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Hey, "Jimmy Kimmel Live" fans. Tonight, January 31, 2023, ABC is most certainly going to hit you with another new episode of your favorite late-night show Jimmy Kimmel Live. Tonight's episode will be a little different as the CEO of a company will be on at some point. Tonight's episode will still feature some music along with a very famous actress. The first description reveals that the very famous, 55 year old, Canadian-American actress, model, and media personality Pamela Anderson will show up to talk with Jimmy at some point. Pamela is most popular for her iconic role as Cj aka Casey Jean Parker on the Baywatch TV series from way back in the day. She's also been in involved in productions like: 2017 Baywatch movie, The Institute, Love Advent, Package Deal TV show, Almost famous TV show, Superhero Movie, Stacked TV show, MADtv TV show, 8 Simple Rules TV show, Scary Movie 3 movie,...

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"Boon" "So Cold the River" "Godforsaken" "The Institute"

First up we have Tommy Flanagan and Gabrielle Carteris having a confrontational moment at a restaurant in an exclusive clip from the new action flick "Boon." Also starring Neal McDonough, Christiane Seidel, Jason Scott Lee, James Madio, Demetrius Grosse, and Christina Ochoa, the film is set to arrive in theaters, on demand, and digital April 1, 2022. 

Here is the official synopsis:

Mercenary Nick Boon (McDonough) is trying to atone for his life as an enforcer...

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Stars: Victorya Brandart, Ignacyo Matynia, Mark Lobene, Jarred Harper, Louisa Bradshaw, Claire McClain, Joy Donze | Written and Directed by Hamza Zaman

Few things in one’s life inspire more joy and fear than childbirth and becoming a parent. Though probably not the fears that Marie faces at the start of The Institute. Snake-like arms and hands emerge from the walls of a cave and tear the fetus from her body.

It’s a nightmare born out of frustration. Marie and her husband Daniel have been trying to become parents but with no luck and it’s affecting their marriage and her mental health. And then Daniel stumbles across Dr. Arthur Lands (Mark Lobene) and his secluded fertility clinic which claims to offer a radical solution to their problem.

The online ad for the clinic extols all of its virtues without offering any actual facts. And the disclaimers for such minor...

Gravitas Ventures and Kamikaze Dogfright drink all the Kool-Aid with The Institute, the artful psychological thriller that asks the question, “how far would you go to have a child?” The film tells of a young couple, desperate to have a child, that begin treatment at a renowned doctor’s secluded facility. The couple becomes suspicious when […]

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When Rolling Stone asked Stephen King to pick his best book in 2014, he didn’t go for an obvious candidate like The Stand, The Shining, It, Carrie, or Misery. Instead, he picked the relatively obscure Lisey’s Story. The 2006 novel centers around a woman who travels to an alternate universe while trying to come to terms with the death of her husband.

“That one felt like an important book to me because it was about marriage, and I’d never written about that,” King said. “I wanted to talk about...

The Inventory Will Be Drawn Up At 11a.m. In The Presence Of The Poet’s Wife wins the French competition while the US-directed feature film dominates the international selection. Composed of Rémi Bonhomme (artistic director of the Marrakech Film Festival) and filmmakers Yolande Zauberman, Hassen Ferhani, Laetitia Moreau and Juruna Mallon, the Feature Films Jury of the 43rd Cinéma du Réel Film Festival (which unspooled online) has named the first feature film of US director Ephraim Asili, The Inheritance, its victor within the international competition. The title interlaces the histories of the West Philadelphia–based Move Organization and of the Black Arts Movement with dramatizations of the filmmaker’s life when he was a member of a black activist collective. The Institut Français - Louis Marcorelles Prize for Best Film in the French selection went to The Inventory Will Be Drawn Up At 11a.m. In The Presence Of...

CBS All Access‘ limited series adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Stand” will premiere Dec. 17, the streamer announced Tuesday.

The series will be a weekly one, with each of the subsequent eight episodes streaming one at a time every Thursday following that premiere. As previously announced, King penned the finale and also wrote a new coda that will take the story beyond where is 800-plus page 1978 tome left things.

