Matt Long (Helix) is set for a major recurring role on NBC’s supernatural thriller drama series Manifest, from creator/executive producer Jeff Rake.
Clearly influenced by the mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, in Manifest, when Montego Air Flight 828 landed safely after a turbulent but routine flight, the crew and passengers were relieved. Yet in the span of those few hours, the world had aged five years and their friends, families and colleagues, after mourning their loss, had given up hope and moved on. Now, faced with the impossible, they’re all given a second chance. But as their new realities become clear, a deeper mystery unfolds and some of the returned passengers soon realize they may be meant for something greater than they ever thought possible.
Long will play Zeke, a mysterious new character whose arrival triggers a new relationship triangle and upends the series’ mythology.
Rake, Robert Zemeckis,...
Clearly influenced by the mystery of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, in Manifest, when Montego Air Flight 828 landed safely after a turbulent but routine flight, the crew and passengers were relieved. Yet in the span of those few hours, the world had aged five years and their friends, families and colleagues, after mourning their loss, had given up hope and moved on. Now, faced with the impossible, they’re all given a second chance. But as their new realities become clear, a deeper mystery unfolds and some of the returned passengers soon realize they may be meant for something greater than they ever thought possible.
Long will play Zeke, a mysterious new character whose arrival triggers a new relationship triangle and upends the series’ mythology.
Rake, Robert Zemeckis,...
- 11/15/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix has given a 10-episode order to drama series “What/If” toplined by Renee Zellweger.
The series revolves around “the ripple effects of what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things,” per Netflix. The project hails from showrunner Mike Kelley (“Revenge”) and producer Robert Zemeckis for Warner Bros. TV. The concept calls for each season to tackle a different morality tale “inspired by culturally consequential source material,” per Netflix.
Kelley created the series and will serve as writer and exec producer along with Zemeckis, Melissa Loy, Alex Gartner, Charles Roven, and Jack Rapke. Jackie Levine of Zemeckis’ Compari Entertainment banner will serve as co-exec producer.
Zellweger is an Oscar winner for 2003’s “Cold Mountain.” She was also Oscar-nommed for 2002’s “Chicago” and 2001’s “Bridget Jones’ Diary.”
Kelley is coming off a four-season run of the ABC drama “Revenge,” which ran from 2011-2015. He also created the critically praised 2008 CBS drama “Swingtown.
The series revolves around “the ripple effects of what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things,” per Netflix. The project hails from showrunner Mike Kelley (“Revenge”) and producer Robert Zemeckis for Warner Bros. TV. The concept calls for each season to tackle a different morality tale “inspired by culturally consequential source material,” per Netflix.
Kelley created the series and will serve as writer and exec producer along with Zemeckis, Melissa Loy, Alex Gartner, Charles Roven, and Jack Rapke. Jackie Levine of Zemeckis’ Compari Entertainment banner will serve as co-exec producer.
Zellweger is an Oscar winner for 2003’s “Cold Mountain.” She was also Oscar-nommed for 2002’s “Chicago” and 2001’s “Bridget Jones’ Diary.”
Kelley is coming off a four-season run of the ABC drama “Revenge,” which ran from 2011-2015. He also created the critically praised 2008 CBS drama “Swingtown.
- 8/17/2018
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Renée Zellweger has been cast to star in Netflix’s new drama series “What/If,” the streamer announced Friday.
The 10-episode anthology series will explore what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things, and each season will look at a different morality tale. Zellweger will play a woman named Anne, though further details about the character have not yet been announced.
“Revenge” and “Swingtown” creator Mike Kelley will act as showrunner and write the series. He will also executive produce with Melissa Loy for Page Fright, Alex Gartner, Charles Roven for Atlas Entertainment, Robert Zemeckis, and Jack Rapke for Compari Entertainment. Jackie Levine of Compari Entertainment will be co-executive producer.
The role marks the “Bridget Jones” alum and Academy Award winner’s first major foray into television since her acting debut in the 1992 made-for-tv movie “A Taste for Killing” on USA.
The Hollywood Reporter was first to report the news.
The 10-episode anthology series will explore what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things, and each season will look at a different morality tale. Zellweger will play a woman named Anne, though further details about the character have not yet been announced.
“Revenge” and “Swingtown” creator Mike Kelley will act as showrunner and write the series. He will also executive produce with Melissa Loy for Page Fright, Alex Gartner, Charles Roven for Atlas Entertainment, Robert Zemeckis, and Jack Rapke for Compari Entertainment. Jackie Levine of Compari Entertainment will be co-executive producer.
