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Superheroes have been a part of our lives for a very long time through various movies, comics, and TV shows and we all love them for various reasons sometimes they give us hope, they inspire us, or sometimes they just distract us from our real-life problems. In today’s world between streaming and television, there are probably hundreds of superhero shows and that’s why there are many brilliant shows that go under the radar and are not noticed by the masses. That’s why we made a list of the best-underrated superhero shows you should definitely give a chance.

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I Am Not Okay With This is a coming-of-age dark comedy superhero series created by Jonathan Entwistle and Christy Hall. Based on comic book series of the same name by Charles Forsman, the Netflix series follows the story of an anxiety...

Marlee Matlin, Ramy Youssef, Lauren Ridloff, Ryan O’Connell and Ali Stroker are among the Hollywood names supporting the Inevitable Foundation’s open letter calling on the industry to shift away from relying on disability consultants and instead hire creatives with disabilities on film and TV projects.

A total of 35 deaf, disabled and allied writers, actors, showrunners and producers signed their names to the letter written and published by the Inevitable Foundation’s co-founders Marisa Torelli-Pedevska and Richie Siegel as part of their new Hire Disabled Writers, Not Just A Disability Consultant initiative.

Paul Feig, Jason Katims, Sian Heder, Liz Tigelaar, Krista Vernoff, Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz, Josh Feldman, Shoshannah Stern and Timothy Omundson also backed the open letter, pledging to, in their own creative capacities, put more disabled creatives in positions of power and move away from the consultant model. It’s a system frequently used “instead of — not...

More than 400 prominent female writers and showrunners sent a letter today to the heads of the major studios expressing their “grave concerns” about the companies’ “lack of specific production protocols” to protect their workers in anti-abortion states.

The letters, which state that “it is unacceptable to ask any person to choose between their human rights and their employment,” also demanded that the companies “pledge to discontinue all political donations to anti-abortion candidates and political action committees immediately.”

Deadline has obtained a copy of the letter to Netflix, which organizers say was sent to top executives at Amazon Studios, AMC Networks, Apple, Disney, Lionsgate, NBCUniversal, Netflix, Paramount Global, , and Warner Bros. Discovery.

The letters, whose signers include Ava DuVernay, Shonda Rhimes, Amy Schumer, Marta Kauffman, Callie Khouri, WGA West vice president Michele Mulroney and WGA West secretary-treasurer Betsy Thomas, said that “this situation raises basic matters of equality, health, and safety in the workplace.

The Brady organization against gun violence is calling on Hollywood writers, directors and producers to examine onscreen gun violence and depictions of gun safety, asking the creative community to sign a pledge that’s already garnered more than 200 signatures of such names as Judd Apatow, Shonda Rhimes, Damon Lindelof and Jimmy Kimmel and the writers of Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The pledge, while noting that the “responsibility lies with lax gun laws supported by those politicians more afraid of losing power than saving lives,” acknowledges that “America’s storytellers” have the power to “effect change.”

“Cultural attitudes toward smoking, drunk driving, seatbelts and marriage equality have all evolved due in large part to movies’ and TV’s influence. It’s time to take on gun safety,” the Brady pledge states, and goes on to ask writers, directors and producers to, whenever possible, to:

Use creativity “to model responsible gun ownership and...

Hollywood has come together to make a change over the portrayal of gun violence onscreen.

Judd Apatow, Mark Ruffalo, Jimmy Kimmel, Damon Lindelof, Adam McKay, Julianne Moore, Shonda Rhimes, Eli Roth, Mark Ruffalo, Amy Schumer, and John Glickman are among the first round of signatures for a petition calling for the film and TV industry to re-examine its influence on national gun violence in the U.S.

The petition, titled “Open Letter to Our Colleagues in the Creative Community,” calls for studios to model responsible gun safety practices in productions and curb portrayals of guns in scenes involving children. The effort, led by activists Christy Callahan, the co-chair of the Brady United Against Gun Violence organization’s Regional Leadership Council, and Robert Bowers Disney, comes after the Uvalde elementary school mass shooting on May 24.

“Considering there have been over 250 other mass shootings so far this year, it’s an almost incomprehensible tragedy.

There will not be a third season of Raising Dion. Series star Sammi Haney, who played Esperanza on the Michael B. Jordan-produced superhero drama, revealed the news Tuesday on Instagram and it was confirmed by Netflix.

