Keanu Reeves will no longer star in the Hulu series "Devil in the White City," based on the historical novel by Erik Larson. The series -- which has been in development for both film and TV for over a decade -- comes from executive producers Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio. More: - According to The Hollywood Reporter, Hulu is currently searching for a replacement to star in the series.
- No reason for Reeves' departure was provided; this would have marked his most significant TV role to date.
- The series centers on architect Daniel H. Burnham (which was to have been Reeves' role), who is making preparations for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
- The action cuts between Burnham and notorious serial killer Dr. H. H. Holmes, who is active in Chicago during the same period.
- "Castle Rock" vet Sam Shaw is attached to write, executive produce, and serve as showrunner.
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER 
| |
 Paramount+ released a new teaser for the third and final season of "Star Trek: Picard" during this weekend's New York Comic-Con (NYCC). The new episodes feature a near-complete reunion of the franchise's main "The Next Generation" cast. More: - In addition to star Patrick Stewart, the new season features LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, and Brent Spiner reprising their classic "Trek" roles, though many of them are now in a very different place in their lives.
- The daughter of Burton's character, Geordie La Forge, is now a starship captain herself, at the helm of the USS Titan; she's played by Ashley Chestnut.
- The last time audiences saw many of these characters in action was in the final "Next Generation" tie-in film, "Star Trek: Nemesis," released 20 years ago in 2002.
- "Picard" Season 3 arrives in February 2023.
SLASHFILM
| |
 A message from IMPACT A partnership manager’s guide to surviving economic downturns and uncertainty The economic storm has wreaked havoc and is forcing cost-reduction efforts on some businesses. With the economic downturn and imminent uncertainty in the air, how do you pivot your influencer and affiliate partnerships strategy and stay on course toward sunnier days? More innovative partnerships offer a resilient, low-risk source of revenue and can help businesses find ways to cope (and even thrive) regardless of economic conditions. Ride out the storm by learning about: - How partnerships programs change during stormy economic conditions
- The five steps to thriving during a downturn
- Riding out the storm with thoughtful decision-making
Get the guide
| |
DAILY CALENDAR MONDAY, OCTOBER 10 AVENUE 5: The sci-fi comedy series from "Veep" creator Armando Iannucci returns to HBO and HBO Max this week for a pandemic-delayed second season. The action is set in the near future on an interplanetary cruise ship that's been knocked dangerously off-course. Hugh Laurie, Josh Gad, Zach Woods, Rebecca Front, Suzy Nakamura, and Lenora Crichlow co-star. [HBO Max] OH HELL: Comedy-drama series from Germany starring Mala Emde as the messy and distracted 24-year-old Helene (nicknamed "Hell"), who's struggling to pull her chaotic life together when she meets and falls for a cello teacher (Edin Hasanović). [HBO Max] GRIMCUTTY: 2022 creature feature about a terrifying internet meme that somehow comes to life and starts killing off local teens. Sara Wolfkind, Shannyn Sossamon, and Usman Ally co-star; "The Birch" and "Bite Size Halloween" vet John Ross wrote and directed. [Hulu] BLEACH: THOUSAND-YEAR BLOOD WAR: Debut anime series, based on the final arc from the "Bleach" manga, and serving as a follow-up to the original "Bleach" series. New episodes are airing now in Japan on TV Tokyo and streaming exclusively on Hulu in the US and Disney+ throughout the rest of Asia. [Hulu] THE RISING OF THE SHIELD HERO: Debut dark fantasy anime, based on the light novel series by Aneko Yusagi. It centers on an everyday Japanese teen who's summoned to a parallel world and enlisted to fight interdimensional monsters as a "Cardinal Hero." [Hulu] MY LIFE IS MURDER: The mystery drama series from Australia and New Zealand stars Lucy Lawless as fearless private investigator Alexa Crowe. Martin Henderson ("Virgin River") joins the cast as a new series regular for the show's third season, which hits Acorn TV in the US today. [Acorn TV] SPIRIT RANGERS: Debut animated series for young kids centered on three Native American siblings who protect the national park in which they live using their magic animal powers. The show comes from "Doc McStuffins" vet Chris Nee and features an all-Native writers room. [Netflix] LEGO NINJAGO: CRYSTALIZED: The 15th and final season of the original "LEGO Ninjago" animated series is subtitled "Crystallized," and follows the ninja team as they attempt to restore Nya's human form. A new "Ninjago" animated series is expected to debut in 2023. [Netflix]
| |
 Shirley Hughes, the mother of Jeffrey Dahmer victim Tony Hughes, criticized the Netflix series "Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story" in an interview with The Guardian on Monday. The 85-year-old told the newspaper that the Netflix series didn't accurately portray her son's death, adding "I don't see how they can use our names." More: - Several relatives of Dahmer victims have condemned the series, including Eric Perry and Rita Isbell, the cousin and sister of Errol Lindsey.
- Tony Hughes -- who was deaf in real life -- is portrayed by deaf actor and reality TV star Rodney Burford; Shirley Hughes is played by Karen Malina White.
- The "Dahmer" series has been a massive global hit for co-creator Ryan Murphy, who also produced last week's top-ranking horror film on the streamer, "Mr. Harrigan's Phone."
