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Reed Birney and Kieron Moore will star in “Blue Film,” a provocative indie about a fetish camboy who agrees to spend the night with an anonymous client, only to discover a disturbing tie to his past. The film is the feature debut of writer and director Elliot Tuttle. It wrapped production this year and is aiming to hit the early 2025 festival circuit.

Birney is an acclaimed stage and screen actor. He won a Tony and numerous other awards and nominations for plays including “The Humans,” “Casa Valentina,” and “Man From Nebraska.” On television, he can be seen in the most recent season of “American Horror Story”. He was also recently on Peacock’s “Poker Face”, and “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.” Other TV credits include HBO’s “Succession” and Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale.” He is also well known for his performance as Vice President Donald Blythe in the Netflix series “House of Cards.

2014's Vampire Academy was based on a bestselling young adult novel series, and poised to kick off the next hit YA movie franchise, but Vampire Academy 2 never happened. Directed by Mean Girls' Mark Waters, the Vampire Academy movie adapts the first book in the series by Richelle Mead. It follows best friends Rose Hathaway (Zoey Deutch), a Dhampir (human-vampire hybrid), and Lissa Dragomir (Lucy Fry), a Moroi (a breed of peaceful vampires), who run away from their boarding school, St. Vladimir's Academy, only to be caught and forced to return.

The first Vampire Academy novel was published in 2007, a time when young adult book series, particularly those centered around the supernatural, were booming in popularity. This was the same year that both Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and Eclipse, the third book in the Twilight Saga, were published. Both of those series went on to become such huge movie...

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Hallmark’s Fall Into Love programming event soon comes to an end, with the final movie being Haunted Wedding. The movie tells the story of a couple, whose upcoming wedding is being interfered with by a ghost. Read on to find out more about the movie and its cast, and view images taken on the film set.

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According to the official synopsis, this last Fall Into Love movie features a ghost who wants to stop a couple from getting married. Jana (Janel Parrish) an

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However, plans go awry when Angelique (Cassandra Potenza), a ghost clad in an 18th-century wedding dress vows to stop it. Now, Jana and Brian will need to work together to save their wedding from disaster.

Haunted Wedding marks the end of the Fall in Love 2024 lineup. It will also lead up to Countdown to Christmas 2024 on the Hallmark Channel. Get all the details of this haunting new romantic movie.

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The Fall Into Love 2024 lineup included the previous films His and Hers, Falling Together, The Heiress and the Handyman, and The Real West. Haunted Wedding continues to bring the romance with a new twist. This comforting movie is perfect for Halloween and spooky season.

The official synopsis of the film from the Hallmark Channel reads: “Jana and Brian’s plan to wed is in jeopardy when Angelique, a ghost in an 18th-century wedding dress, vows to stop it. The couple must work together to save their wedding from disaster.”

The couple works together as ghost hunters. The festivities are interrupted as they figure out what the ghosts want from them. Their paranormal quest takes fans on a fun ride.

The upcoming post-apocalyptic horror movie Please Don’t Feed the Children will mark the feature directorial debut from Destry Allyn Spielberg, the daughter of Steven Spielberg. First-look images have arrived ahead of the film’s world premiere at Sitges this week, introducing Michelle Dockery’s psychotic character.

In Don’t Feed the Children, “after a viral outbreak ravaged the country’s adult population, a group of orphans heads south in search of a new life, only to find themselves at the mercy of a deranged woman harboring a dangerous secret.”

The new images highlight Dockery’s character, who looks a bit sinister and untrustworthy.

The film stars Michelle Dockery, Giancarlo Esposito (MaXXXine, Abigail), and an ensemble cast that includes Zoe Colletti (Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark), Dean Scott Vazquez (Transformers: Rise of the Beasts), Vernon Davis (Chariot, A Day To Die), Emma Meisel (“American Horror Story: 1984”), Andrew Liner...

The Cheerleaders series had 15 authors, including Christopher Pike and Caroline B. Cooney, who wrote only 4 out of 47 books in total. The series was hugely successful, with a new book released every month for four years, offering readers frothy, catty, teen drama filled with romance. Cheerleaders were a hot YA topic in the '80s and '90s, especially in horror-thriller series like the Fear Street Cheerleaders and Caroline B. Cooney's Vampire's Promise trilogy.

