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Exclusive: Josh Lucas (Yellowstone) has signed on to star in Slay the Dreamer, a new film based on the life of Rev. James Lawson, the civil rights activist who was friend and advisor to Martin Luther King Jr., from director Joshua Michael Stern (Jobs).

Lucas stars as a washed-up lawyer who in 1976, at Lawson’s request, takes on the case of Grace Walden, the only eyewitness to the man who shot King who had been involuntarily held in a mental institution outside Memphis since the assassination eight years earlier. As the lawyer and his paralegal investigate Walden’s case, they uncover a conspiracy surrounding King’s assassination and risk their careers and lives to bring the truth to light.

Script is by by Donald Freed and Mark Lane, with a rewrite by Stern. Elizabeth Fowler and actor Harold Perrineau (MGM+’s From) are producing, with Joe Berlinger exec producing, and Foresight Media Services financing. Fowler and Perrineau are currently in negotiations with additional cast and are targeting a spring kickoff to production.

In a statement to Deadline, producer Fowler said, “”Slay The Dreamer” is a powerful true political thriller that will remind the world of Martin Luther King’s movement that was deliberately derailed by his assassination. We are hopeful that our film and the release of the classified files will finally reveal the true story behind the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.”

Recently starring in the series Palm Royale, Yellowstone and Long Slow Exhale, Lucas is also known for turns in films like Ford v Ferrari, The Lincoln Lawyer, A Beautiful Mind, American Psycho, J. Edgar, Glory Road, and Sweet Home Alabama, among many others. He is repped by WME, Liebman Entertainment, and Hirsch Wallerstein Hayum.

Stern is best known as the creator, executive producer and director of Epix’s Nick Nolte comedy Graves, and for directing the films Jobs, starring Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs, and Swing Vote, starring Kevin Costner. He is repped by Innovative Artists and attorney Darren Trattner.

Michael Rosenbaum played television’s Lex Luthor on Smallville for over a decade, and has since become involved as a producer on a variety of projects. His latest endeavor is a TV series about Dorothea Puente, California’s most notorious female serial killer.

Per Deadline, the Smallville alum is collaborating with former Sony Pictures Television Studios president Jeff Frost via his new production company, Bristol Circle Entertainment. Michael Rosenbaum and Jane Whitney are co-creators, writers, and producers on the series. Jobs director and Graves creator Joshua Michael Stern will serve as executive producer along with Frost.

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Rosenbaum is most famous for his role as a young Lex Luthor, best friend to Tom Welling’s Clark Kent on Smallville. Also...

Smallville’s very own Lex Luthor, Michael Rosenbaum, serves as one of the co-creators behind an upcoming television series based on the notorious serial killer Dorothea Puente (per Deadline). Known as the Death House Landlady, Puente callously murdered some of the elderly people who stayed at her boarding house in Sacramento, California during the 1980s. The mass murderer would then profit off her victims by cashing in their social security checks.

The former President of Sony Pictures Television Studios, Jeff Frost, is spearheading the Dorothea Puente project as an executive producer through his production company, Bristol Circle Entertainment. Co-creator Joshua Michael Stern will serve as the showrunner and an executive producer, while co-creators Rosenbaum and Jane Whitney will serve as writers and EPs. Rosenbaum portrayed Clark Kent’s (Tom Welling) best friend and later his most dangerous adversary for seven seasons on the must-see WB and CW series, Smallville.

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Exclusive: The story of California’s most notorious female serial killer, Dorothea Puente, is being turned into a TV series by former Sony Pictures Television Studios President Jeff Frost through his new production company, Bristol Circle Entertainment.

Smallville alum Michael Rosenbaum and his writing partner Jane Whitney are co-creators, writers and executive producers on the project, now in development, with Graves creator Joshua Michael Stern serving as co-creator, executive producer and showrunner. Frost is executive producing.

The potential series is based on the life of Puente. In 1980s, she opened a boarding house in Sacramento, inviting the poor, the mentally infirm and homeless to live there, often for free. Hailed as a generous benefactor, Puente, then in her 50s, was in reality murdering her boarders and continuing to cash their social security checks. After evading suspicion for years, in part because of her disarming, matronly demeanor, Puente was ultimately arrested.

Exclusive: Corbin Bernsen (Clipped) has wrapped production on Woodstockers, an indie TV pilot for which he wrote the original draft, in which he stars opposite Stephen Tobolowsky (Nobody Wants This).

