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This post contains spoilers from Duster season 1 episode 6 from this point forward.

After a couple episodes away, we’re back to getting a glimpse of the future to open the sixth episode of this first season of Duster. And, predictably, Jim (Josh Holloway) and Nina (Rachel Hilson) are in trouble. But will it stay that way? Let’s dive into this week’s action.

Meeting the Russian in Duster episode 6

At the end of last week's episode, Jim and Nina were on the same team with Saxton (Keith David). Jim earned his way back into Saxton’s good graces, while Nina found an in posing as an interpreter. They were both being tapped to be part of the group for the big deal meeting. And it’s looking up, but there are still challenges.

Saxton asks Jim to help smooth things over with Greek Sal after helping spoil his daughter’s wedding last episode.

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The Summer I Turned Pretty is a coming-of-age romantic comedy-drama series created by Jenny Han. Based on Han’s novel trilogy of the same name, the Prime Video series follows Isabel “Belly” Conklin, a teen girl on her summer vacation with her mother’s friend, and she soon finds herself in a love triangle with her mother’s friend’s two sons. The Summer I Turned Pretty stars Lola Tung, Jackie Chung, Rachel Blanchard, Christopher Briney, Gavin Casalegno, Sean Kaufman, Alfredo Narciso, and Minnie Mills. So, if you loved the entertaining teen drama, lovable characters, and swoon-worthy romance in The Summer I Turned Pretty, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Motorheads is a coming-of-age comedy-drama series created by John A. Norris. The Prime Video series is set in a once-thriving rust belt town,...

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Get ready for a really cool and thrilling crime drama series on HBO Max’s latest series, Duster. Created by J.J. Abrams and Latoya Morgan, the crime drama series is set in 1972, and it follows the first FBI black woman agent, Nina Hayes, who decides to join forces with Jim Ellis, a talented getaway driver, to bring down a dangerous crime syndicate. So, if you are loving the 70s setting and brilliantly written characters in Duster, here is the complete release schedule of the HBO Max series.

Duster – Episode Guide (When Will the New Episodes Come Out?) Credit – Max

Duster consists of eight episodes in total. The period crime thriller drama premiered on HBO Max with its first episode on May 15, with the rest of the episodes coming out weekly every Thursday. Check out the full episode guide...

When a show gets off the ground, it needs some kind of hook. It helps to have a familiar creator and star, even better when they’ve worked together before. Behold Duster, a new 1970s-set crime drama for Max. It comes from J.J. Abrams, the man behind Lost among other series, and stars Josh Holloway, who is best known for his work in the sci-fi thriller series.

Will their reunion on the small screen be something magical? We'll have to see. Duster drops drops new episodes Thursdays on Max, and we’ll be here recapping the action. So, for the pilot, let’s dive in. Spoilers Below.

Courtesy: Max Introducing the Duster characters

At the heart of this series are two unlikely allies, a rookie FBI Agent and a getaway driver for a notorious crime boss. We meet them both early in this premier episode. First up is Nina Hays...

“Lost” star Josh Holloway re-unites with executive producer J.J. Abrams in “Duster,” a new series set in the 1970s about a getaway driver and the FBI agent (Rachel Hilson) who tries to convince him to inform on his crime boss (Keith David).

The series is from Abrams and Latoya Morgan, whose previous credits include “Into the Badlands” and “The Walking Dead.”

Here’s when and where to watch new episodes of the show that TheWrap’s Zaki Hasan called, a “rip-roaring new caper series.”

When does “Duster” premiere?

The series premieres with on Max on May 15.

How can I watch “Duster”?

“Duster” is available to stream only on Max. (Soon to be re-branded as HBO Max).

How may episodes are in Season 1 of “Duster”?

The first season has eight episodes.

When are new “Duster” episodes released?

New episodes of “Duster” debut weekly on Max Thursdays.

When do new episodes come out?...

Many questions were raised when Warner Bros. initially announced “HBO Max” (and then “Max”) as the name of its big streaming platform.

The first and most obvious question was, “Why take a brand name as established and curated as HBO and dilute it with proximity to this much corporate flotsam and jetsam?”

Somewhere among the top five questions, though, was “Wait, can you use ‘Max’ when HBO already has ‘Cinemax’ as a corporate sibling?”

HBO’s disreputable younger brother, Cinemax attempted to shed or expand on its “Skinemax” reputation with a fairly successful run of originals between 2011 and 2019, a small group that included Strike Back, Banshee, The Knick, Warrior, Quarry and Jett. Cinemax originals were gussied-up B-movies in the best way possible — pulpy genre exercises with one or two-word titles perfect for splashing across posters or battered, well-read paperbacks.