“Sad to say that Raising Dion is Canceled [sic], Haney wrote. “Thank you for all of the amazing support we got from all of our wonderful fans! Season 2 was a success, equal to Season 1, even if just looking at how many people watched all of it and wanted a season 3!”

Based on the comic book by Dennis Liu, Raising Dion followed the story of Nicole (Alisha Wainwright) and her son Dion (Young) after Dion starts to manifest several mysterious, superhero-like abilities. Two years after defeating the Crooked Man (Jason Ritter), Season 2 follows Dion as he continues honing his powers with the support of his mom and Tevin (Rome Flynn), his Biona trainer who catches Nicole’s eye.

“Raising Dion” has been canceled at Netflix after two seasons, Variety has confirmed.

Series star Sammi Haney shared the news with fans on Instagram, writing in part, “Sad to say that Raising Dion is Canceled [sic] Thank you for all of the amazing support we got from all of our wonderful fans! Season 2 was a success, equal to Season 1, even if just looking at how many people watched all of it and wanted a season 3!”

“Raising Dion” first premiered on Netflix in 2019, with Season 2 of the show launching in February 2022. It followed the story of Nicole (Alisha Wainwright) and her son Dion (Ja’Siah Young) after Dion starts to manifest several mysterious, superhero-like abilities. Two years after defeating the Crooked Man (Jason Ritter), Season 2 picked up with Dion as he continues honing his powers with the support of his mom and Tevin (Rome Flynn), his Biona trainer who catches Nicole’s eye.

Raising Dion‘s titular adolescent gets to fine-tuning his powers in the trailer for Season 2 of the Netflix superhero series — and it’s a good thing, too, seeing as “something terrible is coming.”

Based on the comic book by Dennis Liu, Raising Dion tells the story of Nicole (Shadowhunters‘ Alisha Wainwright) and her son Dion (Ja’Siah Young) after Dion starts to manifest mysterious, superhero-like abilities.

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Paramount Plus announced that the animated series “Big Nate” will debut early next year. The series is from Nickelodeon Animation Studio and is based on the children’s books and comic strip written and drawn by Lincoln Peirce.

The 26-episode series follows Nate, an 11-year-old boy, and his best friends as they navigate sixth grade, dealing with disasters at home and detention at school, and using cartoons and drawing to express himself along the way. The voice actors featured in the series include Ben Giroux as Nate Wright, Dove Cameron as Ellen Wright, Rob Delaney as Martin Wright, Bryce Charles as Dee Dee Holloway, Daniel Mk Cohen as Francis Pope, Arnie Pantoja as Teddy Ortiz, Charlie Schlatter as Chad Applewhite, Kevin Michael Richardson as Principal Nichols and Carolyn Hennesy as Mrs. Godfrey.

“Big Nate” is executive produced by Mitch Watson and John Cohen and produced by Amy McKenna, with Peirce...

It’s been a long time since Dion Warren graced our screens, and he seems to have finessed his powers quite a bit in the two-plus years since Raising Dion last dropped.

Netflix on Tuesday released nine new photos from the sci-fi drama’s second season (releasing Tuesday, Feb. 1), in which Ja’Siah Young’s title character continues to hone his superhero-like abilities.

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Set two years after Dion defeated the Crooked Man, the...

More than 50 prominent showrunners, including J.J. Abrams, Shonda Rhimes and Mike Schur, have signed the WGA West’s Safe and Inclusive Workplace Pledge, committing to “partner with the guild in developing best practices proven to drive change, alongside support programs for the wider show-running community that ensure every leader has the tools and understanding necessary to create workplaces in which all members can thrive.”

The guild’s Showrunner Initiative Committee said in a message to the guild’s members, “As a writer community, we can help create a new culture, one in which abuse and discrimination cannot thrive.”

The pledge states: “As union members, mistreatment of one of us is a problem for all of us. For the last four years, there has been an evolving conversation about addressing sexism, racism, discrimination, and bullying in our industry. As showrunners, we believe this behavior should not be tolerated. And while the...

In today’s TV news roundup, Netflix announced the premiere date of “Jupiter’s Legacy,” and Showtime set the premiere date for Ziwe’s new variety show.