The '80s were known for their explosion of pulpy YA series, and one of the most popular - Cheerleaders - has a very unusual origin. While Caroline B. Cooney is best-known for her YA horror-thriller books, the longest-running series that she started is her Cheerleaders series. The series followed the trials and tribulations of high school cheerleaders, including friendship troubles and rivalries, romance, and heartbreak.

It's hard work writing any series, let alone one that has dozens of installments.

Jerry Seinfeld’s highly touted (and largely panned) feature directorial debut, “Unfrosted,” spent four days leading Netflix’s top 10 movie chart before another Netflix original, “Mother of the Bride” starring Brooke Shields, took the slot before the thematically appropriate weekend holiday.

“Unfrosted” led for just four days, with “Shrek” from 2001 leading midweek before the debut of “Bride.” The Dreamworks animated classic is still in second place, while Seinfeld’s Pop-Tarts comedy dropped to fourth.

“Bride” comes from director Mark Waters. Perhaps best known for his “Freaky Friday” remake and the original “Mean Girls,” Waters went on to direct “The Spiderwick Chronicles,” “Vampire Academy,” and “Bad Santa 2.” In the new rom-com, Shields is a mom who realizes the father of her future son-in-law broke her heart decades ago.

“Bride” and “Unfrosted” are the sole Netflix originals on its weekly list of the top 10 domestic movies. Reflecting the start of summer’s school vacations,...

Exclusive: Julie Plec has signed with CAA for representation.

Plec is a creator, showrunner, executive producer, and director who is most notably responsible for the complete Vampire Diaries Universe, which has spanned 13 years and more than 300 episodes of television.

Through her My So-Called Company banner at Universal Television with producing partner Emily Cummins, Plec is currently showrunning and executive producing Amazon Prime Video’s We Were Liars alongside Carina MacKenzie. It’s based on the bestselling novel by E. Lockhart.

Plec was the co-creator of Vampire Academy, based on the popular book series, which aired on Peacock, and is a co-creator and executive producer of Girls on the Bus, currently airing on Max.

Plec began her career in television as a writer and co-executive producer of the series Kyle Xy, which she produced for its entire three-year run. Her additional credits include Roswell,...

Anya Taylor-Joy has become one of the most popular up-and-coming actresses in the past few years. The talented performer has been picking up roles at an exciting rate. In 2024, she will portray the titular character Imperator Furiosa in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.

With her dazzling beauty, exceptional grace, and ability to pull off nuanced performances, she’s quickly becoming the talk of Hollywood and beyond.

Anya Taylor-Joy in a white Dior Fall 2022 dress with a gold collar necklace and Tiffany & Co. Schlumberger bracelet, rings, and earrings at the Los Angeles Premiere of “The Northman” at Tcl Chinese Theatre on April 18, 2022, in Hollywood, California (Credit: DFree / Shutterstock)

Although best known for her role in the Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit, Anya Taylor-Joy has also had many parts in feature-length films. Today, we’re looking at this young starlet as we count down our 11 favorite Anya Taylor-Joy movies, ranked in order...

Lucy Fry (the Wolf Creek TV series), Madeline Brewer (The Handmaid’s Tale), Sheryl Lee (Twin Peaks), and comedian Matt Rife (Natural Selection) lead the cast of the psychological horror film I Live Here Now, which recently made its way through production with first-time feature director Julie Pacino at the helm. Utopia represents the worldwide rights to the project, and Screen Daily reports that they’ll be launching distribution sales at the European Film Market, which will be held during the 74th Berlin International Film Festival later this month.

I Live Here Now sees Fry taking on the role of a woman who finds herself trapped in a remote hotel where the violent echoes of her past come alive, blurring the lines between her darkest nightmares and the waking world.

In addition to Wolf Creek, Fry’s credits include Vampire Academy, Mr. Church, 11.22.63, The Darkness, Bright, Night Teeth, She’s Missing,...