“During the two years we spent making ‘The Stand,’ we all felt the responsibility of adapting what may be the most beloved work of one of the world’s most beloved storytellers, but none of us could have imagined that Stephen King’s 40-year-old masterpiece about a global pandemic would come to be so eerily relevant,” said showrunner Benjamin Cavell. “We’re honored to tell this sprawling, epic story, including a new coda that Stephen King has wanted to add for decades.

It’s a good time to be a Stephen King fan. Movies and TV shows based on his body of work are hot property right now, and on top of that, the acclaimed horror writer has just announced a new novel.

Revealed through the author’s Twitter account, his latest book is titled Later and it will be a pulpy crime-thriller with undertones of It. Titan Books will publish the title as part of its ‘Hard Case Crime’ series, which also includes the King novels The Colorado Kid and Joyland.

Along with the book’s title, the author also revealed its retro-style cover artwork and a release date of March next year. See for yourself below:

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We may be currently living through Stephen King’s The Stand, but come March, the acclaimed horror novelist promises a new narrative — at least in terms of fiction. Monday, he teased a new book titled Later with the tagline: “Only the dead have no secrets.”

A full synopsis, courtesy of Amazon, is as follows. The book is due March 2:

Sometimes Growing Up

Means Facing Your Demons

The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood. But Jamie is no ordinary child. Born with an...

Jason Segel, the creator, writer, director, producer and star of the innovative AMC series Dispatches From Elsewhere, said it straight out during Deadline’s Contenders Television virtual event: he is essentially playing himself.

“My character starts out not knowing who he is and by the 10th episode I become Jason Segel – literally by name. I wanted to write something from my gut. It became really important to me when I looked at what I was doing and where I was going in my life and career to try to challenge myself, to make something that felt like a piece of art. It had been a long time,“ he said of the AMC series, which is based on a documentary called The Institute and involves four characters on a kind of unending scavenger hunt that reveals more about themselves than they ever bargained for.

He describes it all as art in the act of defiance.

Jason Segel, Eve Lindley and André Benjamin joined the Variety Streaming Room for a Q&a after a screening of the first episode from their new TV series, “Dispatches From Elsewhere.” Moderated by Variety senior editor Michael Schneider, the stars discussed the making of the series, their connection to their characters and what they hope the audience takes away from the show.

“Dispatches From Elsewhere” was created by Segel and premiered March 1 on AMC. Based on Jeff Hull and Spencer McCall’s documentary “The Institute,” the show follows four normal people who discover an alternate reality puzzle and fall deeper into its realm while attempting to solve the mystery behind it.

Segel said he became fascinated with writing about the topic after watching “The Institute,” while preparing for his role as David Foster Wallace in 2015’s “The End of the Tour.” The documentary follows a 2008 alternate reality game set in...

(Warning: This post contains major spoilers for the finale of “Dispatches From Elsewhere.”)

As the spooky, surprise-filled ride that was Jason Segel’s “Dispatches From Elsewhere” came to an end for viewers last month with a finale that actually incorporated some of those viewers. The final moments of the AMC series closed with a compilation of more than 100 self-recorded videos featuring people saying a crucial line from the show: “I am [insert name here], and I am you.”

Now the way Segel and the “Dispatches” team got these clips — made by people who did not originally know that they were going to be used in the show — was in true “Dispatches” fashion: through an alternate reality game (Arg).

“From when the show was greenlit, Jason already had this in his head that he wanted to sort of share the experience that he had when he came up with the show when he first encountered this game,...

“And now that I have your attention, I’ll begin.”

This is what Richard E. Grant says, staring out at you from your TV screen, in a medium shot, against an orange background, after a good 10 seconds or so of complete silence. Why the noted, Oscar-nominated British actor is addressing you, the viewer, is unclear; it is the first in a series of queries you will have as AMC’s Dispatches From Elsewhere begins, and a seriously odd way to start a series. All we know is that he promises to be a reliable narrator,...