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Rebbi Rosie, Keiynan Lonsdale and Enrique Murciano have joined Starz‘ “Step Up” series, while Terayle Hill was promoted to series regular, reprising his role as Marquise in the upcoming season. The new cast members join Christina Milian and Ne-Yo in the series inspired by the “Step Up” Lionsgate film franchise. It centers around Ne-Yo as Sage Odom, the legendary founder of Atlanta’s famed High Water Performing Art School, whose legacy and ventures are threatened by a dark secret. Rosie plays Angel, a Brit who ditched the underworld of London’s organized crime families to prove she belongs among the world’s best dancers; Lonsdale takes over the role of Tal, originally played by Petrice Jones, the lead dancer for Sage’s billion-dollar tour,...

Exclusive: Rome Flynn (How to Get Away with Murder), Aubriana Davis (Genius: Aretha), Tracey Bonner (Sweet Magnolias) and Josh Ventura (P-Valley) have joined the Season 2 cast of Netflix’s superhero drama series Raising Dion. Production on the eight-episode second run is underway in Atlanta. Producing director Darren Grant will direct the first block of the season.

Returning as series regulars are Alisha Wainwright, Ja’Siah Young, Sammi Haney, and Jazmyn Simon. Ali Ahn and Griffin Robert Faulkner have been upped to regulars for Season 2.

Based on the comic book by Dennis Liu, Raising Dion follows the story of Nicole (Wainwright), who raises her son Dion (Young) after the death of her husband, Mark (Michael B. Jordan). The normal dramas of raising a son as a single mom are amplified when Dion starts to manifest several mysterious, superhero-like abilities. Nicole must now keep her son’s gifts secret with the help of...

Alec Bojalad Jan 2, 2020

Netflix has ordered Raising Dion season 2 with Michael B. Jordan and the rest of the creative team returning.

If it takes a village to raise a child then what kind of super city does it take to raise a super powered child? Suppose we'll find out soon as Netflix has ordered Raising Dion season 2.

Raising Dion season 2 does not have a release date yet but production will begin some time this year. The second installment of eight-year-old hero Dion Warren's story will contain eight episodes. Carol Barbee will return as showrunner. Also returning is the series entire production team including: Michael B. Jordan, Kenny Goodman, Kim Roth, Dennis Liu, and Charles D. King.

Netflix released a video of Senegalese artist Bou Bou painting some Raising Dion characters to celebrate the announcement.

Raising Dion has been officially renewed for a second season! So our friend @boubou_design made a special painting.

Dion will continue to be raised at Netflix.

The streamer has confirmed Raising Dion has been picked up for a sophomore run mere days after it was announced it was one of the 10 Most Popular Series on Netflix.

Even more promising is that it was named the Most Popular Kids & Family Series release of 2019.

Generally, Netflix makes renewal or cancellation decisions after looking at 28-day viewing data, meaning that most renewals come around one month after shows debut.

With Raising Dion premiering October 4, it was somewhat concerning that the show's fate remained up in the air into the beginning of 2020.

As of now, the second season is slated to span eight one-hour episodes, down from Season 1's 9 episode order.

Carol Barbee will continue to serve as Showrunner for the sophomore run, while Michael B. Jordan, Kenny Goodman, Kim Roth, Dennis Liu, and Charles D. King’s MacRo will return as Executive Producers.

Dion Warren will have plenty of time to hone his superpowers: Netflix has renewed its sci-fi drama Raising Dion for Season 2.

The series stars Shadowhunters‘ Alisha Wainwright — who was named TVLine’s Performer of the Week for her work in the premiere — as Nicole, a woman raising her son alone after the death of her husband, Mark (Friday Night Lights‘ Michael B. Jordan). When Dion starts to exhibit mysterious, superhero-like abilities, Nicole must keep her son’s gifts a secret with the help of her husband’s best friend (Parenthood‘s Jason Ritter), while protecting Dion from people who want...

“Raising Dion” has been renewed for Season 2 at Netflix, the streaming service announced Thursday.

The Michael B. Jordan-produced superhero drama launched its first season in October. It follows a woman named Nicole (Alisha Wainwright), who raises her son Dion (Ja’Siah Young) after the death of her husband, Mark (Jordan).

“The normal dramas of raising a son as a single mom are amplified when Dion starts to manifest several mysterious, superhero-like abilities,” Netflix said. “Nicole must now keep her son’s gifts secret with the help of Mark’s best friend Pat (Jason Ritter), and protect Dion from antagonists out to exploit him while figuring out the origin of his abilities.”

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Production on the eight-episode second season of “Raising Dion” will begin this year, with Carol Barbee set to return as showrunner, according to Netflix.