Exclusive: Universal Television is developing a TV adaptation of the novel Stone Cold Fox by Rachel Koller Croft, who will also pen the series. Julie Plec and Emily Cummins will executive produce through Plec’s production banner, My So-Called Company as part of her overall deal with Universal Television.

Stone Cold Fox was published Tuesday by Berkley & Penguin Random House. The novel is about an ambitious woman, raised by a con artist mother, who wants to escape her dark past for good. As she aims to marry into a classic American dynasty for one last con, unexpected opponents could threaten everything she’s worked so hard to achieve.

“As a long-time fan of their work, I am beyond thrilled to be partnering with Julie and Emily at My So-Called Company alongside Universal Television,” said Croft. “The women of Stone Cold Fox are ambitious, complex and above all, entertaining, so I...

Peacock will produce a 10 episode live action "Vampire Academy" TV series, based on the paranormal romance novels by author Richelle Mead, executive produced by Julie Plec ("The Vampire Diaries"):

"...'Rosemarie Hathaway is a 'dhampir' girl, training to be a guardian of her 'moroi' best friend, 'Lissa Dragomir'. 

"In the process of learning how to defeat 'strigoi' in 'St. Vladimir's Academy', Rose finds herself caught in a forbidden romance with her instructor, 'Dimitri Belikov', while having an unbreakable psychic bond with Lissa..."

The first book in Meade's series was "Vampire Academy" (2007)...

...followed by "Frostbite" (2008)...

..."Shadow Kiss" (2008)...

..."Blood Promise" (2009)...

..."Spirit Bound" (2010)... 

...and "Last Sacrifice" (2010).

Seven years after being turned into a feature film, Richelle Mead‘s line of “Vampire Academy” books have been turned into a TV series, and today Peacock shares the very first footage. The six-book young adult vampire series was originally published between 2007 and 2010, with the first book adapted into the Vampire Academy feature film back in 2014. In […]

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Peacock is ramping up its scripted originals in 2022, and an exciting new trailer for the coming events aired during the Olympics opening ceremony.

The sizzle reel was packed, showcasing upcoming shows Bel-Air, Joe vs. Carole, Bust Down, Killing It, Angelyne, and many more.

The clip also confirmed 2022 premieres for Girls5Eva, Queer as Folk, Last Light, and The Missing.

It is a lot of content, and we have every hope that the streaming service will break through this year.

Angelyne is Peacock’s limited series about fame, identity, survival, billboards, Corvettes, lingerie, men, women, women teasing men, men obsessed with women, West Hollywood, crystals, UFOs, and most importantly of all, the self-proclaimed Rorschach test in pink, glow-in-the-dark queen of the universe, Angelyne.

Bel-Air will premiere Super Bowl Sunday and will be a dramatic reboot of the hit comedy series The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

Set in modern-day America, Peacock’s...

The students of St. Vladimir’s Academy are coming back for another bite later this year.

Peacock on Friday released a sizzle reel of its upcoming programming, offering a blink-and-you-missed-it first look at the streamer’s series adaptation of Richelle Mead’s Vampire Academy novels. Previously adapted into a feature film in 2014, Vampire Academy is now being reborn for the small-screen, courtesy of showrunners Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, Legacies) and Marguerite MacIntyre (Tvd).

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NBCUniversal is using the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony to highlight the extravagant plumage of its nascent streaming service Peacock.

The company is airing a new first-look video of its upcoming and returning titles during the kick off of the event in Beijing, which will be airing across NBC, Peacock, CNBC and USA Network.

New footage includes Last Light, starring Lost’s Matthew Fox in his first TV role in over a decade, as well as Queer As Folk and Vampire Academy.

The video is heavy on footage from Bel-Air, which launches on Super Bowl Sunday (February 13) and Angelyne, which is coming later this year. It also includes footage of Joe Exotic drama Joe vs Carole, which launches on March 3, Craig Robinson’s Killing It, which premieres in April, Lorne Michaels-EPed Bust Down, which launches on March 10.

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Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec are reuniting for a new TV series.

The duo, who previously brought The Vampire Diaries to The CW, are taking a stab at another supernatural series.

This time, however, they'll be collaborating in the world of streaming.

