off Insane QB Skills, Tom Brady Approves

EXCLUSIVE : Myles Bullock ( BMF ) and Vince Staples ( Lazor Wulf ) are the latest additions to the cast of 20th Century Studios ’ White Men Can’t Jump reboot. They join an ensemble that also includes Jack Harlow, Sinqua Walls, Lance Reddick, Teyana Taylor, Laura Harrier, Tamera ‘Tee’ Kissen and more, as previously announced. The upcoming film will offer a new take on Ron Shelton’s 1992 sports comedy, starring Woody Harrelson, Wesley Snipes and Rosie Perez, which saw Black and white basketball hustlers join forces to double their chances of winning money on the street courts and in a basketball tournament. Harlow is stepping into the role originated by Harrelson, with Walls taking on Snipes’. Bullock will play Renzo, one of Kamal’s (Walls) best friends since high school. Sarcastic and a bit of a goofy guy, he is the tallest player on the court who hates being forced to get rebounds but will step up his game if it means supporting the team. Details as to the role Staples … [Read more...] about ‘White Men Can’t Jump’: Myles Bullock & Vince Staples Join 20th Century Studios Reboot

EXCLUSIVE : Former American Idol finalist Anoop Desai will play a major recurring role in the fourth season of What We Do in the Shadows , appearing in six of 10 episodes. FX ’s hit comedy series, based on the 2014 film by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, documents the nightly exploits of vampire roommates Nandor (Kayvan Novak), Laszlo (Matt Berry), Nadja (Natasia Demetriou) and Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch) as they navigate the modern world of Staten Island with the help of their human familiar, Guillermo (Harvey Guillén). In the shocking Season 3 finale, airing last October, Nandor, Guillermo and Nadja left Staten Island to go their separate ways while Laszlo stayed home to care for the creature that clawed its way out of the chest cavity of the deceased Colin Robinson — aka Baby Colin. This season, the vampires return to Staten Island to find their mansion on the verge of total structural collapse — and with no money to repair it. While Nandor’s eternal search for … [Read more...] about ‘What We Do In The Shadows’: Former ‘American Idol’ Finalist Anoop Desai Joins Season 4 As Recurring

Sam Smith is reborn. At least that’s how it sounds on their new single “Diamonds” — three minutes and 34 seconds of catharsis. A little over a year ago, the London-bred singer/songwriter, whose pronouns are they/them, shared on Twitter that they’d spent the preceding year and a half in therapy, describing that stretch as the “most challenging time” of their life so far. “I’ve watched and read so much over the last six months to try and make sense of all the mess in my head,” Smith added at the time. “Tried to find ways to organise all of my problems so that they are bound and organised into folders and boxes, so that they will never haunt me or effect me again.” Smith, who is now 28, said that they only recently realized they were “enough” and that “trying to change and seek perfection and a life of no pain, only causes more pain.” You can hear those realizations in “Diamonds.” Smith sings of a lying lover who cared more about the star’s fame and material goods than their … [Read more...] about Song You Need to Know: Sam Smith, ‘Diamonds’