The role marks the “Bridget Jones” alum and Academy Award winner’s first major foray into television since her acting debut in the 1992 made-for-tv movie “A Taste for Killing” on USA.
The Hollywood Reporter was first to report the news.
- 8/17/2018
- by Ashley Boucher
- The Wrap
In her first major TV role, Oscar winner Renée Zellweger has been tapped to star in What/If, a social thriller anthology drama series for Netflix from Revenge and Swingtown creator Mike Kelley and producer Robert Zemeckis.
Written by Kelley and produced by Page Fright, Atlas Entertainment and Compari Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Television, What/If explores the ripple effects of what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things. Each season will tackle a different morality tale inspired by culturally consequential source material, and the power of a single fateful decision to change the trajectory of an entire life.
I hear the 10-episode first season focuses on two struggling newlyweds who accept a powerful woman’s (Zellweger) ethically perilous proposition to secure a badly needed financial windfall.
Zellweger’s Anne is a shrewd and mercurial San Francisco venture capitalist. She is magnetically charismatic, seductive, charming, even vulnerable when it serves her purpose.
Written by Kelley and produced by Page Fright, Atlas Entertainment and Compari Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Television, What/If explores the ripple effects of what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things. Each season will tackle a different morality tale inspired by culturally consequential source material, and the power of a single fateful decision to change the trajectory of an entire life.
I hear the 10-episode first season focuses on two struggling newlyweds who accept a powerful woman’s (Zellweger) ethically perilous proposition to secure a badly needed financial windfall.
Zellweger’s Anne is a shrewd and mercurial San Francisco venture capitalist. She is magnetically charismatic, seductive, charming, even vulnerable when it serves her purpose.
- 8/17/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s film news roundup, Laverne Cox is exec producing a transgender documentary, Steve Carell’s upcoming movie will be called “Welcome to Marwen,” the “Trolls” sequel gets a title and “High School 9-1-1″ gets a grassroots screening campaign.
Transgender Documentary
Laverne Cox, best known as a star of “Orange Is the New Black,” has joined the creative team behind the upcoming documentary feature “Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen.”
Disclosure Films is the production company for the movie, directed by trans filmmaker Sam Feder and focused on Hollywood’s depiction of transgender people and experiences over the last 100 years of film and television, and the impact of those stories on transgender lives and American culture. Cox joins as an executive producer alongside producer Amy Scholder.
“I have been obsessed for a long time with how the perception of trans people has been shaped by the ways we have...
Transgender Documentary
Laverne Cox, best known as a star of “Orange Is the New Black,” has joined the creative team behind the upcoming documentary feature “Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen.”
Disclosure Films is the production company for the movie, directed by trans filmmaker Sam Feder and focused on Hollywood’s depiction of transgender people and experiences over the last 100 years of film and television, and the impact of those stories on transgender lives and American culture. Cox joins as an executive producer alongside producer Amy Scholder.
“I have been obsessed for a long time with how the perception of trans people has been shaped by the ways we have...
- 6/13/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Update: DreamWorks Pictures has titled director Robert Zemeckis’ Nov. 21 release as Welcome to Marwen. Steve Carell plays the victim of a brutal attack who finds a unique and therapeutic outlet to help him through his recovery process. The pic is based on Jeff Malmberg’s 2010 documentary, Marwencol, which follows Mark Hogancamp, who after being left brain-damaged and broke, finds recovery in a sixth-scale World War II-era town he’s built in his backyard. Universal is releasing the pic in the five-day Thanksgiving corridor.
Previous April 28, 2017 :Universal has set November 21, 2018 as the release date for Oscar winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis’ untitled project, which stars Steve Carell in the true story of one broken man’s fight as he discovers how artistic imagination can restore the human spirit.
Zemeckis co-wrote the screenplay with Caroline Thompson, and will also serve as producer along with Steve Starkey and Jack Rapke of Zemeckis’ Universal-based ImageMovers banner,...
Previous April 28, 2017 :Universal has set November 21, 2018 as the release date for Oscar winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis’ untitled project, which stars Steve Carell in the true story of one broken man’s fight as he discovers how artistic imagination can restore the human spirit.
Zemeckis co-wrote the screenplay with Caroline Thompson, and will also serve as producer along with Steve Starkey and Jack Rapke of Zemeckis’ Universal-based ImageMovers banner,...
- 6/12/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
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