Peacock announced today the straight-to-series order of supernatural drama series Dead Day, based on the bestselling AfterShock comic-book series created by Ryan Parrott, from producers Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson.

The pair will serve as co-showrunners, writers, and executive producers.

Dead Day follows an ensemble of characters as they navigate the annual “dead day,” when for one night the dead come back to complete unfinished business -- be that to celebrate a night back on earth or to torment the living.

“Dead Day combines an exciting, high-concept premise with relatable characters and real emotion,” said Lisa Katz, president scripted content, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming.

“We jumped at the...

“The Vampire Diaries” creators Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson are teaming up again on the supernatural drama series “Dead Day” at Peacock.

Based on the AfterShock comic book series of the same name, “Dead Day” has been given a straight-to-series order at the NBCU streaming service. Plec and Williamson will serve as writers, executive producers, and co-showrunners on the series.

“We have been looking for a project to do together and ‘Dead Day’ has all the ingredients we love as storytellers,” said Plec and Williamson. “Love, death, thrills and tears — and we know Susan Rovner and her team at Peacock is the perfect fit for this project.”

The series follows an ensemble of characters as they navigate the annual “dead day,” when for one night the dead come back to complete unfinished business, be that to celebrate a night back on earth or to torment the living.

“’Dead Day’ combines an exciting,...

Peacock has given a straight-to-series order to a TV adaptation of Ryan Parrott’s comic book Dead Day.

The series comes from Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson. The pair will serve as co-showrunners and writers on the series, which comes from Universal Television and Aftershock Media.

It reunites Plec and Williamson, who developed The Vampire Diaries, which ran for eight seasons on The CW.

Dead Day follows an ensemble of characters as they navigate the annual “dead day,” when for one night the dead come back to complete unfinished business — be that to celebrate a night back on earth or to torment the living.

The comics, which were published in 2020 by Aftershock Comics, follow the Haskins, a seemingly normal suburban family as they prepare for the zombie debauchery.

It is Plec’s latest project for Peacock; she is currently producing YA supernatural drama series Vampire Academy for the NBCU streamer...

The Vampire Diaries bosses Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec are reteaming for a new undead tale: Peacock has given a straight-to-series order to the supernatural drama Dead Day, which the duo will co-showrun and write, TVLine has learned.

Based on the AfterShock comic book series created by Ryan Parrott, the show follows “an ensemble of characters as they navigate the annual ‘dead day,’ when for one night the dead come back to complete unfinished business — be that to celebrate a night back on earth or to torment the living,” per the official synopsis.

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“The Vampire Diaries” co-creators Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec have reteamed for “Dead Day,” a supernatural drama based on the best-selling comic book series by Ryan Parrott.

On Thursday, Peacock announced it’s given a straight-to-series order to “Dead Day,” which follows several characters as they deal with the annual night when the dead return to visit with or torment the living – or maybe just to party.

“We have been looking for a project to do together and ‘Dead Day’ has all the ingredients we love as storytellers. Love, death, thrills and tears – and we know [NBCUniversal Chairman of Entertainment Content] Susan Rovner and her team at Peacock is the perfect fit for this project,” said Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson in a joint statement shared with TheWrap.

“Dead Day combines an exciting, high-concept premise with relatable characters and real emotion,” said Lisa Katz, president of scripted content at NBCUniversal Television and Streaming.

Universal streamer Peacock has confirmed a straight to series 10-episode order for a live action "Vampire Academy" TV series, based on the young adult paranormal romance novels by author Richelle Mead and a graphic novel title, to be developed and executive produced by Julie Plec ("The Vampire Diaries"):

"...'Rosemarie Hathaway is a 'dhampir' girl, training to be a guardian of her 'moroi' best friend, 'Lissa Dragomir'. 

"In the process of learning how to defeat 'strigoi' in 'St. Vladimir's Academy', Rose finds herself caught in a forbidden romance with her instructor, 'Dimitri Belikov', while having an unbreakable psychic bond with Lissa..."

The first book in Meade's series was "Vampire Academy" (2007)...

...followed by "Frostbite" (2008)...

..."Shadow Kiss" (2008)...

..."Blood Promise" (2009)...