Netflix has renewed superhero drama “Raising Dion” for a second season, the streaming service announced on Thursday.

The Season 2 order includes eight one-hour episodes, and production will begin in 2020. Netflix revealed the news with an announcement video featuring Senegalese painter Bou Bou painting a portrait of Season 1’s lead characters, Nicole and Dion.

Carol Barbee will return as showrunner for the second season, and Michael B. Jordan, Kenny Goodman, Kim Roth, Dennis Liu and Charles D. King’s Macro will return as executive producers.

“Raising Dion” follows Nicole (Alisha Wainwright), a woman raising her son Dion (Ja’Siah Young) after the death of her husband, Mark (Jordan). The struggles of a single mother are amplified, however, after Dion begins to manifest superhuman abilities. Now, she must keep his powers a secret with the help of Mark’s best friend Pat (Jason Ritter) and protect Dion from those who might exploit him.

Netflix’s latest binge watch focuses on a mother dealing with her superpowered son but we really need to talk about that big twist …

This article contains major spoilers

The Taiwanese-American film producer Dennis Liu was intimately aware of the lack of diversity in Hollywood, and of the difficulties people of color faced in getting their projects greenlit. That’s why, after coming up with the idea for Raising Dion, he created a one-issue comic and a two-minute short film to drum up interest for a live-action adaptation in 2015. The idea soon caught on, and what resulted from Liu’s unconventional marketing is Netflix’s nine-episode Raising Dion, written by Carol Barbee and directed by Liu himself.

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Expecting inference from a kid bingeing on Netflix may be too much to ask, and on just about every level, “Raising Dion” refuses to let any mystery be. Take the opening sequence, which isn’t so much the first scene of the series as a preview of scenes to come later on, like one of those mini-teasers that runs right before the full trailer on YouTube or Twitter. It’s not a flash-forward — there’s no effort to connect it to the characters’ reality — it’s just a promise that if you’re bored or confused for even a second, don’t worry: There’s an explanation or explosion just around the corner.

Blunt entertainment delivery is the wave of the future, as an expanding TV landscape sees streamers fighting for your attention every waking second, but “Raising Dion’s” overt manipulation extends beyond the storytelling. The new Netflix drama...

“People with powers are either heroes or villains,” Dion Warren explains to a new friend. Dion would know. Not only does he have superpowers — the abilities to, among other things, move objects with his mind, teleport, and heal the sick — but at age seven going on eight, he sees the world with a simple morality in which everyone is good or bad, heroes or villains. And Dion’s mom Nicole has raised him to be a sweet kid who of course can only imagine himself as a hero.

Dion, played by Ja’Siah Young,...

Netflix's family-friendly superhero adaptation Raising Dion is a charming, if flawed, affair.

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With Disney+ on the horizon, Marvel is taking their ball and heading to their new home, leaving Netflix a little light on the superhero fare that has come to dominate cinemas and streaming services. Netflix can’t go without a plethora of America’s current favorite genre for long. Superhero stories resonate with wide audiences for several reasons, mainly because in a world that feels increasingly out of control, all of us want to see justice enacted, for good to overcome evil, and for someone that resembles a regular person like us become a better, more powerful, and more altruistic version of themselves.

The key to that last part is “resembles a person like us,” and though creators are starting to widen their scope to tell more inclusive stories that represent a wider array of identities and experiences,...

A detail on “Raising Dion,” Netflix’s new family drama about a boy with remarkable abilities, signals quite how far the streamer’s ambitions for this show might extend. Jason Ritter’s character Pat, a geek immersed in comic book lore and thus the person on this show best able to understand the story he finds himself in, has a cell phone ring tone that sounds awfully familiar. By the third time you hear it, you’ll recognize it: It’s the music from the opening credits of “Stranger Things.”

“Raising Dion” incorporates not just that zeitgeist smash’s theme but its themes, plural: It’s a show that sets growing up, with its attendant lessons learned and innocences lost, against the backdrop of the supernatural, giving one special kid not just a heartwarming and engaging circle of friends but also magic powers. Here, that kid is Dion Warren (Ja...

