NBC has handed out its first pilot order this cycle to Night School , a multi-camera comedy based on the hit 2018 Universal movie, from Marlon co-creator Christopher Moynihan and the film’s star/producer Kevin Hart , producer Will Packer and director Malcolm D. Lee . Penned by Moynihan, Night School the series centers on a unique mix of adults at a night school GED prep class who unexpectedly bond over their shared experience and find themselves helping each other both inside and outside of the classroom. Moynihan, Hart, Packer and Lee executive produce for Universal Television, which serves as the studio; Hart’s Hartbeat Productions and Will Packer Media, the companies which produced the movie; as well as Moynihan’s Bicycle Path Productions. Will Packer Media’s Sheila Duckworth also is an executive producer. The pitch was brought by NBC in the fall when Moynihan started working on the script while some of the deals took until recently to close. Starring … [Read more...] about ‘Night School’ Comedy Pilot Based On Movie Ordered By NBC From Christopher Moynihan, Kevin Hart, Will Packer & Malcolm D. Lee
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‘Elite’: Netflix Sets Season 4 Premiere Date For Spanish YA Drama Series
Netflix has set June 18 for the worldwide release of Season 4 of its popular Spanish YA drama series Elite . The series received an early fourth season renewal two months before Season 3 premiered, and it was renewed for Season 5 in February, ahead of the Season 4 launch. Created and written by Carlos Montero and Darío Madrona, Elite is one of the streamer’s best performing Spanish originals, with Netflix noting in 2019 that it had been seen by more than 20 million households. Season 4 picks up with a new school year at Las Encinas, as well as a new director (Diego Martin): one of the most powerful businessmen in Europe, ready to bring the Las Encinas institution, which, according to him, has been running amok in the past few years, back on track. He brings his three children with him (Carla Díaz, Martina Cariddi, Manu Rios): three teenagers too used to always get their own way, and to have what they want when they want, no matter who falls, and who will jeopardize the union … [Read more...] about ‘Elite’: Netflix Sets Season 4 Premiere Date For Spanish YA Drama Series
Joseph Siravo, Veteran Broadway Actor and Johnny Soprano in ‘The Sopranos,’ Dies at 66
He also played Angelo "Gyp" DeCarlo in over 2,000 performances of 'Jersey Boys.' Joseph Siravo, the veteran Broadway actor and educator who played Johnny "Johnny Boy" Soprano on HBO's The Sopranos , has died after a long battle with colon cancer. He was 66. His friend and The Sopranos co-star Garry Pastore confirmed Siravo's death in a post on Instagram on Sunday night. "RIP my dear friend, who fought an incredible fight. I will miss you. See you on the other side," Pastore wrote. The BBC quoted his daughter Allegra Okarmus, who wrote on Instagram: "I was by his side when my dear father passed away this morning, peacefully, in his beloved Treehouse... I am so immensely grateful to have had him here on earth and I know that he hasn’t gone very far. He had many credits, but his favorite one by far was that of Nonno Joe." "Joe was an excellent actor and a wonderful guy and he will be missed dearly," The Soprano 's co-star Michael Imperioli said on Instagram . "His … [Read more...] about Joseph Siravo, Veteran Broadway Actor and Johnny Soprano in ‘The Sopranos,’ Dies at 66
Fancy Hagood Was Almost an L.A. Pop Star. He Finds His True Self on a New Nashville Album
You can be excused if you don’t know the name Fancy Hagood . In 2015, when the singer-songwriter released his debut single “Goodbye,” he did so under a mysterious and clumsy moniker — Who Is Fancy. Hagood didn’t even appear in the music video for the pop song; instead, his voice was seen coming from a Bieber-lookalike actor. It was meant to sell an air of mystery, but the marketing strategy left Hagood feeling stuck in the shadows and questioning his sense of identity. Even a follow-up with Meghan Trainor and Ariana Grande, “Boys Like You,” didn’t bolster Hagood’s confidence. “I would be in a store somewhere and ‘Goodbye’ is playing over the intercom, and I wasn’t able to live in that moment,” says Hagood, who was living in Los Angeles at the time. “I was hidden again. I realized it was happening at the cost of my happiness. It was happening at the cost of my creativity. It was happening at the cost of me being able to be myself.” Related Stories T.J. Osborne Comes … [Read more...] about Fancy Hagood Was Almost an L.A. Pop Star. He Finds His True Self on a New Nashville Album
‘Little Vampire’ In Distribution Deal Between Shout! Studios & Studiocanal
EXCLUSIVE : Shout! Studios and Studiocanal have made an exclusive deal to distribute the new animated family feature Little Vampire in North America. Directed by Joann Sfar ( Little Vampire TV series, The Rabbi’s Cat ), the Annecy International Animated Film Festival winner is a production of On Animation ( The Little Prince ) and Sfar’s Magical Society. Deal was made by Melissa Boag, Shout’s Senior Vice President of Family Entertainment, Jordan Fields, Vice President of Acquisitions at Shout! Studios, and Loubna Berrada, VP International Sales for StudioCanal. “We are beyond happy to have found the perfect home for The Little Vampire in North America with Shout! Studios. We know our Little Vampire and his endearing friends will be in great hands with the Shout! team, and we can’t wait for US and Canadian audiences to see the film which focuses on values which are particularly essential these days: tolerance, kindness, acceptance, and the importance of friendship.” says … [Read more...] about ‘Little Vampire’ In Distribution Deal Between Shout! Studios & Studiocanal