Fiction may be stranger than truth in “Dispatches from Elsewhere,” the new anthology series inspired by a true story that premiered on March 1 on AMC. It was created by “How I Met Your Mother” and “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” star Jason Segel, who wrote and directed the pilot episode and stars as a man who becomes entangled in a mysterious game that may just be a prank, but may be more than it seems. Does this dramatic turn from the usually comedic actor and writer appeal to critics?

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Reviewers got the first four episodes, and as of this writing it has a MetaCritic score of 69 based on 10 reviews counted thus far: six positive and four somewhat mixed, but none outright negative. On Rotten Tomatoes, which rates reviews as simply positive or negative, the series is 75% fresh, but that’s based on only eight reviews,...

This month, viewers will have their choice of fictional dystopias (in addition to the real one happening outside our doors, naturally). You can visit an alternate reality America in which fascism has taken hold, clock in at a tech company with a possibly sinister secret, or simply dip back in to the A.I.-run-amuck nightmare that is Westworld. If that’s not scary enough, there’s also a new dark comedy about parenthood and a chance to relive the 2016 election. All this, plus a reboot of Steven Spielberg’s anthology show from the ’80s.

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Mark Friedman, showrunner for AMC's mysterious Dispatches from Elsewhere, says the show is about the beauty of the world.

Nobody really knows how to fully describe AMC drama Dispatches from Elsewhere…not even the person tasked with shepherding it.

“My agent at the time read the script and was like, ‘This is crazy. Are you sure?’” showrunner Mark Friedman says. “And that was kind of what I liked about it. It's a risk. What makes you nervous is what makes something appealing, at least to me.”

Created by TV star Jason Segel, Dispatches from Elsewhere is indeed a bit of a risk. Loosely based on a real life alternate reality game held in the Bay Area in 2010, the show follows four every day individuals who find themselves dissatisfied with the monotony of day-to-day life. When mysterious fliers advertise the opportunity to engage in a grand puzzle...

Alex Ross Perry (“Her Smell”) will write and direct the adaptation of Stephen King’s best-seller “The Dark Half” for MGM, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.

The story had been previously turned into a 1993 MGM film, which starred Timothy Hutton. It followed an author whose crime thrillers under a pseudonym sold better than the books written with his real name. Once his pseudonym is exposed, he decides to give his other ego a burial, but things start turning sinister as the alter ego has taken on a life of its own.

King wrote the book based on his own experiences when it was revealed he was writing thriller novels under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. Those novels included “Thinner,” “Running Man,” “Rage” and “The Long Walk.”

Also Read: How 'Doctor Sleep' Star Ewan McGregor Overcame His Worries About Following 'The Shining'

Perry most recently directed,...

Spyglass Media and Eagle Pictures have teamed up to produce an English-language adaptation of Paolo Genovese’s Italian film “Perfetti Sconosciuti,” with “Insecure” star and co-creator Issa Rae attached to write, produce and star in the comedy.

The film, “Perfect Strangers,” centers around a dinner party in which a group of friends decide to play a risky game where they place their phones face-up on the table and agree to make all texts and phone calls public in an attempt to prove they have nothing to hide. The film takes a comedic approach to dealing with the friendship, love and betrayal that forces the friends to confront the fact that they may actually be “perfect strangers.”

“I’m really looking forward to bringing this funny and compelling story to a new demographic and could not be happier about partnering with the Spyglass team to make it happen,” Rae said in a statement.

The horror overlord is everywhere in 2019, and with good reason. But we may be getting close to saturation point

Stephen King rules modern horror – but how much of his reign can we take? In 2019, his stories seem to be everywhere. On Halloween comes Doctor Sleep, the sequel to The Shining. It is the fourth King-derived movie this year, following Pet Sematary, In the Tall Grass (Netflix’s third King adaptation in three years) and, still on release, It: Chapter Two. Meanwhile, coming to the small screen we have HBO’s The Outsider, Amazon’s The Dark Tower, a Julianne Moore-led Lisey’s Story, The Stand, season three of Mr Mercedes and season two of Castle Rock. His 61st novel, The Institute, was also released last month. A TV adaptation is already in the works.

You do not have to look far for explanations for King’s ubiquity. For one thing,...