THE GUARDIAN
| |
 A "Saturday Night Live" sketch that aired over the weekend parodied the scandal surrounding YouTubers The Try Guys, and their emotional explanation video. The group recently ejected member Ned Fulmer following the revelation that he'd carried on a consensual extramarital affair with a colleague. More: - In the "SNL" sketch, a CNN report about the war in Ukraine is interrupted for a breaking interview with the three remaining Try Guys, played by Bowen Yang, Mikey Day, and Andrew Dismukes.
- The CNN reporter, played by "SNL" regular Ego Nwodim, indicates that the Try Guys are overreacting, clarifying "your friend had a side chick and you fired him?"
- The sketch proved divisive among viewers; Amanda Wicks in The Atlantic called it "limp" and argued that the show offered "nothing artful to say about the topic."
CNET
| |
 During a New York Comic-Con panel over the weekend, Netflix released a full trailer for its mystery-comedy series "Wednesday." The "Addams Family" spinoff follows teen Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) to the peculiar Nevermore Academy, where she trains as a psychic and investigates a string of recent homicides. More: - The cast also includes Gwendoline Christie, Jame McShane, Percy Hynes White, Hunter Doohan, Riki Lindhome, and Christina Ricci, who previously played Wednesday Addams in a pair of '90s "Addams Family" movie adaptations.
- The Addams Family members are played by Catherine Zeta-Jones (Morticia), Luis Guzmán (Gomez), and Fred Armisen (Uncle Fester).
- Filmmaker Tim Burton produced the series and directed all eight Season 1 episodes.
- The series hits Netflix on November 23.
DEADLINE
| |
 The drama series "Kindred," based on the novel by Octavia E. Butler, hits Hulu on December 13. The series was produced by the FX network, and will stream on Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ elsewhere around the globe. More: - Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins -- whose TV experience includes writing and producing "Watchmen" and "Outer Range" -- will executive produce the series and serve as showrunner.
- Mallori Johnson stars as a young Black aspiring writer who moves to Los Angeles, but then violently finds herself pulled back in time to the 19th Century plantation on which her ancestor lived, forcing her to confront long-ago, dark secrets from the past.
- The cast also includes Micah Stock, Gayle Rankin, Austin Smith, and David Alexander Kaplan.
DEADLINE
| |
 During a panel at New York Comic-Con, Amazon released a trailer for its upcoming William Gibson adaptation, "The Peripheral." The series comes from "Westworld" co-creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, through their company, Kilter Films. More: - Chloë Grace Moretz stars as a woman in the near-future who witnesses a murder in what she believes to be a virtual-reality video game, then finds herself at the center of a massive conspiracy.
- Author Scott B. Smith ("A Simple Plan," "The Burnt Orange Heresy") produced the series and serves as showrunner; Vincenzo Natali ("Cube") also produced and directed the pilot.
- The cast also includes Jack Reynor, Gary Carr, Eli Goree, and Louis Herthum.
- "The Peripheral" debuts on Prime Video on October 21.
DEADLINE
| |
 Greenblatt Former WarnerMedia and NBC executive Robert Greenblatt will produce the limited series "Death at Penn State" for Lionsgate Television and Hulu. The limited series is based on Caitlin Flanagan's 2017 feature story for The Atlantic about the death of a student at Penn State's Beta Theta Pi fraternity. More: - Beta Theta Pi's Tim Piazza allegedly fought for his life for 12 hours before his brothers called 911, but by then it was too late to save him.
- The series will explore the darker side of fraternity life on campus; Greenblatt called it "a hard look at a terrible tragedy."'
- "Better Things" vet Joe Hortua is writing the script and will executive produce alongside Greenblatt and Flanagan.
- This is the second series to be announced through Greenblatt's overall deal with Lionsgate TV; he's also developing a mystery series for Peacock inspired by Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Phantom of the Opera."
HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
| |
QUICK HITS - Get the best practices from 7 successful influencer campaigns and the brands who created them.*
- At New York Comic-Con, HBO Max dropped a trailer for Season 4 of the DC Comics adaptation "Titans," landing on November 3; Joseph Morgan joins the cast as new villain Brother Blood.
- Another DC Comics series, "Doom Patrol," returns for its fourth season to HBO Max on December 8; the new season finds the super-team transported to the future and faced with their imminent demise.
- The Amazon Prime Video fantasy-comedy series "Good Omens" -- based on the cult 1990 novel by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett -- returns for a second season next summer; the new episodes will move beyond the events of the book to further explore the relationship between the angel Aziraphale (Michael Sheen) and the demon Crowley (David Tennant).
- YouTube announced the rollout of "handles," nicknames presented in the familiar @username style of Twitter that will follow a creator across their channel pages, video descriptions, comments, and YouTube Shorts, making it easier for them to interact with fans.
- Apple released a trailer for "Selena Gomez: My Mind and Me," a new documentary profile in which the actor and singer opens up about her health journey over the last six years, which includes diagnoses of lupus, depression, and anxiety; the film will open AFI Fest before hitting Apple TV+ on November 4.
- "The Power of the Doctor" -- the final episode of the British sci-fi drama "Doctor Who" to feature Jodie Whittaker as the fourteenth incarnation of alien time traveler -- will air on the BBC on October 23; the series streams on HBO Max in the US.
*This is sponsored content
| |
 |  | 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 | Eduardo Garcia is a writer and editor based in New York. He is the author of "Things You Can Do," an illustrated book about climate action. Bylines in The New York Times, The Guardian, Slate, Scientific American, and others. In one of his previous lives, Eduardo worked as a Reuters correspondent in Latin America for nearly a decade. | |
| |
Comments
Post a Comment