The original logline for the dark generational comedy teased the story of “two guys who went to Woodstock in ’69 and never left,” with Bernsen and Tobolowsky respectively playing friends Lenny Baker and Cal Reddick. But per Bernsen, who relocated to the Hudson Vally six years ago, “Early on I had the good fortune to connect with Michael Lang, one of the original organizers of Woodstock, and quickly discovered a deeper story about the 60’s and a generation who espoused ‘Love and Peace,’ but failed in their early attempts to ‘change the world.’ At the same time, I witnessed a new generation dusting off the “hippie” mantra and giving it their own spin.”

Woodstockers‘ cast also includes Oscar nominee Barbara Hershey...

Election Day, aka the most fraught, divisive, and anxiety-inducing time of American politics, is almost upon us once again ... and Hollywood, as always, tends to offer up the perfect distraction (like this past episode of "SNL"). Then again, I suppose that depends on your definition of "perfect." In August of 2008, while then-Presidential nominees Barack Obama and John McCain battled it out in a heated race that would go on to define the next decade-plus of global diplomacy and policymaking, "Yellowstone" star Kevin Costner and co-leads Paula Patton and Kelsey Grammer were busy starring in arguably one of the most misguided pieces of political entertainment until Adam McKay decided he was the right person to write and direct 2018's "Vice." "Swing Vote" tells the story of how one random, apolitical citizen (Costner) inexplicably becomes the deciding vote in the entire Presidential election, with both major parties fighting to earn his endorsement.

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Frasier's love life takes center stage in the reboot as he navigates dating after his breakup with Charlotte. The Frasier reboot reveals a mysterious gap in Frasier's Chicago years and his breakup with Charlotte. The mention of Kevin Costner in the episode creates a paradox in the Frasier universe, hinting at deeper meaning and similarities between Costner and Kelsey Grammer.

The Frasier reboot episode 6 creates a weird Kelsey Grammer paradox because of a Kevin Costner joke. Everyone's favorite snobby psychiatrist has returned to Boston as a Harvard educator. As he embarks on this third and final act, Frasier's love life is also going to be a focal point in the new series, especially on the heels of his break-up with Charlotte. With his new job and dynamic with Freddy effectively established, the Frasier reboot begins to delve deeper into the specifics of...

Some movies based on true stories accurately depict real-life events and receive high praise for sticking close to the source material, while others deviate significantly from the truth. Films like "Diana" and "Jobs" faced criticism for inaccurately portraying the lives of Princess Diana and Steve Jobs, respectively, leading to backlash from those close to the subjects. "World Trade Center" and "Liz & Dick" also received negative reviews for failing to accurately portray the tragic events they were based on, with criticisms ranging from poor acting performances to poorly written scripts.

Countless Hollywood movies have been inspired by real-life events, though several were actually littered with inaccuracies. Though the tagline of "based on a true story" is a large part of their appeal, it's not a promise that they all deliver on. Not all biographical and historical movies tell stories with a strong basis in real life.

Films based on true...

Exclusive: Multi-Oscar nominated director Bruce Beresford is set to direct The Place I Belong about pro golfer Moe Norman.

The Place I Belong follows the rise of Norman, from caddie and bowling alley pinsetter to playing the Masters and on the pro tour. His eccentric behavior led Moe to be bullied out of the sport he loved, but he became an unknown legend, playing and winning smaller tournaments, setting course records, living hand to mouth, sometimes sleeping in his car or in sand traps at the courses he played.

David Carver is producing. Carver co-wrote screenplay with Mark Bergen, Josh Schorr and Todd Korgan, based on previous versions by Joshua Michael Stern, David Lee Miller and Eric Adams.

David Steinberg and Robyn Todd are EPs. Wayne Gretzky and Janet Gretzky are co-producers.

Beresford has directed over 25 films including the four-time Oscar winning Best Picture Driving Miss Daisy” which grossed over $145M WW back in 1989-1990. He also helmed Tender Mercies which won two Oscars and one Golden Globe; Breaker Morant.

Says Beresford, “The central character is delightfully eccentric and the story of his amazing life and career those around it, is told with humor, compassion, sophistication and insight. I enthusiastically accepted the offer to direct such a fascinating group of characters and story, told on and off the golf course.”

Carver adds, “Bruce’s skill with the period piece genre, particularly in transformational roles, and the simple fact that he makes very classy movies, has us overwhelmed with appreciation that he will be directing our 25-year passion project.”

Beresford is represented by David Gersh of The Gersh Agency. Steinberg and Todd are represented by Jason Weinberg and Michael Rosenberg of Untitled Entertainment.