It might be pumpkin spice latte season, but we have reason to believe that this Fall should be relabeled as Stephen King's season. It: Chapter 2 just hit theaters, a Mike Flanagan-directed film based on King's sequel to The Shining debuts on Nov. 8, his new book The Institute is a must-read book this Autumn, and his new Netflix film In the Tall Grass is launching on streaming sites. Does the man ever sleep?

We've been counting down the days until we could stream In the Tall Grass, a film starring Patrick Wilson based on King's 2012 novella, which he cowrote with his son Joe Hill. It depicts a group of people who become lost in, you guessed it, a tall field of grass that possesses paranormal abilities. Excuse us while we cancel our autumnal corn maze plans.

To gear up for King's latest Netflix film, we're going all in on...

Gird your cock-a-doodie loins: Annie Wilkes has found herself waylaid in Castle Rock and she has enough syringes to go around. The official trailer for season two of J.J. Abrams and Stephen King’s Hulu series Castle Rock has dropped and it focuses mostly on the sinister nurse from King’s 1987 novel, Misery, here played by Lizzy Caplan.

“We’re searchers, you and me,” Wilkes tells her daughter (Elsie Fisher) at the start of the clip. “But you deserve a chance to make a place in the world. See, I...

It’s just a field, right? That’s the entire premise to “In the Tall Grass,” a horror movie based on a Stephen King novella in which a group of people get lost in a massive, dense, grassy prairie and find themselves unable to escape.

King wrote the novella originally published in two parts in Esquire magazine in 2012 along with his son, Joe Hill. It’s the story of two inseparable siblings who hear the cries of a young boy lost within a tall field of grass. But when they venture in to rescue him, they find themselves ensnared by a sinister force that quickly disorients and separates them.

In the trailer for “In the Tall Grass,” we see the grass slicing into their ankles and the mud trapping them where they stand. And that little boy isn’t all he seems either.

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Stephen King visited The Late Show With Stephen Colbert to discuss his latest novel, The Institute, while also chatting about President Trump and whether he has plans to retire after writing more than 60 books.

In King'sThe Institute — which will be adapted as a limited series for Spyglass Media Group — children with supernatural abilities are taken from their parents and incarcerated, a detail that draws eery parallels to horrifying conditions children currently face while in U.S. migrant detention centers.

Colbert asked the author if politics or President Trump specifically influenced his most recent work. King noted that ...

Even at the age of 71, author Stephen King still pumps out new books at an obscene pace. This week, timed perfectly with the release of the second installment of his ‘It’ film adaptation, King actually released his latest novel, “The Institute.” And since this is the era where everything with the author’s name is a guaranteed hit, it should be no surprise that the rights for the novel have already been snatched up.

Continue reading Not Even 24 Hours After The Novel’s Release, Stephen King’s ‘The Institute’ Gets A TV Deal With ‘Big Little Lies’ Creator at The Playlist.

Stephen King’s latest book The Institute just hit shelves yesterday, but Hollywood didn’t waste anytime getting the series prepared for an adaptation. Television mastermind David E. Kelly, responsible for creating shows like The Practice, Boston Public and Big Little Lies, will be teaming up with Lost series director Jack Bender to turn The Institute into […]

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David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies) is about to jump into the dark world of Stephen King again with Lost and Game of Thrones director Jack Bender. The two are teaming up to adapt King’s latest novel, The Institute, and bring it to life as a limited series.

I still haven’t had a chance to read this book yet as it was just released, but I’ll definitely get around to it soon! The story centers around “Luke Ellis, whose parents are murdered in the middle of the night by intruders. Luke wakes up at The Institute in a room that looks just like his own, except there’s no window. Outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talents, such as telekinesis and telepathy, who got there the same way Luke did.”

Kelley and Bender previously worked on the series adaptation of Mr.

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Stephen King's The Institute is becoming a limited series from the creative team behind Mr. Mercedes.