Cinemax specialized in grindhouse TV and when HBO Max launched, Cinemax...

Josh Holloway is making a rare red carpet appearance with his two kids at the premiere of his new Max series!

The 55-year-old Lost actor was joined by daughter Java, 16, and son Hunter, 11, at the premiere of Duster on Thursday (May 8) held at Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles.

If you didn’t know, Josh shares his two kids with wife Yessica Kumala, whom he has been married to since 2004.

Fellow cast members in attendance included Rachel Hilson, Sydney Elisabeth, Greg Grunberg, Camille Guaty, Asivak Koostachin, Adriana Aluna Martinez, Benjamin Charles Watson, Corbin Benson, Gail O’Grady, Donal Logue, Kevin Chamberlin, Sofia Vassilieva, and Dan Tracy.

Here’s the logline: “In 1972, the first Black female FBI agent heads to the Southwest and recruits a gutsy getaway driver in a bold effort to take down a growing crime syndicate.”

Duster, from J.J. Abrams and Latoya Morgan, premieres on May 15 on Max.

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Christmas Books That Were Turned Into Movies ( Photo Credit – IMDb )

Not everyone likes reading books. It demands a big chunk of your time and a lot of concentration. And come on, let’s be real, why bother when you can easily watch a two-hour movie adaptation that covers all the important scenes and leaves out all the fillers? Besides, even for the most avid book readers, diving into Christmas-themed books might not be very high up on their list of holiday priorities. So, what better way to fill in that book void on Christmas than by watching some Christmas films based on books?

Here are 5 holiday-themed books that were turned into movies.

1. The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017)

“The Man Who Invented Christmas” is a Charles Dickens biographical film based on a book written by Les Standiford. It was released on November 22, 2017, in Canada and was directed by Bharat Nalluri. It stars Dan Stevens,...

The cause of actor Evan Ellingson’s death has been revealed less than a month after he died at age 35.

According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, Ellingson died from an accidental overdose of fentanyl. His body was found on November 5 at his residence in Fontana, California.

The actor opened up about his struggle with addiction in 2021 when he sought out addiction recovery treatment at River’s Edge Ranch. He said he began using drugs at age 19.

Ellingson had several notable roles in films and television roles throughout his childhood and teenage years. In 2009, he played Jesse Fitzgerald in My Sister’s Keeper, acting alongside Cameron Diaz, Abigal Breslin and Sofia Vassilieva.

His other projects include CSI: Miami, Complete Savages, 24, Letters from Iwo Jima, Titus, Mad TV and State of Mind.

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The San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner has determined one-time child star Evan Ellingson died of an accidental fentanyl overdose. An autopsy was performed on Monday, November 6 for Ellingson, who was found dead at his Fontana home the day before. His cause of death is listed on the coroner’s website as “accident”.

Ellingson was best known for his lead role in the 2009 film My Sister’s Keeper and also for his work on CSI: Miami. He was 35.

In the cancer drama My Sister’s Keeper, directed by Nick Cassavetes, Ellingson played the son of Cameron Diaz and Jason Patric and the brother to Abigail Breslin. The film, based on Jodi Picoult’s 2004 novel, also starred Sofia Vassilieva and Alec Baldwin.

His career began with guest spots on Mad TV, later moving on to a series regular role on Fox sitcom Titus in 2002. He portrayed Kyle Savage, the son of single dad...

Evan Ellingson’s cause of death has been revealed less than a month after the actor died at age 35.

Ellingson died from an accidental overdose of fentanyl, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday.

On Nov. 5, the My Sister’s Keeper star was found dead at his Fontana, California, residence, the Sheriff’s Department said at the time. TMZ previously reported that Ellingson was staying at a sober living home when he died.

Though he hadn’t appeared onscreen in 10 years, Ellingson had several roles in projects throughout his childhood and teenage years. His most notable included playing Jesse Fitzgerald, the teen son of Cameron Diaz’s Sara, in 2009’s adaptation of Jodi Picoult’s My Sister’s Keeper. He starred opposite Abigail Breslin and Sofia Vassilieva in the film.

Ellingson, who reportedly started acting at age 10, also played Kyle Harmon, the son of David Caruso’s Lt.