Marc Cherry is returning to broadcast TV.

The Desperate Housewives creator has struck a direct talent deal with Fox and has set up his first project at the network – psychic-fueled spy drama Jenny Is A Weapon.

The project has landed a script commitment from the network and is being eyed for a potential straight-to-series order.

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It follows the story of a sheltered Maryland housewife who, at the moment her marriage falls apart, discovers she has special psychic powers and is recruited by a secret government agency where she will have to juggle her broken family and saving the world.

Fox’s President of Entertainment Michael Thorn told Deadline that it’s the “unlikely story of a heroic housewife”.

“It has the signature Marc Cherry 40-something female lead,” he added. “This is not a procedural, it’s not a classic franchise, but it’s...

“Desperate Housewives” and “Devious Maids” creator Marc Cherry is developing a new female-fronted drama at Fox.

Titled “Jenny Is a Weapon,” the one-hour series follows the story of a sheltered Maryland housewife who, at the moment her marriage falls apart, discovers she has special psychic powers and is recruited by a secret government agency where she will have to juggle her broken family and save the world, per its official logline.

The drama has received a script commitment from Fox Entertainment and is being eyed for a potential straight-to-series order at the broadcaster under a direct deal with Cherry.

Should it be picked up, the choice to produce “Jenny Is a Weapon” in house, rather than working with an outside studio on the show, is part of Fox’s new continuous strategy to own as much of its aired content as possible now that it is an independent network.

Michael Thorn,...

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Fox is getting into business with Desperate Housewives and Why Women Kill creator Marc Cherry. The network is also bringing the Farmer Wants a Wife reality format back to the United States.

The two announcements capped Fox’s day at the Television Critics Association on Wednesday. The Cherry project, titled Jenny Is a Weapon, has a script commitment with an eye toward a straight to series pickup. Farmer Wants a Wife, meanwhile, scored a series order and will begin production in the fall and will follow several farmers who “live hundreds of miles away from the nearest Tinder date,” as Rob Wade, president alternative entertainment and specials at Fox Entertainment, put it.

“I’m really excited about that show,” Wade told The Hollywood Reporter. “I think it’s going to speak to a lot of people. I think it touches on this nostalgia for the past,...

Exclusive: Oakhurst Entertainment has come aboard to finance Slay The Dreamer, the film based on the life of civil rights activist and advisor to Martin Luther King Rev. James Lawson from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Joe Berlinger.

Berlinger is directing from a screenplay by Donald Freed and Mark Lane with a rewrite from Joshua Michael Stern. It follows Lawson’s efforts to reopen the investigation of King’s murder. Lawson, who was instrumental in the Sanitation Workers’ Strike in Memphis, Lawson invited King to the city to speak to the workers the night before his assassination.

In 1976, Lawson discovered that Grace Walden, the only eyewitness to the man who shot King, had been involuntarily held in a mental institution outside Memphis since the assassination eight years earlier. Walden was held under a fake name after turning down a $100,000 reward from the FBI and refusing to sign an affidavit stating that James Earl Ray...

Shailene Woodley has joined the cast of After Exile, the Joshua Michael Stern-directed drama, with the previously cast Robert De Niro and Shia Labeouf. The story is based on the life of Michael Tovo, who co-wrote the script with Anthony Thorne. Deadline reports the following synopsis and character descriptions:

After Exile is the story of Mike Delaney (Labeouf) who, after being released from prison for killing an innocent man after a violent robbery, must re-enter his old life where he and his ex-criminal father (De Niro) attempt to save his younger brother from a dead end future of drugs and crime. The drama is about the difficult trajectory toward forgiveness and redemption. De Niro will play Ted Delaney, an ex-con who lost his wife years ago and now suffers from alcoholism and guilt. All he has left is the instinct to save his two sons from the dark and destructive paths they are on.

Actress Shailene Woodley has joined stars such as Robert De Niro and Shia Labeouf in the upcoming independent crime drama "After Exile".

Labeouf will play an ex-con who, following release from prison for killing an innocent man after a violent robbery, must re-enter his old life with his father (De Niro) in order to save his younger brother from a life of drugs and crime. De Niro will play another ex-con suffering from alcoholism and guilt, reports variety.com.

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Woodley will portray a woman who grew up with Labeouf's character and suffered through a troubled relationship. After he leaves prison, she tries to rekindle their relationship.

Filming will begin in November in Philadelphia.