Stephen King's latest novel, The Institute, which hit shelves on Sept. 10, is already becoming a TV series, according to Deadline. Spyglass Media Group is developing the limited series, with the Mr. Mercedes creative team of David E. Kelly and Jack Bender attached to the project. Bender is set to direct the adaptation from a script by Kelly.

"I’m delighted to be working with Jack and David, the creative team behind Mr. Mercedes," King said in a statement. "We think alike, and I believe The Institute is going to be a great success."

This latest King adaptation shouldn't come as much of a surprise considering that most of the horror master's recent works have been optioned in the wake of the success of the It movies, the first of which...

Dermot Mulroney (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Homecoming) is now leading the hunt for Hanna in Amazon Prime’s action-drama.

Mulroney has joined the Season 2 cast as John Carmichael, a former mentor of Mireille Enos’ Marissa who takes over at the sinister Utrax organization that has been hunting the series’ titular teen.

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Other Season 2 additions, per our sister site Deadline, include Anthony Welsh (Pure), Severine Howell-Meri (Casualty), Cherrelle Skeete (Doctors) and Gianna Kiehl.

Hot off the presses and having just hit store shelves today, Stephen King's The Institute is already being developed as a limited series adaptation.

Multiple sources, including The Hollywood Reporter, reveal that a limited series adaptation of Stephen King's The Institute is in development at Spyglass Media Group, with David E. Kelley set to write and executive produce the adaptation, and Jack Bender slated to direct and executive produce the project.

No stranger to the world of Stephen King, Kelley and Bender have worked together on AT&T Audience Network's Mr. Mercedes series, which premieres its third season tonight. Bender is also executive producing the upcoming limited series based on King's 2018 novel, The Outsider.

Here's what King himself had to say about The Institute adaptation (via THR):

"I’m delighted to be working with Jack and David, the creative team behind Mr. Mercedes. We think alike, and I...

[Editor’s note: Spoilers ahead for “It: Chapter Two.”]

“It: Chapter Two” has finally hit theaters, and the much-anticipated sequel to last year’s blockbuster Stephen king adaptation did not disappoint. In one of the most exciting developments in director Andy Muschietti’s follow-up, which was written by Gary Dauberman, the pair depart from the original novel to support a long-held fan theory that a major character — Richie Tozier (played by Bill Hader and Finn Wolfhard) — is bisexual. During a terrifying flashback sequence involving clown Pennywise (Bill Skarsgard), “It: Chapter Two” firmly establishes that Richie is not strictly heterosexual, and that the revelation that he is indeed interested in men is actually one of his biggest fears.

Specifically, he has feelings for Eddie Kaspbrak (played by Jack Dylan Grazer and James Ransone). “It’s actually not really alluded to in the book,” Ransone told IndieWire during a recent interview. “I read the book. It’s a big departure from the book.

It was only just released today but we’ve learned that Stephen King‘s new novel The Institute is already being developed as a limited series. As reported by Deadline, Spyglass Media Group’s TV division is adapting the novel with “Mr. Mercedes” duo David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies) and Jack Bender (Lost). Kelley will write the adaptation, with Bender set to […]...

Stephen King’s new novel, released today, will be turned into a limited television series. Spyglass Media Group, LLC announced that it has optioned King’s “The Institute,” attaching Emmy Award winners David E. Kelley (“Big Little Lies”) to adapt and executive produce the limited series with Jack Bender (“Lost”) serving as director and executive producer.

King’s “The Institute” is centered on a young boy with special abilities who, along with several other children, are trapped by a group of adults dedicated to extracting their powers.

Kelley and Bender are no strangers to adapting King stories: The duo developed and directed the well-received “Mr. Mercedes,” a crime drama based on a trilogy of King novels. The Season 3 premiere of “Mr. Mercedes” will air on Audience tonight.

“I am thrilled to be working with Spyglass Media and couldn’t be more excited that we’ll be starting with Stephen King’s extraordinary new book,...

In a competitive situation, Spyglass Media Group’s TV division has optioned Stephen King’s latest novel The Institute to develop as a limited series, with David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies) and Jack Bender (Lost), the same creative team behind the critically acclaimed Mr. Mercedes, also based on a King novel, attached. The announcement marks the first television acquisition for Spyglass and was made by Lauren Whitney, President of Television for Spyglass. Additionally, Spyglass has set a multi-year first look deal with Bender to develop future projects for Spyglass, overseen by Whitney.