Following the sudden and untimely passing of Evan Ellingson, actress Abigail Breslin expressed her grief for her former co-star from My Sister’s Keeper in a heartfelt Instagram post. Ellingson, who portrayed Breslin’s on-screen older brother in the 2009 drama, which also featured Cameron Diaz and Alec Baldwin, passed away at the age of 35 on Sunday, November 5. Breslin shared a picture from their time on set, showcasing herself, Ellingson, and their co-star Sofia Vassilieva, who played their terminally sick sibling. In her caption, she reflected on her experiences working with the late actor. “Evan was a genuinely thoughtful person who cared so much about turning in the best performance, which he accomplished. Some of his scenes in Msk still give me chills,” Breslin wrote. “He was also silly, funny, a prankster, a lover of Red Bull (I hated the smell of Red Bull), and he was energetic and the life of the party,...

Evan Ellingson, a Hollywood child star who appeared in My Sister’s Keeper, CSI: Miami and 24, has died. He was 35.

The former actor was found dead at his Fontana residence on Sunday at about 11:30 a.m., according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. An autopsy and toxicology tests were completed Monday, with the cause of death pending. TMZ reports that Ellingson was residing at a sober-living home at the time of his death.

Ellingson is best known for his big-screen role opposite Cameron Diaz and Abigail Breslin in 2009’s adaptation of Jodi Picoult’s My Sister’s Keeper, directed by Nick Cassavetes. He starred as Jesse Fitzgerald, the teen son of Diaz’s Sara, and the brother to Kate (Sofia Vassilieva) — diagnosed with acute promyelocytic leukemia — and Breslin’s Anna, who was conceived to donate blood and stem cells to her ailing sister.

Before that, he appeared on multiple...

Evan Ellingson, a one-time child star, best known for his lead role in the 2009 film My Sister’s Keeper and also for his work on CSI: Miami, has died. Ellingson was found dead Sunday, Nov. 5 at his home in Fontana, CA, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner’s office. An autopsy is scheduled this morning to determine the cause of death. He was 35.

Ellingson’s final and perhaps best known role was in the cancer drama My Sister’s Keeper, directed by Nick Cassavetes, playing the son of Cameron Diaz and Jason Patric and the brother to Abigail Breslin. The film, based on Jodi Picoult’s 2004 novel, also starred Sofia Vassilieva and Alec Baldwin.

His career began with guest spots on Mad TV, later moving on to a series regular role on Fox sitcom Titus in 2002. He portrayed Kyle Savage, the son of single dad Keith Carradine in ABC sitcom Complete Savages...

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Quick Answer: Currently, Eloise at the Plaza is available to stream for Amazon Prime members.

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Eloise at the Plaza is nothing short of a cult classic that has stood the test of time as perhaps one of the best seasonal films in history (critics, feel free to disagree, but our opinion stands). As the movie approaches its 20 year anniversay, we’ve outlined how...

Update #2: Duster has now shut down production until the writers strike ends, Max has confirmed. We hear that the J.J. Abrams-exec produced period drama informed cast and crew on a Zoom call yesterday. It joins a number of other shows affected by the strike.

Update (May 24 3:40 pm): It’s been a busy week for WGA members in New Mexico as we’re hearing Duster has seen its production shut down for a second day this week.

Exclusive (May 22 11:02 am): J.J. Abrams-exec produced drama series Duster has had its production suspended.

We hear that the Max period drama, which comes from Latoya Morgan and Abrams, had its production shut down in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Monday morning. IATSE and teamsters refused to cross the picket lines in support of WGA members, who have now been on strike for 21 days.

Abrams was on the picket...

Exclusive: Sofia Vassilieva and Dan Tracy are set for recurring roles in J.J. Abrams and Latoya Morgan’s Max period drama Duster, starring Josh Holloway and Rachel Hilson.

Co-written by Abrams and Latoya Morgan, in Duster, set in 1972, the first Black female FBI agent (Hilson) heads to the Southwest and recruits a gutsy getaway driver (Holloway) in a bold effort to take down a growing crime syndicate.

Vassilieva will play Jessica. Tracy will portray Agent Chad Grant. Character descriptions are being kept under wraps.

Keith David, Sydney Elisabeth, Greg Grunberg, Camille Guaty, Asivak Koostachin, Adriana Aluna Martinez and Benjamin Charles Watson also star. Corbin Bernsen and Gail O’Grady recur.

Duster is produced by Warner Bros. Television. The first two episodes are written by Abrams and Morgan. Steph Green directs the first two episodes and executive produces. Abrams and Rachel Rusch Rich executive produce for Bad Robot through its content partnership...