..."Spirit Bound" (2010)... 

...and "Last Sacrifice" (2010).

NBCUniversal’s international flight plan for Peacock starts this week: Starting Nov. 16, Sky TV and Now customers in the U.K. and Ireland will get access to the streaming service for no additional fee.

Comcast had announced plans this summer to launch Peacock as a free add-on for Sky’s satellite TV customers in Europe, representing a base of close to 20 million households. According to NBCU, after the “soft launch” in the U.K. and Ireland, Peacock will continue to roll out across Sky platforms in territories including Germany, Italy, Austria and Switzerland in the next few months.

Sky TV customers and subscribers to the Now Entertainment package in the U.K. and Ireland will get “early access” to the new ad-supported Peacock destination, with original and library TV shows and movies from across NBCU although the content availability will differ from what’s available on Peacock in the U.

You'll want to sink your teeth into this update! Vampires were just about everywhere in the mid '00s: The Twilight franchise dominated the box office, True Blood and The Vampire Diaries aired on television and teens devoured the Vampire Academy book series. However, at a certain point, Hollywood's obsession with vampires began to wane. For instance, even Tvd's first spinoff The Originals ended its run in 2018 after five seasons. Yet, just when we thought true crime documentaries would be the obsession of now, American Horror Story and Midnight Mass have proven that blood-sucking characters still have a place in TV. We first spotted the return of vampires in part one...

NBC has ordered the thriller “The Endgame” from executive producers Julie Plec and Justin Lin.

The series stars Morena Baccarin and Ryan Michelle Bathe as a criminal mastermind and the FBI agent trying to stop her plan. Plec will executive produce with Nicholas Wootton and Jake Coburn, who will both write the series. Andrew Schneider is also an executive producer. Lin will direct.

Here is the logline for the series from NBC:

A pulse-pounding, high-stakes thriller about Elena Federova (Baccarin), a very recently captured international arms dealer and brilliant criminal mastermind who even in captivity orchestrates a number of coordinated bank heists, and Val Turner (Bathe), the principled, relentless and socially outcast FBI agent who will stop at nothing to foil her ambitious plan.

“The Endgame” also stars Kamal Angelo Bolden, Costa Ronin, Noah Bean, Jordan Johnson-Hinds and Mark D. Espinoza.

The series is from Nicholas Wootton Productions, Jake Coburn Productions,...

Exclusive: Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments and Penny Dreadful: City of Angels star Dominic Sherwood is starring in a Warner Bros reboot of its 1996 Arnold Schwarzenegger action pic Eraser.

Eraser: Reborn was shot under-the-radar this summer with cast also including Jacky Lai (V-Wars), McKinley Belcher III (Ozark) and Eddie Ramos (Animal Kingdom). John Pogue (Deep Blue Sea 3) directed.

The film follows U.S. Marshal Mason Pollard who specializes in engineering the fake deaths of witnesses that need to leave no trace of their existence.

Producers are The Last of the Mohicans and First Knight producer Hunt Lowry and Patty Reed (Deep Blue Sea 3). Lowry has had a longtime connection with Warner Bros via his Roserock Films banner.

The movie, which is now in post-production, has been made for Warner Bros Home Entertainment for a probable release in spring 2022. We hear there will...

Richelle Mead’s Vampire Academy is one of those beloved book franchises that should have gotten a TV series adaptation at least five years ago. Set in a world in which two distinct races of vampires—the Moroi and the Strigoi—exist, the six-book series centers the best friendship between Moroi princess Lissa and half-vampire bodyguard Rose.

While the series was made into a pretty good movie starring Zoey Deutch back in 2014, it was one of those adaptations that, while fun, didn’t actually do a good job adapting its source material. Now that Peacock has announced a series adaptation from Vampire Diaries creator Julie Plec and promising “the elegance of aristocratic romance” combined with “the supernatural thrills of the vampire genre,” the Vampire Academy fanbase might finally get the adaptation they’ve long been asking for. Today, we got our first insight into what the Peacock series will actually look like,...

The “Vampire Academy” series at Peacock has set its main cast as well as the directors for Season 1, Variety has learned.