Joshua Michael Stern, whose credits include the Steve Jobs biopic "Jobs" and the Epix series "Graves", will handle directing duties.

Woodley received an Emmy nomination for her role as...

Shailene Woodley has joined Robert De Niro and Shia Labeouf in the upcoming independent crime drama “After Exile.”

Labeouf will play an ex-con who, after being released from prison for killing an innocent man after a violent robbery, must re-enter his old life with his father (De Niro) in order to save his younger brother from a life of drugs and crime. De Niro will play another ex-con suffering from alcoholism and guilt.

Woodley will portray a woman who grew up with Labeouf’s character and suffered through a troubled relationship. After he leaves prison, she tries to rekindle their relationship. Filming will begin in November in Philadelphia.

Joshua Michael Stern, whose credits include the Steve Jobs biopic “Jobs” and the Epix series “Graves,” will handle directing duties. Anthony Thorne and Michael Tovo are writing the script. Thorne and Steve Snyder of Pacific Shore Films are producing, with Pacific Shore also financing the film.

“Big Little Lies” star Shailene Woodley has joined the cast of “After Exile,” an indie crime drama starring Robert De Niro and Shia Labeouf, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.

“After Exile” will be directed by Joshua Michael Stern from a script by Anthony Thorne and Michael Tovo, who wrote the film’s story based on true events from his life.

Woodley will play a character who grew up with Labeouf’s and whose fractured relationship with him leads him to him turning to drugs and falling into depression.

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Labeouf is playing an ex-convict just released from prison after killing an innocent man following a violent robbery. He tries to re-enter society while working with his father, played by De Niro, to prevent his younger brother from falling into a...

Exclusive: Shailene Woodley has signed to star with Robert De Niro and Shia Labeouf in After Exile, the Joshua Michael Stern-directed drama. Anthony Thorne and Michael Tovo wrote the script, and the latter wrote the story, based on true events from his life.

The film is being produced by Anthony Thorne and Steve Snyder of Pacific Shore Films, which is financing.

After Exile is the story of Mike Delaney (Labeouf) who, after being released from prison for killing an innocent man after a violent robbery, must re-enter his old life where he and his ex-criminal father (De Niro) attempt to save his younger brother from a dead end future of drugs and crime. The drama is about the difficult trajectory toward forgiveness and redemption. De Niro will play Ted Delaney, an ex-con who lost his wife years ago and now suffers from alcoholism and guilt. All he has left...

Robert De Niro and Shia Labeouf are set to star in an upcoming crime drama called After Exile and they will play father and son.

According to Variety, Labeouf will play an ex-con who, “after being released from prison for killing an innocent man after a violent robbery, must re-enter his old life with his father (De Niro) in order to save his younger brother from a life of drugs and crime.”

De Niro’s character is also and ex-con and he is suffering from alcoholism and guilt. The movie is being directed by Joshua Michael Stern from a script written by Anthony Thorne and Michael Tovo are writing the script.

I’ve truly enjoyed the films that Labeouf has been making lately. Fury, Honey Boy, and The Peanut Butter Falcon, have all been fantastic films that the actor has shined in. I love the fact that he will be...

Robert De Niro and Shia Labeouf have both signed up to star ‘After Exile’, inspired by the real-life events of a convicted murderer.

Labeouf plays a man released from prison for killing an innocent man after a violent robbery.

De Niro will play Ted Delaney, an ex-con who lost his wife years ago and now suffers from alcoholism and guilt. All he has left is the instinct to save his two sons from the dark and destructive paths they are on.

The film tells the story of Mike Delaney (Labeouf) who, after being released from prison for killing an innocent man after a violent robbery, must re-enter his old life where he and his ex-criminal father (De Niro) attempt to save his younger brother from a life of drugs and crime. The drama is about the difficult trajectory toward forgiveness and redemption.

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Shia Labeouf is continuing his streak of independent dramas with After Exile. The young actor will join the great Robert De Niro on screen as his son. Labeouf will play Mike Delaney who was sent to prison for killing an innocent man after a violent robbery. Once he is finally released, he gets pulled back into the criminal life with his ex-convict, alcoholic father (De Niro). Riddled with guilt, the two must save Delaney's younger brother from a life of drugs and crime.

The drama will be directed by Joshua Michael Stern who sat in the director's chair for Swing Vote, Jobs, and the Epix series Graves. Relatively newcomers Anthony Thorne and Michael Tovo are writing the script for the well-rounded stars. The film comes from Pacific Shore Films through producers Anthony Thorne and Steve Snyder as well as executive producer Les Cohen.