Stars: Amy Smart, Thora Birch, Peter Facinelli, Anne Heche, Sofia Vassilieva, Paz Vega, Laura Spencer, Trace Adkins, Will Peltz, Yancey Arias, Shaylee Mansfield, Davi Santos, Tokala Black Elk | Written by Lindsay Gossling, Travis Farncombe | Directed by Lindsay Gossling

Disaster movies have been a staple of cinema for years – be they of the man made or natural variety – the latter of which are usually showcases for massively budgeted special effects that are oftentimes more the focus of the film than the people involved. On paper it would seem 13 Minutes is set to be more of the same. However this story, from co-writer and first-time director Lindsay Gossling, takes a different tack, approaching its story of a tornado hitting an unnamed town in Oklahoma from the human aspect – focussing on the townsfolk whose lives will be impacted in the titular 13 minutes it takes for people to get to safety before the tornado hits…...

I’m not entirely sure what the message is at the center of Lindsay Gossling’s 13 Minutes. In fact, I’m pretty sure there isn’t one. A line of text runs before the end credits stating how the film honors those who have been affected by extreme weather, but there’s no mention of climate change, what you can do to help, or anything beyond the reality that extreme weather and affected people exist. And that’s how it treats everything across the board. Because despite being a disaster film, Gossling also injects hot button issues like racism, abortion, immigration, disability, and homophobia into its fabric without saying anything of substance about them. She merely acknowledges their existence as something to deal with. A better title might be Both Sides: The Movie.

Because what point is there in setting up these topics if you aren’t going to engage with them?...

Heartland story is feature directing debut of Canada’s Lindsay Gossling.

Quiver Distribution has acquired North American rights to disaster thriller 13 Minutes, feature directing debut of Toronto-based filmmaker Lindsay Gossling.

With an ensemble cast including Trace Adkins, Thora Birch, Peter Facinelli, Anne Heche, Will Peltz, Davi Santos, Amy Smart, Sofia Vassilieva and Paz Vega, the film is set in a US heartland town where a tornado forces four families to overcome their differences in order to survive.

Quiver has set the film for a US/Canada release on October 29 in select theatres and on video-on-demand.

Gossling, whose previous credits...

Quiver Distribution has acquired 13 Minutes, the upcoming tornado thriller from Lindsay Gossling in her feature directorial debut.

The film — which has an ensemble cast including Trace Adkins, Thora Birch, Peter Facinelli, Anne Heche, Will Peltz, Davi Santos, Amy Smart, Sofia Vassilieva and Paz Vega — is now slated for release Oct. 29 in select theaters and via VOD.

13 Minutes follows the residents of a small U.S. town that is suddenly threatened by the largest tornado on record, leaving them with just 13 minutes to find shelter, search for their loved ones and fight for their lives. In the wake of total ...

Quiver Distribution has acquired 13 Minutes, the upcoming tornado thriller from Lindsay Gossling in her feature directorial debut.

The film — which has an ensemble cast including Trace Adkins, Thora Birch, Peter Facinelli, Anne Heche, Will Peltz, Davi Santos, Amy Smart, Sofia Vassilieva and Paz Vega — is now slated for release Oct. 29 in select theaters and via VOD.

13 Minutes follows the residents of a small U.S. town that is suddenly threatened by the largest tornado on record, leaving them with just 13 minutes to find shelter, search for their loved ones and fight for their lives. In the wake of total ...

Every villain needs theme music. And when Monday’s Black Lightning opened, fans saw Tobias Whale playing Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 5” to establish his latest diabolical plan.

Marvin “Krondon” Jones III, who plays the evil genius, did an especially convincing job of making us believe that he could tickle the ivories like that. Alas, he cannot.

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“Tobias can play ‘Sympony No. 5’ and I can play like I am playing,...

Crime thriller The Little Things brings together three Academy Award winners in Denzel Washington, Rami Malek and Jared Leto and could at one time could have been directed by another one, Steven Spielberg. The Little Things writer John Lee Hancock wrote the initial draft for the movie back in 1993, with the intention for Hollywood icon Steven Spielberg to helm the project.

"Steven really liked A Perfect World, my script for it. And so, before we ever went into production on A Perfect World, he came to me and said, 'Let's do a blind picture deal. ... Let's just do it at Warner Brothers. Something for you to write and meet to direct.' ... So, we started pitching ideas back and forth. I came up on this one, I can't remember exactly when, and fell in love with it. The twists and turns. I wrote a long outline and then talked to...

The first trailer and images from upcoming thriller The Little Things have now been released, giving us a glimpse at the trio of Oscar winners at the centre of the story; Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, and Jared Leto. The eerie footage and handful of images show Washington looking every bit the grizzled, world-weary sheriff with a sixth sense and penchant for following his gut, while Leto sports a Charles Manson-esque beard and long hair look, his greasy appearance and sunken eyes doing their best to disguise his leading man visage.