The show, based on the book series by Richelle Mead, will star Sisi Stringer, Daniele Nieves, Kieron Moore, André Dae Kim, J. August Richards, Anita-Joy Uwajeh, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Rhian Blundell, Jonetta Kaiser, and Andrew Liner. In addition, Bille Woodruff will direct the first first episode. Luis Prieto, Jesse Warn, Erica Dunton, Geoff Shotz and series co-creator Julie Plec will also direct episodes in the first season.

The series take place at St. Vladmir’s Academy, which isn’t just any boarding school. It’s a hidden place where vampire royals are educated and half-human teens train to protect them from the savage “Strigoi” vampires who would like to see them destroyed.

Stringer (“Mortal Kombat”) will play Rose Hathaway, a vampire-human hybrid known as a Dhampir. Fiery and outspoken, Rose...

Angel alum J. August Richards is among those who will sink their teeth into Peacock‘s Vampire Academy.

The streaming service has revealed the cast for the adaptation of Richelle Mead’s paranormal romance novels, from Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, Legacies) and longtime collaborator Marguerite MacIntyre, and it includes Richards, grown-ish vet Andrew Liner and a bevy of fresh faces.

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Described as “a story of romance,...

Class is in session for Peacock’s Vampire Academy from Julie Plec and Marguerite MacIntyre, which has found its main cast for the YA drama based on Richelle Mead’s book series. Joining as series regulars are Sisi Stringer (Mortal Kombat), Daniela Nieves, Kieron Moore, André Dae Kim, J. August Richards, Anita-Joy Uwajeh (West End’s Cyrano de Bergerac and King Lear), Mia McKenna-Bruce, Rhian Blundell, Jonetta Kaiser and Andrew Liner (Grown-ish).

Written by MacIntyre, Vampire Academy is set in a world of privilege and glamour, where two young women’s friendship transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter royal vampire society. This serialized and...

Peacock’s “The Vampire Academy” series has set its main cast, including “Mortal Kombat” actress Sisi Stringer in the lead role of Rose Hathaway.

Also set to star in the 10-episode drama are Daniela Nieves as Lissa Dragomir, Kieron Moore as Dimitri Belikov, Andre Dae Kim as Christian Ozera, J. August Richards as Victor Dashkov, Anita-Joy Uwajeh as Tatiana Vogel, Mia McKenna-Bruce as Mia Karp, Rhian Blundell as Meredith, Jonetta Kaiser as Sonya Karp and Andrew Liner as Mason Ashford. Read full character descriptions below.

Based on the young adult paranormal romance novels by author Richelle Mead, “Vampire Academy” follows two young women whose friendship “transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter royal vampire society.” It is described as a “serialized and sexy drama” that “combines the elegance of aristocratic romance and the supernatural thrills of the vampire genre.”

“The Vampire Diaries” boss...

Peacock has enrolled the class of Vampire Academy.

The NBCUniversal streaming service has set the cast for its YA drama from showrunners Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries, Legacies) and Marguerite MacIntyre (Legacies), based on Richelle Mead’s best-selling book series.

The show has also lined up its directing roster, with Black Lightning and Empire veteran Billie Woodruff set to helm the first episode.

Vampire Academy centers on two young women — played by Sisi Stringer (Mortal Kombat) and Daniela Nieves (Five Points) — whose friendship transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter royal vampire society.

Stringer will play ...

Spain is no longer a distant country for international film and TV shoots, as the industry builds dramatically amid a flash flood of public financing.

In May 2020, as the first wave Covid-19 roiled the country, Spain’s Psoe socialist government raised the cap from €3 million ($3.6 million) to $14.4 million for both tax rebates for international projects and tax credits for local productions. Deduction rates edged up from 25% to 30% of investment.

In March, prime minister Pedro Sánchez raised the ante with a $1.9 billion Avs Hub Plan for 2021-25 to power up the local film and TV production industry and encourage big foreign players to shoot and set up production offices in Spain.

Already, thanks in part to a vaccination drive decimating infections, international shoots in Spain surpass pre-pandemic levels.

“Even in such a globally competitive marketplace, Spain remains one of the world’s leading destinations for producers wishing to capture content,” says Mike Day,...