Shia Labeouf is most known for his...

Robert De Niro and Shia Labeouf are joining forces for After Exile, a crime drama based on true events. Oddly enough, this movie isn’t a sequel, nor is it an adaptation of a comic book or a TV show. Weird, right? Do they even make movies like that anymore? Joshua Michael Stern, director of the other Steve Jobs biopic Jobs, […]

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Robert De Niro and Shia Labeouf will portray a father and son in the upcoming independent crime drama “After Exile.”

Labeouf will play an ex-con who, after being released from prison for killing an innocent man after a violent robbery, must re-enter his old life with his father (De Niro) in order to save his younger brother from a life of drugs and crime. De Niro will play another ex-con suffering from alcoholism and guilt.

Joshua Michael Stern, whose credits include the Steve Jobs biopic “Jobs” and the Epix series “Graves,” will handle directing duties. Anthony Thorne and Michael Tovo are writing the script. Filming will start in Philadelphia in October.

Les Cohen will serve as executive producer, while Anthony Thorne and Steve Snyder of Pacific Shore Films are producing. Pacific Shore Films is financing the film.

In the meantime, De Niro is starring in Martin Scorsese’s mob thriller “The Irishman” alongside Al Pacino,...

Robert De Niro and Shia Labeouf are set to star in the crime drama “After Exile,” which is inspired by the true story of one of the film’s screenwriters, two individuals with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.

Joshua Michael Stern is directing the film from a script by Anthony Thorne and Michael Tovo, who wrote the film’s story based on true events from his life.

In the film, Labeouf will play an ex-convict just released from prison after killing an innocent man following a violent robbery. He tries to re-enter society while working with his father, played by De Niro, to prevent his younger brother from falling into a similar life of drugs and crime. De Niro’s character is also an ex-con who years earlier lost his wife and still struggles with alcoholism and guilt, even as he hopes to prevent his sons from following his same path.

Word is being passed around the exercise yard that Robert De Niro and Shia Labeouf have signed on to star in After Exile, a crime-related feature from Jobs and Swing Vote director Joshua Michael Stern. Based on a script penned by Anthony Thorne and Michael Tovo, the story of After Exile is based on true events from Tovo's own life. According to Deadline, who officially…...

Two guys who are expected to have a pretty big fall film season are Robert De Niro and Shia Labeouf. The former is starring in what might be the most-anticipated film of the fall, “The Irishman,” as well as the superhero film that is getting Oscar buzz, “Joker.” The latter just saw his festival hit “The Peanut Butter Falcon” arrive in theaters and will next be seen in the pseudo-biopic “Honey Boy.” Now, for their next project, it appears that De Niro and Labeouf are going to team up for “After Exile.”

According to Deadline, the duo has signed on to star in the upcoming film “After Exile,” which is set to be directed by Joshua Michael Stern.

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Exclusive: Robert De Niro and Shia Labeouf have committed to star in After Exile. Joshua Michael Stern is set to direct a script by Anthony Thorne and Michael Tovo. Latter wrote the story, based on true events from his life.

The film is being produced by Anthony Thorne and Steve Snyder of Pacific Shore Films, which is backing the film.

After Exile is the story of Mike Delaney (Labeouf) who, after being released from prison for killing an innocent man after a violent robbery, must re-enter his old life where he and his ex-criminal father (De Niro) attempt to save his younger brother from a life of drugs and crime. The drama is about the difficult trajectory toward forgiveness and redemption. De Niro will play Ted Delaney, an ex-con who lost his wife years ago and now suffers from alcoholism and guilt. All he has left is the instinct to...

Network: Epix. Episodes: 20 (half-hour). Seasons: Two. TV show dates: October 16, 2016 — December 10, 2017. Series status: Cancelled. Performers include: Nick Nolte, Sela Ward, Heléne Yorke, Chris Lowell, Skylar Astin, Callie Hernandez, Tania Gunadi, Ernie Hudson, Roger Bart, Khotan Fernandez, Harry Hamlin, Nia Vardalos, Kathy Najimy, Adam Goldberg, Spencer Grammer, Wallace Shawn, Jaqueline Bisset, Sarah Baker, Matt Long, Lauren Weedman, Michael Cyril Creighton, Joanna Sanchez, and Juliette Lewis. TV show description: The Graves TV show is a political comedy from creator Joshua Michael Stern. The story centers on Richard Graves (Nolte), a former President of the United States, his wife Margaret (Ward), and their children Olivia (Yorke), and Jeremy (Lowell). Twenty-five years after the...