The Little Things follows Oscar winning actor and Hollywood icon Denzel Washington as Deke Craven, a burned-out deputy sheriff with an eye for detail who teams up with Baxter, a crack Los Angeles detective, played by Rami Malek, to reel in a wily serial killer. Deke's nose for the "little things" proves eerily accurate, but his willingness to circumvent...

With Disney releasing several high-profile movies straight to streaming, skipping theaters entirely, it looks like Warner Bros. is considering following suit. Amid the ongoing global situation and theater closures, Warner Bros. is reportedly discussing moving multiple movies to a HBO Max release including Judas and the Black Messiah starring Daniel Kaluuya & Lakeith Stanfield, Denzel Washington and Rami Malek's The Little Things, and the live action Tom and Jerry.

Much like the change of release to Warner Bros' comic book sequel Wonder Woman 1984, which will now be released theatrically on December 25, 2020, and digitally on HBO Max simultaneously, Tom & Jerry, The Little Things, and Judas and the Black Messiah would also be released both to streaming and in select theaters on the same date, reports claim.

The studio also considered doing the same with the upcoming Mortal Kombat reboot, but ultimately decided that the highly anticipated video game adaptation...

The upcoming crime thriller The Little Things from writer/director John Lee Hancock now has a release date. The film, starring Academy Award winners Denzel Washington and Rami Malek, will hit theaters January 29, 2021. [caption id="attachment_328182" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via Sony Pictures/caption] The film follows Deke (Washington), a grizzled Kern County, CA deputy sheriff who has to team up with the hotshot La Detective Baxter (Malek) to catch a serial killer. The film also stars Sofia Vassilieva, Natalie Morales, Terry Kinney, Michael Hyatt, Jason James Richter, Chris Bauer, and Kerry …...

In one of Mrc’s biggest IP acquisitions to date, the independent film and television studio has secured film, television, live stage and related ancillary rights to, Eloise, the beloved series of children’s books written by Kay Thompson and illustrated by Hilary Knight.

Mrc will work closely with UK-based HandMade Films and collaborate with the Thompson estate, illustrator Knight, as well as Simon & Schuster, the book series’ publisher, to develop various adaptations. Handmade’s Trudi Francis will serve as an executive producer on all projects.

First published by Simon & Schuster in 1955, Thompson’s Eloise books have sold more than 15 million English-language copies to date around the world.

“We are honored to be entrusted with bringing Kay Thompson and Hilary Knight’s beloved Eloise to life for a new generation of children, as well as all her ardent admirers throughout the years,” said Mrc Film Co-Presidents Brye Adler, Jonathan Golfman...

Few scripted series have had a bigger impact on how music is used on television — and on how the music business uses TV to help break new artists — than The O.C. Throughout the teen drama’s four-year run from 2003 to 2007, its indie rock-crazy creator, Josh Schwartz, and his music supervisor, Alexandra Patsavas, filled each episode with the hottest indie acts of the day. Young, lesser-known bands like the Killers and Death Cab for Cutie got a mainstream showcase that didn’t diminish their cool, and soon record labels were...

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Do you want to return to Culver Creek Academy? Has the Looking for Alaska TV show been cancelled? Renewed for a second season on Hulu? The television vulture is watching all the latest cancellation and renewal news, so this page is the place to track the status of Looking for Alaska, season two. Bookmark it, or subscribe for the latest updates. Remember, the television vulture is watching your shows. Are you?  

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Streaming on the Hulu subscription service, Looking for Alaska stars Charlie Plummer, Kristine Froseth, Denny Love, Jay Lee, Landry Bender, Sofia Vassilieva, Uriah Shelton, Jordan Connor, Ron Cephas Jones, and Timothy Simons. Set in 2005, the show centers around teenager Miles "Pudge" Halter (Plummer). He's a high school junior and newly enrolled at the Culver Creek Academy boarding school and he's trying to gain a deeper perspective on life. While...

Network: Hulu

Episodes: Eight (hour)

Seasons: One

TV show dates: October 18, 2019

Series status: Ended

Performers include: Charlie Plummer, Kristine Froseth, Denny Love, Jay Lee, Landry Bender, Sofia Vassilieva, Uriah Shelton, Jordan Connor, Ron Cephas Jones, and Timothy Simons.

TV show description:

A teen drama series that's based on the novel by John Green, the Looking for Alaska TV show is set in the year 2005.

