 Daniels, Day, Spencer, and Close Netflix won a highly-competitive bidding war for a new exorcism-themed film from director Lee Daniels. The project reunites Daniels with Andra Day, whom he directed in an Oscar-nominated performance in 2020's "The United States vs. Billie Holiday." More: - Day stars as a mother who believes her children have become demonically possessed; the film is inspired by the real accounts of Latoya Ammons of Gary, Indiana, and her three children.
- Octavia Spencer, Glenn Close, Rob Morgan, Caleb McLaughlin, and Aunjanue Ellis have signed on to co-star in the film.
- According to Deadline, Netflix agreed to pay around $65 million for the project, following a bidding war against 6 other companies.
- Ammons first optioned the rights to her story to Relativity in 2014; there have been several previous attempts to develop her story into a film.
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 CBS News rebranded its streaming channels as the "CBS News Streaming Network" and announced a new line-up of shows. New programming includes an interview series hosted by Norah O'Donnell, various "CBS Reports" documentary features, and new projects from a number of "CBS Mornings" regulars. More: - Live streaming news reports will be produced in a new studio at the CBS Broadcast Center in Los Angeles.
- O'Donnell's "Person-to-Person" -- inspired by the classic series featuring Edward R. Murrow -- will feature the anchor in conversation with newsmakers; her first guest will be author Brené Brown.
- Gayle King will anchor the first "CBS News" documentary project, a retrospective looking back on the 1995 killing of Black high school student Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman and its cultural impact.
- "CBS Mornings" alum with streaming shows in development include Tony Dokoupil, Tracy Smith, Lee Cowan, Michelle Miller, Dana Jacobson, Jeff Glor, Steve Hartman and Ben Tracy.
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DAILY CALENDAR MONDAY, JANUARY 24 THE GILDED AGE: Historical drama series from creator/writer Julian Fellowes ("Downton Abbey"), set in New York high society in the 1880s. Louisa Jacobson stars as Marian, who moves to New York from Pennsylvania to live with her wealthy and childless aunts Agnes (Christine Baranski) and Ada (Cynthia Nixon). Morgan Spector, Carrie Coon, Denée Benton, Taissa Farmiga, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Nathan Lane, and Simon Jones co-star. [HBO Max] PENNYWORTH: Crime drama series exploring the early life and career of DC Comics character Alfred Pennyworth (Jack Bannon), when he worked as a security consultant and covert agent in Cold War Europe, prior to his service as butler to the Wayne Family. The first two seasons -- which aired on the cable network Epix -- come to HBO Max today. The upcoming third season will stream as an HBO Max exclusive. [HBO Max] SOCIAL SOCIETY: Hour-long comedic sketch and variety show featuring highlights from the past week in news, media and entertainment, along with guest influencers and live performances. Kendall Kyndall hosts. The show returns today for a second season. [ALLBLK] SUMMER HOUSE: The Bravo reality series centers on New Yorkers who work in the city, but then head to a beach house in Montauk, on Long Island, to relax during their downtime. Season 6 stars Lindsay Hubbard, Paige DeSorbo, Kyle Cooke, Amanda Batula, Carl Radke, Danielle Olivera, Ciara Miller, and Luke Gulbranson and debuts today on Peacock. [Peacock] WE GOT LOVE TEYANA & IMAN: The E! reality series chronicles the home life of singer-songwriter Teyana Taylor, Brooklyn Nets shooting guard Iman Shumpert, and their two kids. Both Taylor and Shumpert are reality TV veterans; she appeared on MTV's "My Super Sweet Sixteen," while last year, he won Season 30 of "Dancing With the Stars." Season 1 hits Peacock today. [Peacock] THREE SONGS FOR BENAZIR: 22-minute short film from directors Elizabeth and Gulistan Mirzaei, chronicling the lives of a couple -- Shaista and Benazir -- living in a camp for displaced refugees in Kabul, Afghanistan. [Netflix]
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 Chris Evans and Dwayne Johnson will co-star in the Amazon holiday film "Red One." Few story details have been released; the film is apparently an adventure-comedy with potential as a future franchise. More: - The film was inspired by an original story pitch from Hiram Garcia, an executive with Johnson's Seven Bucks Productions.
- "Fast and Furious" franchise vet Chris Morgan wrote the script; "Jumanji" vet Jake Kasdan will direct.