President Graves' quest to right past wrongs has come to a sudden end. Epix has cancelled its Graves TV show after just two seasons. This means episode 2.10, "Spark Meet Gasoline," which aired on December 10th, will serve as the unintended Graves TV series finale. . An Epix political comedy from creator Joshua Michael Stern, Graves stars Nick Nolte, Sela Ward, Skylar Astin, Heléne Yorke, Chris Lowell, Callie Hernandez, Ernie Hudson, Roger Bart, and Nia Vardalos. The story centers on Richard Graves (Nolte), a former President of the United States, his wife Margaret (Ward), and their children Olivia (Yorke), and Jeremy (Lowell). Twenty-five years after the fact, President Richard Graves has an epiphany and decides to clean up his legacy. Read More…...

Vulture Watch Is Richard Graves still on the road to redemption? Has the Graves TV show been cancelled or renewed for a third season on Epix? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Graves, season three. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?   What's This TV Show About? A political comedy from creator Joshua Michael Stern, airing on Epix, Graves stars Nick Nolte, Sela Ward, Skylar Astin, Heléne Yorke, Chris Lowell, Callie Hernandez, Ernie Hudson, Roger Bart, and Nia Vardalos. The story centers on Richard Graves (Nolte), a former President of the United States, his wife Margaret (Ward), and their children Olivia (Yorke), and Jeremy (Lowell). Twenty-five years after the fact, President Richard Graves...

Updated: Evan Helmuth, the film and TV actor who played a priest in William Brent Bell’s 2012 horror movie The Devil Inside, died Monday of complications from a stroke. He was 40. Also among his film credits, he appeared opposite Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore in the Farrelly Brothers’ Fever Pitch, and was in Joshua Michael Stern’s 2013 Steve Jobs biopic Jobs starring Ashton Kutcher. On the TV side his credits spanned the likes of Alias, NCIS, Bones, Rizzoli & Isles and…...

When it came to the Epix series Graves, a comedy that follows a former Republican President, creator-showrunner Joshua Michael Stern didn’t think that the recent Presidential election cycle would matter. “It actually did,” he said. “A lot of the underlying themes, [although] not so specific to what’s going on, but lot of the things the country is grappling with will show itself in the show.” Stern was speaking at Deadline’s annual The Contenders Emmys event in front of a…...

The new Epix series “Graves” follows former President of the United States Richard Graves (Nick Nolte) as he learns how his policies have damaged the country twenty years after leaving office just as his wife Margaret (Sela Ward) starts following through on political ambitions of her own. The show has garnered mostly positive reviews, with IndieWire’s Ben Travers giving it a B+ and saying that it’s a “well performed, warmly funny tale.” Watch an exclusive clip from this Sunday’s episode featuring the Graves family in therapy and Margaret unleashing a string of criticism against her husband two children (Heléne Yorke and Chris Lowell).

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The series is created by Joshua Michael Stern. He previously wrote and directed the film “Swing Vote,” about a U.S. presidential election that’s determined by the vote...

Girls returns for its sixth and final season Sunday, February, 12.

Created by and starring Lena Dunham, the Emmy®-winning comedy series is a comic look at the assorted humiliations and rare triumphs of a group of girls in their 20s.

Girls Season 5 was definitely its best, and we're expecting big things from Lena Dunham and friends for the end run.

The comedy series Crashing premieres Sunday, February 19 at 10:30, following Girls.

The show was created by and stars Pete Holmes as a standup comic who discovers that his wife is unfaithful, leading him to reevaluate his life amidst the New York City comedy scene.

Holly Hunter will be starring in Alan Ball's straight-to-series multiracial family drama at HBO. It is, as of yet, untitled.

The series is about the Black-Bishop family. Hunter will star as Audrey Black. She and her husband, Greg, are socially conscious idealst with one biological...

The launch of Goliath on Amazon on October 14 and the debut of Graves on Epix on October 16 show that originality is not the only currency in this era of Peak TV. The Billy Bob Thornton-starring legal drama from David E. Kelley and the Nick Nolte-led comedy created by Joshua Michael Stern also reveal that the fuel in certain vehicles are sometimes not the stars. In both cases here, the real power comes from Maria Bello and Molly Parker in Goliath and Sela Ward in…...