The show centers around teenager Miles "Pudge" Halter (Plummer). He's a high school junior and newly enrolled at the Culver Creek Academy boarding school and he's trying to gain a deeper perspective on life. While there, Pudge falls in love with Alaska Young (Froseth) and finds a group of loyal friends. Read More…...

How will Pudge and his friends make it through the first and only season of the Looking for Alaska TV show on Hulu? As we all know, the Nielsen ratings typically play a big role in determining whether a TV show like Looking for Alaska is cancelled or renewed for season two. Hulu and other streaming platforms, however, collect their own data. If you've been watching this TV series, we'd love to know how you feel about the first season episodes of Looking for Alaska here.

A Hulu teen drama series that's based on the novel by John Green, Looking for Alaska stars Charlie Plummer, Kristine Froseth, Denny Love, Jay Lee, Landry Bender, Sofia Vassilieva, Uriah Shelton, Jordan Connor, Ron Cephas Jones, and Timothy Simons. Set in 2005, the show centers around teenager Miles "Pudge" Halter (Plummer). He's a high school junior...

Hulu took viewers back to 2005 and the land of sweet, sweet O.C. tunes with Friday’s premiere of Looking for Alaska.

Adapted by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage (The O.C., Gossip Girl) from John Green’s Ya novel, the 2005-set limited series follows Miles (Boardwalk Empire‘s Charlie Plummer), a book-ish teen from Orlando with a fascination for famous last words. He leaves home to attend a woodsy Alabama boarding school in an effort to find the meaning behind his favorite “last words” quote: “I go to seek a Great Perhaps.”

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It was probably just a matter of time before John Green and Josh Schwartz became collaborators. Green, whose novels include “Looking for Alaska,” “The Fault in Our Stars,” and “Paper Towns,” has become known for writing teenagers filled with so much restlessness and existential melancholy that they can hardly stand it. Schwartz, whose shows include “The O.C.” and “Gossip Girl,” has built a television brand based on brooding teenagers who wish they could skip straight to adulthood. Both their characters tend to be precocious and wild-spirited, determined to live (as “Looking for Alaska” puts it) “a more-than-minor life.” And in fact, Schwartz optioned the rights to “Looking for Alaska” before it was even published.

In adapting it almost 15 years later as a limited series for Hulu, Schwartz and longtime producing partner Stephanie Savage have brought the novel to life with meticulously calibrated sentimentality. Miles (Charlie Plummer), once Green’s narrator,...

Miles “Pudge” Halter (Charlie Plummer), the teen hero of Hulu’s Looking for Alaska, is obsessed with famous last words, like poet François Rabelais’ declaration, “I go to seek a Great Perhaps.” But as he confesses to his new friends at an elite Alabama boarding school, he’s never actually read the works of the writers he quotes, just their biographies. It’s a shallow perspective on the artists’ lives, and Looking for Alaska — based on John Green’s debut Ya novel — could risk being a similarly superficial take on...

BBC Three has picked up the UK rights to Hulu’s forthcoming Ya series Looking For Alaska.

The eight-part show will debut day-and-date with Hulu, dropping online in the UK from 10am on October 19 – the day after its U.S. launch. All episodes will be available.

The series is based on John Green’s eponymous novel and stars Kristine Froseth, Charlie Plummer, Denny Love, Jay Lee, Landry Bender, Sofia Vassilieva, Uriah Shelton, and Jordan Connor.

The story is told through the eyes of teenager Miles “Pudge” Halter (Plummer), as he enrolls in boarding school to try to gain a deeper perspective on life. He falls in love with Alaska Young (Froseth), and finds a group of loyal friends. But after an unexpected tragedy, Miles and his friends attempt to make sense of what they’ve been through.

Created for television by Schwartz, the series comes from Paramount Television and Fake Empire.

Joris Jarsky, Sheila Houlahan and Sofia Vassilieva are the latest to join Warner Bros’ thriller The Little Things starring Oscar winners Denzel Washington, Jared Leto and Rami Malek. Written and directed by John Lee Hancock, the plot follows Deke (Washington), a burned-out Kern County, CA deputy sheriff who teams with Baxter (Malek), a crack Lasd detective, to nab a serial killer. Deke’s nose for the “little things” proves eerily accurate, but his willingness to circumvent the rules embroils Baxter in a soul-shattering dilemma. Meanwhile, Deke must wrestle with a dark secret from his past. Jarsky is repped by Grandview; Houlahan by Hartman Entertainment; Vassilieva by Greene & Associates Talent Agency and Lighthouse Management.

Matthew Glave (First Man) and Hunter Sansone (Star Girl) have joined Reginald Hudlin’s Disney+ drama Safety, which is inspired by the...