Raising Dion, starring Alisha Wainwright, Ja’Siah Young, and Michael B. Jordan, launches on Netflix October 4, 2019. Raising Dion follows the story of a woman named Nicole (Alisha Wainwright), who raises her son Dion (newcomer Ja’Siah Young) after the death of her husband, Mark (Michael B. Jordan). The normal dramas of raising a son as a single mom are amplified when Dion starts to manifest several mysterious, superhero-like abilities. Nicole must now keep her son’s gifts secret with the help of Mark’s best friend Pat (Jason Ritter), and protect Dion from antagonists out to exploit him while figuring out the origin of his abilities. About Raising Dion Showrunner: Carol Barbee EPs: Michael B. Jordan, Kenny Goodman, Kim Roth, Dennis Liu, Michael Green, Seith Mann, and Charles D. King’s MacRo Based On: Based on the Comic Book by Dennis Liu Production Company: Super Spring Productions Format: 9 x 1-hour...

As an actor, Michael B. Jordan has been a galvanizing force in leading black filmmakers and movies to both box office success and critical acclaim. Now, he’s channelling his star power into executive producing — and taking small roles in the projects he supports for an extra boost. First up is a sci-fi series for Netflix called “Raising Dion,” centered around an adorable 8-year-old boy who loves science and superheroes and soon discovers his own superhuman powers. Jordan makes a brief cameo as the boy’s father in the newly released trailer, which looks like a family-friendly fantasy drama about a baby mutant.

The official synopsis reads: “Raising Dion follows the story of a woman named Nicole (Alisha Wainwright), who raises her son Dion (newcomer Ja’Siah Young) after the death of her husband, Mark (Michael B. Jordan). The normal dramas of raising a son as a single mom are...

Netflix released the first trailer for its latest drama in the superpowered genre with “Raising Dion,” which sees a single mother team with up her late husband’s best friend to protect their increasingly-superpowered son.

The series is executive produced by Michael B. Jordan, who also co-stars alongside Alisha Wainwright, Ja’Siah Young and Jason Ritter.

Watch the video above.

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“Raising Dion” is based on the comic book of the same name written by commercial and music video director Dennis Liu, who will direct the first episode. Carol Barbee, who was most recently an executive producer on the former Lifetime series “UnREAL,” will serve as showrunner and executive producer. MacRo’s Charles D. King, Kim Roth and Poppy Hanks will also be executive producing, along with Kenny Goodman and Michael Green.

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Being a single mom can be tough sometimes. Being a single mom of a budding superhero is tough all the time.

That’s the gist of Netflix’s Raising Dion, based on the comic book by Dennis Liu, which “follows the story of a woman named Nicole who raises her son Dion after the death of her husband Mark. The normal dramas of raising a son as a single mom are amplified when Dion starts to manifest several mysterious, superhero-like abilities. Nicole must now keep her son’s gifts secret with the help of Mark’s best friend Pat, and...

Netflix has set the premiere date and unveiled the first images for its sci-fi family drama Raising Dion.

The Svod service will launch the series starring Jason Ritter, Michael B. Jordan, Alisha Wainwright and Ja’Siah Young on October 4. It comes after it handed the hourlong drama a straight-to-series order last year.

Raising Dion follows the story of Nicole Reese (Wainwright), who raises her son Dion (Young) after the death of her husband Mark (Jordan). The normal dramas of raising a son as a single mom are amplified when Dion starts to manifest several magical, superhero-like abilities. Nicole must now keep her son’s gifts secret with the help of Mark’s best friend Pat (Ritter), and protect Dion from antagonists out to exploit him while figuring out the origin of his abilities.

Wainwright’s Nicole is a big dreamer who struggles to balance everything once Dion begins to develop superhuman abilities,...

Some 778 showrunners and screenwriters have signed a statement saying that they will fire their agents if the WGA fails to reach an agreement with the Association of Talent Agents for a new franchise agreement. Signers include a slew of A-listers, including Greg Berlanti, Alfonso Cuaron, James L. Brooks, Aaron Sorkin, Norman Lear, Shonda Rhimes, Seth MacFarlane, Mike Schur, Tina Fey, Joss Whedon, Kenya Barris, Peter Farrelly, Oliver Stone, John Wells, Matthew Weiner, Noah Hawley, Vince Gilligan, John Singleton, David Chase, Barry Jenkins, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Colin Trevorrow, Eric Roth, David Shore, David Simon, Shawn Ryan, Lena Waithe, Paul Haggis, Mindy Kaling, Drew Goddard, Jenji Kohan, Carlton Cuse, Howard Gordon, Kurt Sutter, Krista Vernoff, Mara Brock Akil, Danny Strong, Rob McElhenney, Jason Katims, Terence Winter, Peter Lenkov, Michelle and Robert King, Al Jean, Robert Towne, Gloria Calderon Kellett, Kevin Williamson, Darren Star, Rashida Jones, Pamela Adlon, WGA West president David A. Goodman...