The project marks a reunion for Kelley and Bender who have worked together on Mr. Mercedes, DirecTV’s Audience Network’s adaptation of King’s Bill Hodges Trilogy that has been renewed for a third season.

Kelley will pen the adaptation for The Institute and Bender will direct. Both will executive produce.

“Having the opportunity to work...

Spyglass has acquired the rights to Stephen King’s recently-released novel “The Institute,” with David E. Kelley on board to adapt and Jack Bender to direct.

King is re-teaming with Kelley and Bender, whom adapted King’s “Mr. Mercedes” for DirecTV’s Audience Network. “The Institute” marks the first TV acquisition for the newly-launched company. In addition, Spyglass has signed Bender to a multi-year first-look deal to develop future projects.

Bender is known for directing episodes of “Lost,” “Game of Thrones,” “The Sopranos,” “Under the Dome,” and “Alias.” He is the executive producer on an another King adaption in HBO’s upcoming “The Outsider.”

Also Read: 'Castle Rock' Gets Premiere Date From Hulu for 'Misery'-Themed Season 2

Spyglass Media Group is the joint venture between Gary Barber’s Spyglass and Lantern Entertainment. In July 2018, Lantern acquired the assets of The Weinstein Company out of bankruptcy for $289 million.

David E. Kelley, fresh off his stint on “Big Little Lies,” and “Lost” director Jack Bender are teaming up to bring Stephen King’s latest novel “The Institute” to the screen.

Spyglass has won the rights to the book and plans to adapt it into a limited series with Kelley in place to write and executive produce, and Bender set to serve serve as director and executive producer. The duo previously worked together on “Mr. Mercedes,” Audience Network’s adaptation of King’s Bill Hodges Trilogy which has been renewed for a third season.

“The Institute,” which hits shelves today, centers around Luke Ellis whose parents are murdered in the middle of the night by intruders. Luke wakes up at The Institute in a room that looks just like his own, except there’s no window. Outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talents,...

David E. Kelley and Jack Bender, who teamed for the Stephen King adaptation Mr. Mercedes, are coming back together for a TV project based on the author's latest novel.

Kelley (Big Little Lies, Goliath) is set to adapt King's novel The Institute as a limited series for Spyglass Media Group, which optioned the book in a competitive situation. Bender (Lost, The Last Ship) is attached to direct, and both will executive produce. Spyglass has also signed a multiyear, first-look deal with Bender to develop TV projects for the company.

The Institute is the first TV acquisition for Spyglass under president of ...

The “vampire” will return this fall when Mercyful Fate frontman and shock rocker extraordinaire King Diamond brings his solo show to North America for a post-Halloween tour. A teaser for the trek shows a hand clawing from the darkness inside an insane asylum, a quick glimpse of the singer’s famed mic-stand — a cross made out of human bones — and a woman wearing a metal mask. Eerie piano music plays in the background as a woman warns of an approaching storm.

Although the devilish Danish singer hasn’t put out...

Following the announcement that Stephen King's next novel, The Institute, will be released this September, Entertainment Weekly has now unveiled the official cover art and an excerpt for the Firestarter-esque book.

EW exclusively revealed the cover art for The Institute, which you can view below. EW also revealed the first excerpt, so if you'd like to get an idea of what to expect, be sure to visit their website.

According to StephenKing.com, The Institute clocks in at 576 pages and will be released in hardcover and eBook on Tuesday, September 10th. Cover art has yet to be revealed. Here's the full synopsis below (via StephenKing.com):

Synopsis: "In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis’s parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute,...

Korin Huggins and Monique Nash’s Kronicle Media is teaming up with Matt Nicholas’ Rebel Maverick Productions and producer Manaal Khan to develop a series based on an upcoming Ya book by Dana L. Davis.