Hulu dropped trailer for its adaptation of John Green’s “Looking for Alaska” Thursday, introducing fans to Alaska a.k.a. the coolest girl in the whole world — or at least to Pudge she is.

Set in 2005, the eight-episode limited series centers around teenager Miles “Pudge” Halter (Charlie Plummer), as he enrolls in boarding school to try to gain a deeper perspective on life. He falls in love with Alaska Young (Kristine Froseth), and finds a group of loyal friends. But after an unexpected tragedy, Miles and his close friends attempt to make sense of what they’ve been through.

In the video above, you’ll see glimpses of that budding friendship and some dark twists that befall the pair.

Also Read: Josh Schwartz Says Hulu's 'Looking for Alaska' Won't Explain What Happened to Alaska

The series stars Plummer, Froseth, Denny Love, Jay Lee, Landry Bender, Sofia Vassilieva,...

Molly Conners of Phiphen Pictures produced with Michelle Booso, Guilio Marantonio and Jane Oster

Spotlight Pictures has introduced worldwide buyers in Toronto to the crime drama Brighton Beach featuring singer-songwriter Fka Twigs in her film debut.

David Gutnik directed the feature about an ambitious doctor and son to Russian immigrants who confronts a mob boss when the gangster threatens to destroy his Brooklyn family practice.

Barney Harris,, Costa Ronin, and Sofia Vassilieva (My Sisters Keeper) star.

Molly Conners of Phiphen Pictures produced Brighton Beach with Michelle Booso, Giulio Marantonio and Jane Oster. Executive Producers are Amanda Bowers, Vincent Morano, Mark David,...

Ya drama Looking for Alaska has taken 14 years to make it to screen but will be an “incredibly faithful” adaptation, according to exec producer Josh Schwartz.

The eight-part drama, which will launch on Hulu in October, is based on John Green’s eponymous novel and stars Kristine Froseth, Charlie Plummer, Denny Love, Jay Lee, Landry Bender, Sofia Vassilieva, Uriah Shelton, and Jordan Connor.

The story is told through the eyes of teenager Miles “Pudge” Halter (Plummer), as he enrolls in boarding school to try to gain a deeper perspective on life. He falls in love with Alaska Young (Froseth), and finds a group of loyal friends. But after an unexpected tragedy, Miles and his friends attempt to make sense of what they’ve been through.

The rights to the books were originally acquired by Paramount Pictures in 2005 as a feature and went through a number of scripts and iterations before landing at Hulu last year.

(Warning: This post contains spoilers for John Green’s novel “Looking for Alaska” and, therefore, some for Hulu’s upcoming adaptation of “Looking for Alaska”)

Fans of John Green’s “Looking for Alaska” who don’t want the upcoming Hulu adaptation of the beloved 2005 Ya novel to clear up the ambiguity at the center of the story can breathe a sigh of relief, because the limited series’ creator, Josh Schwartz, says they won’t explain anything.

“We will never know what happened that night,” the “Gossip Girl” and “O.C.” mastermind told reporters during the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour Friday. “And if you’ve seen the first episode, that is as much as you will see of the event. And it is a mystery what happened and that is part of what the characters will have to grapple with, and the audience.”

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Hulu has released the first teaser for its upcoming adaptation of John Green’s Ya novel “Looking for Alaska,” introducing you to Miles “Pudge” Halter and the girl he loves: Alaska Young.

“Teenagers think they’re invincible. They don’t know how right they are,” Alaska (Kristine Froseth) says in a voiceover during the 1-minute, 7-second video above, which features glimpses of Alaska, Pudge (Charlie Plummer) and other teens on the outdoor grounds of a boarding school.

Pudge tells Alaska he’s going to “seek a Great Perhaps” — a line fans of the Green novel will remember very well — and she seems on board to join in.

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The teaser ends with Alaska asking the guys, “Alright, who’s up for some fun?”

For readers who haven’t devoured the novel, the eight-episode limited series,...

Hulu has dropped a first look at its upcoming adaptation of John Green’s beloved young adult novel “Looking for Alaska.”

The eight-episode limited series from “Gossip Girl” creator Josh Schwartz follows teenager Miles “Pudge” Halter (played by Charlie Plummer), as he enrolls in boarding school to try to gain a deeper perspective on life. He falls in love with Alaska Young (Kristine Froseth), and finds a group of loyal friends. But after an unexpected tragedy, Miles and his close friends attempt to make sense of what they’ve been through.

Along with Plummer and Froseth, the series stars Denny Love, Jay Lee, Landry Bender, Sofia Vassilieva, Uriah Shelton, and Jordan Connor. Ron Cephas Jones (“This Is Us”) and Timothy Simons (“Veep”) also star.