Following a seven-season run as Dr. Cuddy, the fan-favorite hospital administrator on Fox’s House, Lisa Edelstein was cast as the lead of Bravo’s Girlfriends’ Guide To Divorce. The comedy-drama, on which Edelstein plays self-help author Abby as she navigates life during and post divorce, put Bravo on the original scripted map. The show is now winding down with its fifth and final season. It includes Edelstein’s TV directing debut with the episode that premieres this Thursday, July 5. Next, Edelstein is slated to return to the medical drama genre with a recurring role on ABC’s The Good Doctor, reuniting with House creator David Shore. She will play Dr. Blaize, an expert oncologist who has returned at the request of Dr. Aaron Glassman (Richard Schiff), to help treat his cancer. Additionally, Edelstein, who just wrapped an arc on Netflix’s Chuck Lorre series The Kominsky Method, is developing...

Netflix is finalizing its cast for its straight-to-series hourlong sci-fi family drama Raising Dion, with Alisha Wainwright (Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments) and newcomer Ja’Siah Young set as leads opposite Jason Ritter and Michael B. Jordan. In addition, Seith Mann (The Breaks) has been tapped to direct the first episode and will serve as an executive producer.

Raising Dion, a Netflix production, follows the story of Nicole Reese (Wainwright), who raises her son Dion (Young) after the death of her husband Mark (Jordan). The normal dramas of raising a son as a single mom are amplified when Dion starts to manifest several magical, superhero-like abilities. Nicole must now keep her son’s gifts secret with the help of Mark’s best friend Pat (Ritter), and protect Dion from antagonists out to exploit him while figuring out the origin of his abilities.

Young’s Dion is a curious, playful, and intelligent...

Jazmyn Simon (Ballers) is set as a series regular opposite Jason Ritter and Michael B. Jordan in Netflix’s straight-to-series hourlong sci-fi family drama Raising Dion. The series is based on commercial and music video director Dennis Liu’s short film about an African-American single mother who discovers her young son has multiple, constantly changing abilities.

Raising Dion, a Netflix production, follows the story of a woman named Nicole Reese, who raises her son Dion after the death of her husband Mark (Jordan). The normal dramas of raising a son as a single mom are amplified when Dion starts to manifest several magical, superhero-like abilities. Nicole must now keep her son’s gifts secret with the help of Mark’s best friend Pat (Ritter), and protect Dion from antagonists out to exploit him while figuring out the origin of his abilities.

Simon will play Kat, a surgical resident and Nicole’s sister.

Exclusive: Great news for House fans: Lisa Edelstein is set to join the cast of the ABC medical drama The Good Doctor. She is slated to recur in several episodes beginning with the Season 2 premiere, reuniting with The Good Doctor creator/executive producer David Shore for the first time since their seven-year tenure together on another hit medical drama, Fox’s House.

On The Good Doctor, from Sony Pictures TV and ABC Studios, Edelstein will play Dr. Blaize, an expert oncologist who has returned to the hospital after a brief suspension, at the request of Dr. Aaron Glassman (Richard Schiff), to help treat his cancer. Dr. Blaize is quite comfortable going toe to toe with Glassman and isn’t afraid to have a little fun while letting him know she calls the shots.

Season 1 of The Good Doctor, the most watched new drama of last season, ended with Dr. Glassman...

Former Kevin (Probably) Saves The World star Jason Ritter has been cast in a key role in Netflix’s straight-to-series hourlong sci-fi family drama Raising Dion, based on commercial and music video director Dennis Liu’s short film about an African-American single mother who discovers her young son has multiple, constantly changing abilities. The project comes from Liu, Creed star Michael B. Jordan, who will have a supporting role, veteran showrunner Carol Barbee, writer-producer Michael Green and Charles D. King’s MacRo (Fences). Kenny Goodman executive produces.

Raising Dion, a Netflix production, follows the story of a woman named Nicole Reese, who raises her son Dion after the death of her husband Mark (Jordan). The normal dramas of raising a son as a single mom are amplified when Dion starts to manifest several magical, superhero-like abilities. Nicole must now keep her son’s gifts...