From the late 1940s — and taking in “Star Wars,” “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” “El Cid,” “A Fistful of Dollars” and “Doctor Zhivago” — Spain has welcomed some of the biggest movies and series in history.

As it battles to become one of Europe’s foremost production hubs, its service sector has grown with the Mediapro Studio and Secuoya Studios recently launching international shoot service divisions. Following, profiles of five of Spain’s top service players.

Babieka

For over 50 years, Babieka has helped handle big budget international shoots in Spain. Ridley Scott’s “Exodus,” Terry George’s “The Promise” and Reed Morano’s “The Rhythm Section” figure amongst its recent titles. Babieka also produces (Netflix film “The Paramedic”) and co-produces. “Top international productions are in our DNA. These prove an amazing training ground for our cast and crew that we benefit from in our own productions,” says CEO Denis Pedregosa.

Exclusive: In a competitive situation, Peacock has landed for development Let Me Hear a Rhyme, a drama based on the novel by Tiffany Jackson. The project hails from writer Morenike Balogun, Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and his G-Unit Film and Television, Lionsgate TV and studio-based The Tannenbaum Co. as well as Universal Television. Morgan Cooper (Bel-Air) is attached to direct and executive produce.

Written by Balogun and to be directed by Cooper, Let Me Hear a Rhyme is described as True Detective meets Straight Outta Compton, a coming-of-age story set amidst and violence and popular rise of hip hop music in the 90’s. Part murder mystery, part thriller and part love story, Let Me Hear a Rhyme is a premium drama with surrealist elements that tells the story of three grieving teens who use the clues their murdered friend left behind in his music to find the killer.

The movies are back. That’s the rumor, anyway. One which is circulating through Hollywood and the movie industry at large as audiences slowly acclimate to returning to movie theaters. But cinemas are not the only option for movie lovers this June. In fact, if you’re still a bit wary about going near a big screen—or just want to watch some old favorites on the nights you stay in—Netflix has you covered for a few evenings.

Hence below are the better movies coming to the streaming service this month.

The Big Lebowski (1998)

June 1

Look, it might just be like our opinion, man, but The Big Lebowski is still one of the best Coen Brothers movie. As the film which firmly cemented Jeff Bridges’ status as the Dude—also known as His Dudeness, the Duder, and El Duderino—The Big Lebowski has been a cult classic for so...

In this edition of TV Bits: Sara Ramírez joins the Sex and the City sequel series And Just Like That… Stop-motion animated series Ultra City Smiths will feature the voices of Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard, Alia Shawkat, and more. Peacock orders Vampire Academy. Dangerous Liaisons Starz series adds Alice Englert, Nicholas Denton to its cast. Dave season 2 gets a […]

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Three-time Primetime Emmy winner Damon Lindelof has set his first project post-“Watchmen” with “Mrs. Davis,” a new drama series headed for Peacock. He will team with “Young Sheldon” writer and co-executive producer Tara Hernandez for the series. Peacock has ordered a 10-episode first season.

While plot details remain under wraps, the series is set to explore faith versus technology in an “epic battle of biblical and binary proportions,” per Deadline. The series “has a dark satirical edge and focuses on a world where almost all decisions are made via algorithm. Containing secrets within secrets, each season will center on a particular mystery or dilemma, that will be resolved by the end of the cycle.”

Hernandez, also an executive producer on “The Big Bang Theory,” will serve as showrunner and executive producer, with “Lost,” “Watchmen,” and “The Leftovers” head Damon Lindelof also co-writing and serving as an executive producer. The...

Peacock has given a straight-to-series order to a drama from The Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon co-ep Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof.

The pair are making ten-episode series Mrs. Davis for the NBCU streamer.

The series is an exploration of faith versus technology — an epic battle of biblical and binary proportions, although plot details are being kept under wraps.

Deadline understands that the series, which was pitchd across town including at HBO, home to Lindelof’s The Leftovers and Watchmen, has a dark satirical edge and focuses on a world where almost all decisions are made via algorithm. Containing secrets within secrets, each season will center on a particular mystery or dilemma, that will be resolved by the end of the cycle.