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Savage and Schwartz will serve as executive producers alongside Jessica Tuchinsky,...

Calling all John Green acolytes: Hulu’s limited-series adaptation of Looking for Alaska will debut on Friday, Oct. 18, the streamer announced Saturday.

All eight episodes of the drama will be made available at that time.

Based on Green’s 2005 novel, Looking for Alaska centers on teenager Miles “Pudge” Halter (Charlie Plummer, Granite Flats) as he enrolls in boarding school to try to gain a deeper perspective on life. There, he falls in love with Alaska Young (Kristine Froseth, The Society) and finds a group of loyal friends — until an unexpected tragedy forces Miles and his close friends to attempt to...

Looking for Alaska, Hulu’s eight-episode limited series based on John Green’s novel by the same name, is set to premiere in October.

The drama stars Kristine Froseth, Charlie Plummer, Denny Love, Jay Lee, Landry Bender, Sofia Vassilieva, Uriah Shelton, and Jordan Connor. Ron Cephas Jones and Timothy Simons also have roles.

The story is told through the eyes of teenager Miles “Pudge” Halter (Plummer), as he enrolls in boarding school to try to gain a deeper perspective on life. He falls in love with Alaska Young (Froseth), and finds a group of loyal friends. But after an unexpected tragedy, Miles and his friends attempt to make sense of what they’ve been through.

Created for television by Josh Schwartz, the series comes from Paramount Television, Stephanie Savage’s Fake Empire and Schwartz. Savage and Schwartz will serve as executive producers, along with Jessica Tuchinsky, Mark Waters, John Green,...

Hulu has added Ron Cephas Jones and Timothy Simons as series regulars to its adaptation of John Green’s “Looking for Alaska.”

Jones and Simons join a cast that includes Kristine Froseth, Charlie Plummer, Denny Love, Jay Lee, Landry Bender, Sofia Vassilieva, Uriah Shelton and Jordan Connor.

The series, which is based on Green’s novel of the same name, is told through the eyes of teenager Miles “Pudge” Halter, as he enrolls in boarding school to try to gain a deeper perspective on life. After the unexpected death of the girl he loves, Pudge and his close friends attempt to uncover the truth about what happened and make sense of it.

Simons, best known for his role as presidential hopeful Jonah Ryan on “Veep,” has been cast in the role of The Eagle. Stern and humorless, he is devoted to the code of Culver Creek Academy. The Eagle runs...

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Dates

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Casting

“The Good Wife” star Josh Charles will have a recurring role on Showtime‘s upcoming limited series “The Loudest Voice” about Fox News founder Roger Ailes. Charles will portray Casey Close, a sports agent and the husband of former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson, who will be played by Naomi Watts.

The upcoming Hulu limited series “Looking For Alaska” has added Denny Love, Jay Lee,...

Hulu is building out the cast for its upcoming limited series “Looking For Alaska,” based off the John Green’s 2005 novel of the same name. Six new series regulars have signed on, including Denny Love (“Empire”) as “The Colonel,” Jay Lee (“American Vandal”) as Takumi, Landry Bender (“Fuller House”) as Sara, Sofia Vassilieva (“My Sister’s Keeper”) as Lara, Uriah Shelton (“13 Reasons Why”) as Longwell, and Jordan Connor (“Riverdale”) as Kevin.

The new additions join previously announced leads Kristine Froseth as Alaska Young and Charlie Plummer as Miles “Pudge” Halter.

The eight-episode series follows Miles as he embarks on his first year at boarding school. He soon falls in love with Alaska, who dies unexpectedly, leading Miles and his close friends on a quest to find the truth behind her mysterious death.

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The series comes from Paramount Television,...

Hulu has rounded out the cast of its limited Looking For Alaska series -- an adaptation of the 2005 novel of the same name written by YouTube luminary John Green.

After announcing its leading duo, Kristine Froseth and Charlie Plummer, in October, Hulu has added six more series regulars to the cast: Denny Love, Jay Lee (American Vandal), Landry Bender (Fuller House), Sofia Vassilieva (Medium), Uriah Shelton (13 Reasons Why), and Jordan Connor (Riverdale).

Set to be told over the course of eight episodes, Looking For Alaska will follow a teenager named Miles ‘Pudge’ Halter (Plummer) as he enrolls in boarding school to try to gain a deeper perspective on life. He then falls in love with a young girl named Alaska Young (Froseth), who unexpectedly dies, leaving Miles and his friend group to uncover the truth behind her death.

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