Lisa Edelstein‘s next TV gig sounds all kinds of crazy. The House vet, whose five-season run on Bravo’s Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce is about to end, is looking to headline an hour-long series adaptation of Confessions of a Sociopath, TVLine has confirmed.

According to Deadline, the project is being developed at Universal Cable Productions, the studio behind Girlfriends’ Guide, with that show’s Ep, Carol Barbee, on board as well.

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Based on M.E. Thomas’ book, Confessions of a Sociopath...

With her Bravo series Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce coming to an end, Lisa Edelstein is developing a new starring vehicle for herself with Girlfriends’ Guide former executive producer Carol Barbee and studio Universal Cable Prods. Additionally, the House alumna has been tapped for a recurring role opposite Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin on the new Netflix comedy series The Kominsky Method. Edelstein is attached to star in an hourlong dramedy based on the book Confessions…...

Superhero shows are all over the place these days. well, we're about to get one more ... Kinda. Netflix has ordered a 10-episode season of the one-hour sci-fi, family drama, Raising Dion. The series is based on the short film and comic book by Dennis Liu. Check out the film below.

The series will be about an African American woman, Nicole Reese, who is doing her best to raise her 7-year-old son Dion after the death of her husband, Mark. If it wasn't enough that she just lost her husband and has to now raise her son alone, Dion begins to manifest an array of superpowers. She enlists the help of her late husband's friend, Pat, to help her watch over Dion as she tries to learn the source of his powers and keep his abilities hidden from those that take her son from her and treat him like a lab experiment.

Netflix has ordered the Raising Dion TV show to series. The superhero saga focuses on a single mother and who is raising her young son, who happens to be a superhero with ever-changing powers. Like parenthood isn't tough enough.... The series is based on Dennis Liu's comic book and a short film of the same name. Watch it, below. A sci-fi drama, the first season of Raising Dion will consist of 10 one-hour episodes. Showrunner Carol Barbee wrote the first episode and is executive producing with Liu, who will direct the series premiere. Michael B. Jordan will appear in the series and is executive producing under his Outlier Society Productions banner. Also executive producing the Netflix production are MacRo’s Charles D. King, Kim Roth and Poppy Hanks, as well as Kenny Goodman and Michael Green. Read More…...

Netflix is developing a new ten-episode sci-fi superhero series called Raising Dion. The series is a family drama based on a short film about an "African-American single mother who discovers her young son has multiple, constantly changing abilities."

The short was created by music video director Dennis Liu and Creed star Michael B. Jordan is set to co-star in the series. The story of which follows "a woman named Nicole Reese, who raises her son Dion after the death of her husband Mark (Jordan). The normal dramas of raising a son as a single mom are amplified when Dion starts to manifest several magical, superhero-like abilities. Nicole must now keep her son’s gifts secret with the help of Mark’s best friend Pat, and protect Dion from antagonists out to exploit him while figuring out the origin of his abilities."

The series is being developed by Liu along with showrunner Carol Barbee (UnReal.

Joseph Baxter Kirsten Howard Oct 6, 2017

Netflix has given a series order to Raising Dion, a sci-fi story about woman raising a super-powered young son...

Another superhero series is joining Netflix’s original content lineup, however, this one won’t quite fit in with its existing Marvel small screen scene.

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Raising Dion, an independently-created superhero sci-fi story that carries a heartfelt family twist, has been given a full, 10-episode series order by the streaming giant.

The story stems from a 2015 short film and comic book of the same name, created by Dennis Liu. It depicts the innately unconventional parenting task of a widowed African-American woman, whose 7-year-old son Dion possesses an array of potent superpowers (telekinesis, energy projects, invisibility,...

Joseph Baxter Sep 18, 2019

Netflix series Raising Dion is a uniquely family-driven sci-fi story about woman raising a super-powered young son.

Raising Dion is another superhero series that’s joining Netflix’s original content; a lineup recently stemmed after across-the-board cancellations of its Marvel shows. However, this 10-episode serial genre offering has a major ace up its sleeve with a co-star who's one today's hottest box office draws, Michael B. Jordan.

An adaptation of the 2015 short film and comic book of the same name created by Dennis Liu and illustrated by Jason Piperberg, Raising Dion depicts the innately unconventional parenting task of a widowed African-American woman, whose 7-year-old son Dion possesses an array of potent superpowers. Yet, despite its fantastical premise, the focus rests more on the realistic implications that one would have when raising a child who has a normal sense of wonder and mischief, but happens to possess incredibly dangerous abilities.