- Johnson and Evans both made appearances in the 2021 film "Free Guy," but this will be their first time co-starring in a film together.
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 "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio" NEW TRAILERS DOOMLANDS: The first original adult animated series from Roku started life as a university film project by creator Josh O'Keefe, then turned into a crowd-funded pilot and finally a full series. It centers on bartenders Danny Doom and Lhandi, who travel across a "Mad Max"-inspired post-apocalyptic wasteland in their mobile pub, The Oasis. The series debuts on January 28. [Roku] MURDERVILLE: US adaptation of the BBC3 crime comedy series "Murder in Successville," starring Will Arnett as homicide detective Terry Seattle, who's matched up each week with a clueless celebrity partner. (The twist: the celebrity guests aren't provided with a script, and must improvise their roles in the investigation.) Season 1 guest stars include Annie Murphy, Conan O'Brien, Ken Jeong, Kumail Nanjiani, Marshawn Lynch, and Sharon Stone. The series arrives on February 3. [Netflix] PINOCCHIO: Stop-motion animated musical adaptation of the classic childrens' story from co-director Guillermo del Toro, which re-sets the action in '30s Italy during the rise of Benito Mussolini's fascist government. Gregory Mann voices the puppet who dreams of becoming a real boy; the cast also includes David Bradley, Ewan McGregor, Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, John Turturro, Ron Perlman, Tim Blake Nelson, Burn Gorman, Christoph Waltz and Tilda Swinton. The film is scheduled to debut in December. [Netflix]
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A second prominent TV character suffered a heart attack after riding an interactive Peloton exercise bike. Following the controversial death of Peloton fan Mr. Big on the "Sex and the City" spin-off "And Just Like That," a character [spoiler below!] had a similar experience during the season premiere of Showtime's "Billions." More: - David Costabile's character Mike Wagner had a (non-fatal) heart attack after using his Peloton on "Billions."
- In an aside that was added to the episode in post-production, Wagner tells an associate "I'm not going out like Mr. Big."
- In a statement, Peloton said that it had not authorized the use of its brand or IP in "Billions," and added that "there are strong benefits of cardio-vascular exercise to help people lead long, happy lives."
- Last week, CNBC reported that Peloton planned to pause production on some of its bikes for several months; the company has denied the report.
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 "Everyone But Jon Hamm" Jon Hamm stars in a tongue-in-cheek new ad for Apple TV+. The spot, first shared to social media on Friday afternoon, finds the "Mad Men" star scanning through recent high-profile Apple TV+ releases before noting that he wasn't invited to appear in any of them. More: - Among the Apple TV+ stars highlighted by Hamm during his tirade are Samuel L. Jackson ("The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey"), Billie Eilish ("The World's a Little Blurry"), Tom Holland ("Cherry"), Chris Evans ("Defending Jacob"), and Tom Hanks ("Finch").
- Hamm also references the upcoming Paramount film "Top Gun: Maverick," in which he has a supporting role.
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 Netflix ordered a first season for a new comedy series from Michelle Buteau, based on her book of essays "Survival of the Thickest." The comedian hosts the Netflix reality series "The Circle" and previously appeared in the streamer's original film "Always Be My Maybe." More: - Buteau co-created the series along with "New Girl" and "The Carmichael Show" vet Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, who will serve as showrunner.
- Indie film studio A24 -- which also backed the shows "Ramy" and "Euphoria" -- will produce the new series.
- Buteau will star as Mavis Beaumont, a newly-single plus-size woman who's rebuilding her life with support from her friends.
- Buteau has several other ongoing projects in the works at Netflix, including the docuseries "The Principles of Pleasure," which she'll narrate, and a new season of the reality competition series "Barbecue Showdown," which she'll host.
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 |  | Lon Harris is the writer and editor of Inside Streaming and was the very first person to ever write an Inside newsletter. He lives in Los Angeles, California, and also writes about TV and film for Fandom, Screen Junkies, Rotten Tomatoes, Gamma Ray and others. Plus he has a Game of Thrones podcast called "Casterly Talk" and competes on The Movie Trivia Schmoedown as "The Professor." |  | | Editor | Jonathan Harris is a writer for Inside.com. Previously, he wrote for The Huffington Post, TakePart.com, and the YouTube channel What’s Trending. | |
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