The novel is titled “Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now.” It revolves around Tiffany Sly, a sixteen-year old, whose life hasn’t been safe or normal for a while. Traumatized after losing her mom to cancer, she must leave everything she knows to live with the biological father she’s never even met. To complicate things, Tiffany has a secret: another man also claims he’s her father and she only has seven days to figure out the truth. The novel will be released on May 1 from publisher Harlequin Teen.

Huggins, Nash, Nicholas, Khan and Davis will serve as executive producers on the potential series. Rebel Maverick’s new vice president of development and production, Hanni Egal,...

Some of these shows have been around for quite some time, and others made their debut in 2017.

A couple of them have ended or were canceled, or may, unfortunately, be on their way towards cancellation, but one thing they all have in common is that they all are fantastic shows that are criminally underrated.

Also, many of you aren't watching them for some reason! 

In this Peak TV era where there are too many shows and not nearly enough time to watch them, it's easy for a few of them to slip under the radar. Below is a list of shows that you may not have checked out, but you definitely should!

Are there any hidden gems or underappreciated series missing? Sound off below!

1. Kevin (Probably) Saves the World The world is in dire need of more joy and kindness. That's why it's baffling that more people aren't tuned into this ABC feel-good family dramedy.

Ghostbusters action figures highlight a new round of collectibles from Diamond Select toys, and in today's Horror Highlights, we also have release details for Eric Red's new werewolf book, trailers for The Blessed Ones and Altar, and new images from Whispers.

New Diamond Select Toys Collectibles: From Diamond Select Toys: "Another New Toy day has arrived, and a new shipment of Diamond Select Toys items have arrived at your local comic shop! Multiple sets of Minimates mini-figures, from Watchmen, Predator and Forbidden Planet, as well as a popular Back to the Future Time Machine vehicle, are in comic shops now, as well as the fifth assortment of Ghostbusters Movie action figures! Reserve your favorites at your local comic shop, or order through your favorite online retailer!

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Up-and-coming actress Allie Gallerani is quickly discovering that in all types of business, truth can be stranger than fiction, and not all people turn out to truly be how they initially presented themselves. In her new horror film, ‘The Institute,’ the actress powerfully showcased the authentic struggles women regularly contended while they sought treatment at […]

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Starting today, horror fans can check into The Institute at theaters and on VOD via Momentum Pictures, and we caught up with co-director Pamela Romanowsky to discuss collaborating with co-director James Franco, the movie's unique filming location, and much more.

Thanks for taking the time to answer some questions for us, Pamela. What attracted you to telling this story by Adam and Matt Rager?

Pamela Romanowsky: Well, the first question for me was “why a horror film?” I like films across lots of genres, but I’m not a horror buff, so this was a first for me. The horror films I do love are genre blending, movies that are character-based and explore things that are dark but still based in reality, and in the dark corners of human psychology. I’ve never really been scared of the supernatural, but people are certainly capable of terrifying and very dark things.

If you thought you’d had enough James Franco already — since December, three movies starring the actor/director have hit the big screen (“Why Him?,” “In Dubious Battle,” “The Institute“) with “The Disaster Artist” premiering at SXSW this month — get ready for a double dose. “The Wire” and “Treme” creator David Simon‘s highly anticipated “The Deuce” is on the way, and we have our first look at Franco times two in the series.

Continue reading First Look: James Franco Pulls Double Duty In David Simon’s ‘The Deuce’ at The Playlist.

As Isabel in The Institute, Allie Gallerani experiences unconventional treatments at the hands of Dr. Cairn (James Franco). With Momentum Pictures releasing The Institute in theaters and on VOD this Friday, March 3rd, we caught up with Gallerani for our latest Q&A feature to discuss working with Franco, the influence of Penny Dreadful, and much more.

Thanks for taking the time to answer some questions for us, Allie. What attracted you to playing the role of Isabel Porter in The Institute?

Allie Gallerani: I was drawn to Isabel’s strength, intelligence, and curiosity. These traits were not valued in Victorian society, so she feels like a bit of an outsider. I love playing characters who are a little bit stubborn and challenge accepted norms. As an actor, I’m always intrigued by a character’s transformation and Isabel’s is monumental.

