Category Archives: Drama

Ebola TV Series in the Works From Lynda Obst, Ridley Scott

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As the Ebola virus continues to dominate the headlines, producer Lynda Obst and director-producerRidley Scott are bringing the deadly pathogen to the small screen with a limited series for Fox TV Studios based on Richard Preston‘s 1994 nonfiction best-seller The Hot Zone. For the past year, the pair quietly has been working on the property, which they optioned two decades […]

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Stephen Hawking Film ‘Theory of Everything’ Causes a Big Bang in Toronto

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The Stephen Hawking drama “The Theory of Everything” debuted to a triumphant reception at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday night, bringing a moment of déjà to at least a few people at the Princess of Wales Theater. It was almost exactly four years ago, after all, when another film about a famous Englishman with trouble […]

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‘Walking Dead’ Spinoff Pilot Greenlit

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Fall is almost here, which means the premiere of The Walking Dead isn’t far behind. The AMC series will return for its fifth season in what will undoubtedly be anotherrecord-breaking year, picking up events only moments after where we left off in the season 4 finale. The plan for the series at the moment is to wrap after 12 seasons. However, before The […]

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George Clooney to Direct Pic Revolving Around British Phone Hacking Scandal

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George Clooney has come on to direct “Hack Attack” for Sony Pictures, delving into the hot-button topic of celebrity privacy scandals. The pic will be an adaptation of journalist Nick Davies’ account of the British phone hacking scandal surrounding Rupert Murdoch’s news empire. The adaptation will be produced by George Clooney and Grant Heslov through their Smokehouse banner […]

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First Look: ‘The Walk’ starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt

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Principal photography has wrapped on the inaugural film from Tom Rothman’s TriStar Productions, now officially titled The Walk.  Directed by Robert Zemeckis, the film is a true story based on Philippe Petit’s book “To Reach the Clouds,” starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the young dreamer who dared the impossible: an illegal wire walk between the World Trade […]

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