USA Today has unveiled three new photos from Rawson Marshall Thurber's action comedy "Central Intelligence" which opens June 17th. Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart team-up from the project as former classmates who reunite at their 20-year high school reunion - the once fat and nerdy Johnson is now a deadly CIA agent who has been framed and has to enlist the help of the once popular turned mild-mannered accountant Hart.

"Star Trek Beyond" co-scribe Doug Jung has been hired to pen a re-write of the modestly-budgeted, Julius Onah-directed, sci-fi thriller "God Particle" which J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk will produce. Oren Uziel wrote the original screenplay which follows an American space station crew who, believing they have destroyed Earth via a Hadron accelerator, allow the crew of hostile nations to board their ship with disastrous results... full details

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Harry Hamlin is set for a recurring role opposite Nick Nolte and Sela Ward in Epix's 10-episode original single-camera comedy series Graves, from Lionsgate TV. Written by Joshua Michael Stern, Graves is a political satire that centers on former U.S. president Richard Graves (Nolte), who has an epiphany two decades after leaving office, realizing that some of his policies have brought damage to the country. He embarks on a quest to right the wrongs just as his wife…...

In what would be a solid casting coup for Lionsgate TV’s Epix comedy “Graves,” Anne Heche is in final negotiations to co-star alongside Nick Nolte and Sela Ward in at least seven of ten episodes, TheWrap has learned. Representatives from Epix and Lionsgate TV could not confirm Heche’s casting at this time. The new series from creator Joshua Michael Stern (“Swing Vote”) stars Nolte as a former U.S. President who decides he made mistakes during his administration and sets out to right his wrongs. Ward plays his wife Margaret Graves, who decides to embark on a political career of her own.

Sela Ward has been cast as the female lead opposite Nick Nolte on Epix’s 10-episode original single-camera comedy series Graves. She succeeds Susan Sarandon, who originally was attached to play the role but pulled out "due to artistic differences." Written on spec by Joshua Michael Stern, who brought Nolte aboard early on, Graves is a political satire that centers on former U.S. president Richard Graves (Nolte) who has an epiphany two decades after leaving office…...

If I hadn’t seen Alex Gibney’s documentary Steve Jobs: The Man Inside The Machine earlier this year, I’d probably be a little more enchanted by Danny Boyle’s Hollywoodized dramatization, Steve Jobs. Written by the quick-witted Aaron Sorkin, this take on Apple’s infamous mogul is a surprisingly brief glimpse into three major turning points in Jobs’ career, focusing on the strained relationship between a man and the child he refused to acknowledge as his own daughter. Where Gibney made us question Jobs’ ethics, and where filmmaker Joshua Michael Stern sought out to chronicle Steve’s rise to power in Jobs, Sorkin fixates on the titular character’s capacity for human emotion, boiling a jagged persona down to what should be a meaningful parental bond. This is the human side of Jobs we finally get to explore – albeit a more glitzy, crowd-pleasing take.

Steve Jobs strikes...

Lucille Ball: The glamour look. Cate Blanchett to play Lucille Ball: Actress won Oscar for incarnating Ball's fellow Rko contract player Katharine Hepburn Two-time Oscar winner Cate Blanchett is reportedly slated to star in a biopic of former Rko and MGM actress and big-time television comedienne Lucille Ball. Aaron Sorkin, Oscar winner for David Fincher's The Social Network, will be responsible for the screenplay. According to Entertainment Weekly, the Lucille Ball film biopic will focus on Ball's two-decade marriage to her I Love Lucy costar Desi Arnaz. In 1960, the couple had an acrimonious divorce that supposedly “shocked” clueless fans unable to tell the difference between TV reality and real-life reality. Their children, Desi Arnaz Jr. and Lucie Arnaz, had modest acting careers in film and on TV in the '70s and '80s. As per the EW.com report, they're both producing the planned Lucille Ball biopic.

Susan Sarandon will make her regular TV series debut opposite Nick Nolte in the original comedy "Graves" for Epix.

Sarandon will play Margaret Graves, the wife of a former U.S. president (Nolte), who begins to pursue her own political ambitions when her husband decides to right the wrongs of his administration twenty years after leaving office.

The project will mark the second time Nolte and Sarandon have played a married couple following 1992's "Lorenzo's Oil".

Joshua Michael Stern will write and exec produce the ten-episode series with production beginning this Fall ahead of a Fall 2016 airing on Epix.

Source: Variety...