Did any other films or performances inspire...

Genre fans should get excited, as March’s VOD releases are a stellar bunch and should keep you busy through the entire month. Things kick off with Mike Mendez’s Don’t Kill It and The Institute, which was co-directed by James Franco. March 7th is a busy day, with five VOD releases—Bloodrunners, Devil in the Dark, Galaxy of Horrors, Johnny Frank Garrett’s Last Word, and The Lesson—and both Elle and The Devil’s Candy make their digital debuts the following week.

Prevenge rounds out March’s digital releases, as it has been exclusively picked up by the fine folks at Shudder, and other notable VOD releases for the month include Lavender (which expands from its exclusive Dish premiere in February), Passengers, Atomica, and House on Willow Street.

Don’t Kill It (Archstone Distribution) – March 3rd

An ancient evil is unleashed in a small Mississippi town, leaving...

Beginning March 3rd, Momentum Pictures will introduce viewers to unsettling and unconventional treatments in The Institute, and with the film's theatrical release list now revealed, you can see if the devious doctors of the movie will be paying your town a visit...

Synopsis: "Subjected to bizarre and increasingly violent pseudo-scientific experiments in personality modification, brainwashing and mind control, Isabel Porter must escape the clutches of the Rosewood Institute and exact her revenge, or else be forever lost."

Directed by James Franco and Pamela Romanowsky from a screenplay by Adam and Matt Rager, The Institute stars James Franco, Allie Gallerani, Tim Blake Nelson, Lori Singer, Eric Roberts, and Scott Haze. Momentum Pictures will release The Institute on March 3rd on digital and VOD platforms as well as theatrically in the following cities:

Los Angeles - The Ricardo Montalban Theatre (1615 Vine St, Los Angeles, CA 90028) Atlanta – AMC Southlake Pavilion 24 (7065 Mt Zion Cir,...

James Franco’s adaptation of John Steinbeck’s “In Dubious Battle” is currently in limited release, and it isn’t the only thing directed by the multi-multi-hyphenate you can watch right now. Franco has also directed the video for “Girls on T.V.,” the lead single from Tashaki Miyaki’s debut album “The Dream.” Watch it below.

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Juno Temple (“Black Mass,” “Killer Joe,” “Maleficent”) stars in the video; Franco describes her role as “an innocent soul seeing Hollywood for the first time” in a statement. Full of words superimposed on the screen in neon letters, the video finds Temple’s cowboy hat–wearing newcomer strolling through Hollywood on a dark, dreamy night. The director lists “Midnight Cowboy,” “Fallen Angels” and Robert Redford’s “Electric Horseman” as influences on his latest endeavor.

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James Franco continues in that “bad hair/facial hair” vein with The Institute, a psychological thriller in which he plays a doctor who seems to have forgotten the Hippocratic oath. As Dr. Cairn, he tries to “cure” the patients of the Rosewood Institute with torture and various other Franco methods, like popping up at their bedside, or calling his work “art.” The grief-stricken young woman at the center of the story, Isabel, comes to regret her decision to check into the institute for help. But it looks like the staff will have some regrets of their own, as things devolve into a Wicker Man homage. Which makes sense, since Franco co-directed the thing. He also stomps around in wire spectacles and a mustache that’s just hanging off his face—you know, like a real doctor.

Franco is joined in the cast by his In Dubious Battle co-star Allie Gallerani...

The James Franco train is rolling hard at the moment — he’s got both “In Dubious Battle” and “The Institute” coming to cinemas in the next couple of months — but every once in a while, his moviemaking machine turns up a possible gem, and we’ve got hope for “The Disaster Artist.” Why? Because the film finds Franco playing Tommy Wiseau, the eccentric director of cult favorite “The Room.”

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Joined by Dave Franco, Seth Rogen, Josh Hutcherson, Ari Graynor, Jacki Weaver, and Alison Brie, the film will detail all the shenanigans that went into making one of the best worst movies in recent memory.

Continue reading New Look: James Franco As ‘The Room’ Director Tommy Wiseau In ‘The Disaster Artist’ at The Playlist.