Friday Night Lights alum Michael B. Jordan is returning to the small-screen, as a co-star and executive producer on the new Netflix superhero drama Raising Dion.

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Raising Dion, based on the Dennis Liu short film and comic book of the same name, focuses on Nicole Reese, an African-American single mother who learns that her young son has “several magical, superhero-like abilities” following the death of her husband Mark (Jordan). Per the official logline, “Nicole must now keep her son’s gifts secret with the help of Mark’s best friend Pat,...

Netflix has given a 10-episode straight-to-series order to hourlong sci-fi, family drama, Raising Dion, based on commercial and music video director Dennis Liu’s short film about an African-American single mother who discovers her young son has multiple, constantly changing abilities. The project comes from Liu, Creed star Michael B. Jordan, who will have a supporting role, veteran showrunner Carol Barbee (UnReal, Judging Amy), writer-producer Michael Green (American Gods…...

Turns out UnREAL‘s recent very early Season 4 renewal came with an invisible asterisk.

TVLine has learned exclusively that Lifetime commissioned just eight episodes for Season 4, down from the 10 eps the cabler ordered for each of the series’ first three seasons. A network rep declined to comment.

In an unusual — although far from unprecedented — move, Lifetime last month renewed the Bachelor takedown for a fourth season months before Season 3’s delayed 2018 bow. As previously reported, Season 3 will introduce Everlasting‘s first “suitress” — aka female suitor — Selena, played by Master of Sex alum Caitlin FitzGerald.

Executive producer Stacy Rukeyser — who succeeded...

UnREAL fans will have to wait a while longer to meet Everlasting‘s first female suitor.

Lifetime is now confirming what Constance Zimmer first revealed on Twitter late Sunday: the drama — which wrapped its second season in August 2016 — will not return with Season 3 until 2018. Zimmer posted a selfie with co-star Shiri Appleby and urged fans to “hang in there” until the series resumes in “the first part of 2018.”

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Following a creatively disastrous second season, UnREAL has appointed a new showrunner as it plots a course for Season 3.

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Stacy Rukeyser, previously an executive producer on the Lifetime drama, will run the show’s day-to-day affairs in its upcoming third season — taking over for Carol Barbee, who became showrunner after series co-creator Marti Noxon’s exit early into Season 2 — our sister site Deadline reports. Rukeyser’s previous credits include ABC Family’s Twisted and The Lying Game.

And Rukeyser certainly has her work cut out for her. Echoing concerns from fans and critics,...

UnReal executive producer Stacy Rukeyser has been named the new showrunner of the praised Lifetime drama series, which has opened the writers room in Los Angeles for the upcoming third season. Production on Season 3 is set to in February ibegin n Vancouver for a summer 2017 debut. Rukeyser takes over from Carol Barbee who would not be returning for Season 3. Barbee joined at the beginning of the second season as an executive producer to work alongside co-creator/executive…...

"UnREAL" -- Lifetime's insightful dramedy about a dating show that is not openly "The Bachelor," but is totally "The Bachelor" -- will do in its second season what "The Bachelor" has not managed to do in 20 seasons: Cast a black man as the lead.

Season 2 doesn't start until this summer, but it already sounds like it's going to hit every mark the ABC series carefully avoids. "UnREAL" co-creator and executive producer Sarah Gertrude Shapiro -- a real-life former "Bachelor" producer -- told Entertainment Weekly that Season 2 will take on race with the introduction of a black man as the "Everlasting" bachelor, and continue to explore gender issues as Shiri Appleby's Rachel and Constance Zimmer's Quinn continue their "female Breaking Bad."

"The first season was really about the princess fantasy, and this idea that we're all intoxicated by the idea that one guy can show up and change your life.

UnREAL‘s decision to cast an African-American Everlasting bachelor in Season 2 was a no-brainer, the Lifetime series’ producers argued Wednesday at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena.

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Given race’s role in several recent news events, “There are few things more pressing than this conversation. We don’t want to fall asleep at the wheel,” co-creator Sarah Gertrude Shapiro said. The former Bachelor producer revealed that in her past reality-tv experience, the lack of diversity came down to “incredibly pragmatic decisions” like not wanting to alienate an audience.