Susan Sarandon will join Nick Nolte to star in Epix’s upcoming comedy series “Graves,” the network announced Wednesday. In the series, a half-hour political satire produced by Lionsgate, Sarandon will play Margaret Graves, the wife of former U.S. President Richard Graves (Nolte), who decides to follow her own political ambitions as her husband tries to right the wrongs of his administration. The series is set to air in Fall 2016. Joshua Michael Stern (“Swing Vote”) created the series, and will write and executive produce the 10-episode series. Greg Shapiro (“The Hurt Locker”), Keith Eisner (“The Good Wife”) and Eric Weinberg...

This sounds epic.

Susan Sarandon has been cast opposite her Lorenzo’s Oil leading man Nick Nolte in Graves, a 10-episode political satire set to premiere on Epix in Fall 2016, TVLine has learned exclusively.

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The Oscar winner will play Margaret Graves, the wife of former U.S. President Richard Graves (Nolte), who decides to follow her own political ambitions just as her husband embarks on a Don Quixote-like journey to right the wrongs of his administration.

Joshua Michael Stern...

Lee Jones in FX’s new series, The Bastard Executioner

Kurt Sutter is poised to return to FX with a new series. FX has given a series order to the new show from Sutter, who previously created Sons of Anarchy and wrote for The Shield, both of which were on FX as well. Titled The Bastard Executioner, the show’s first season will run for ten episodes, with Brian Grazer onboard as executive producer as well. Relative newcomer Lee Jones will be taking on the titular role, with Sons of Anarchy‘s Katey Sagal, True Blood‘s Stephen Moyer, and Starred Up‘s Sam Spruell among the cast, alongside Sutter himself. The Americans‘ Matthew Rhys is also set to guest star on the series.

The show itself will make its premiere on FX in the fall, though a date has yet to be announced. The show’s synopsis, via FX’s press release,...

Epix announced Thursday that it has ordered two new scripted series: hour-long epionage drama “Berlin Station,” and “Graves,” a half hour comedy starring Nick Nolte. “Graves” will see the Oscar-nominated Nolte as a former U.S. President. Twenty years after his presidency, he realizes that his policies have damaged the country. So, with his young assistant, he goes on a quest to right his administration’s wrongs just as his wife decides to follow her own political ambitions. The 10-episode, straight-to-series order will be produced in partnership with Lionsgate TV. Joshua Michael Stern (“Swing Vote”) created the project and will write,...

Epix is about to become an original series player. I have learned that the premium TV network/VOD service, backed by Viacom, Lionsgate, and MGM, is in negotiations for a 10-episode straight-to-series order for Graves, a half-hour comedy starring Nick Nolte as a former President of the United States. The project, created, executive produced and to be directed by Joshua Michael Stern (Swing Vote) and executive produced by Oscar-winning producer Greg Shapiro (The Hurt…...

• Robert De Niro is in talks for Joy. If the deal closes, De Niro would re-team him with actress Jennifer Lawrence and director David O. Russell, whom he worked with on Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle. The film tells the story of inventor of the Miracle Mop, Joy Mangano, whom Lawrence would play. De Niro is considering the role of Mangano's father, but his decision reportedly depends on whether Lawrence's deal closes. Russell is rewriting the script, which tracks Mangano's path from single mother in Long Island to QVC star, originally by Bridesmaids scribe Annie Mumolo. The film is...

Aaron Sorkin has kicked rumors and speculation to the curb and confirmed that Christian Bale will indeed play Steve Jobs in Danny Boyle’s as-yet-untitled biopic.

News comes via Bloomberg, where The West Wing scribe formally confirmed Bale’s involvement in the film, stating that The Dark Knight is “gonna crush it” as the late visionary.

“We needed the best actor on the board in a certain age range and that’s Chris Bale. It’s an extremely difficult part and he’s gonna crush it. There was a meeting. The role is an extremely difficult role; he has more words to say in this movie than most people have in three movies combined. There isn’t a scene or frame that he’s not in.”

While the casting of Bale is hardly surprising, early reports indicated that he was one of the many actors in contention for the role,...

Award-winning music video director, Benny Boom, who also helmed the 2009 feature film, "Next Day Air," is attached to do the same for another feature film titled "Wild for the Night" (aka "Hypnotize 3D"), which is described as a present-day film noir set in La's nightlife. Its synopsis reads: "A loner seeking redemption from his past, returns home, only to find himself entangled in a game of seduction, scandal and revenge on the Los Angeles Club Circuit." Boom will direct from a script that lists Gergory Ramon Anderson, Rashad El Amin, Hannah Macpherson and Joshua Michael Stern all as writers. The project hails from Vancouver, BC-based...