It is the latest straight-to-series order for the streamer, which last week ordered an adaptation of YA book Vampire Academy from Julie Plec and Marguerite MacIntyre. It...

Universal streamer Peacock has confirmed a straight to series 10-episode order for a live action "Vampire Academy" TV series, based on the young adult paranormal romance novels by author Richelle Mead and a graphic novel title, to be developed and executive produced by Julie Plec ("The Vampire Diaries"):

"...'Rosemarie Hathaway is a 'dhampir' girl, training to be a guardian of her 'moroi' best friend, 'Lissa Dragomir'. 

"In the process of learning how to defeat 'strigoi' in 'St. Vladimir's Academy', Rose finds herself caught in a forbidden romance with her instructor, 'Dimitri Belikov', while having an unbreakable psychic bond with Lissa..."

The first book in Meade's series was "Vampire Academy" (2007)...

...followed by "Frostbite" (2008)...

..."Shadow Kiss" (2008)...

..."Blood Promise" (2009)...

..."Spirit Bound" (2010)... 

...and "Last Sacrifice" (2010).

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TV news you can sink your teeth into. On Wednesday, May 19, Peacock announced that a TV adaptation of Vampire Academy is heading to the NBCUniversal streaming service. The new drama, which received a 10-episode order, has come about thanks to The Vampire Diaries co-creator Julie Plec. However, Plec isn't the only Tvd alum attached to the project as Marguerite MacIntyre (a.k.a. Sheriff Liz Forbes) will also serve as executive producer and co-showrunner. If Vampire Academy sounds familiar to you, you're likely thinking of Richelle Mead's popular book series, which inspired this new TV show and a 2014 film adaptation starring Zoey Deutch. And, according to Plec, she has wanted to tackle this series...

Vampire Academy is getting the TV show treatment with two creatives who already know a lot about vampires.

Peacock today announced a straight to series 10-episode order for Vampire Academy, from Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, and executive producer Julie Plec, which she is adapting with longtime collaborator Marguerite MacIntyre, who will also serve as executive producer and co-showrunner.

From executive producer, Julie Plec comes a story of romance, friendship, death, sex, and scandal.

Vampire Academy is based on a series of young adult paranormal romance novels by international bestselling author Richelle Mead.

In a world of privilege and glamour, two young women’s friendship transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter royal vampire society.

This serialized and sexy drama combines the elegance of aristocratic romance and the supernatural thrills of the vampire genre.

“Julie Plec created one of the...

“The Vampire Diaries” creator Julie Plec is jumping back into the world of fanged bloodsuckers for a series adaptation of the “Vampire Academy” books for Peacock.

The project has received a 10-episode straight-to-series order from the streaming service, with Plec set to serve as executive producer and co-showrunner alongside longtime collaborator Marguerite MacIntyre.

Based on the young adult paranormal romance novels by author Richelle Mead, “Vampire Academy” follows two young women whose friendship “transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter royal vampire society.” It is described as a “serialized and sexy drama” that “combines the elegance of aristocratic romance and the supernatural thrills of the vampire genre.”

Plec, whose credits also include “Vampire Diaries” spinoffs “The Originals” and “Legacies,” as well as The CW’s “Roswell, New Mexico,” describes Mead’s book series as a personal favorite.

“When I signed my new deal with Universal Television,...

The next time you say “that Julie Plec show about vampires at a supernatural boarding school,” you’ll have to be more specific.

Peacock has ordered a series adaptation of Richelle Mead’s Vampire Academy books, with Plec and Marguerite MacIntyre (aka The Vampire Diaries‘ Sheriff Forbes!) attached as writers, co-showrunners and executive producers.

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Julie Plec, creator of The Vampire Diaries and spinoff The Originals, has long wanted to adapt YA book series Vampire Academy.

She is now getting the chance after Peacock ordered an adaptation straight-to-series.

The streamer has ordered the ten-episode series, which will be adapted by Plec and Marguerite MacIntyre, from Universal Television, where Plec is under an overall deal.

Vampire Academy is a series of books – six in total – from author Richelle Mead. It is a story of romance, friendship, death, sex, and scandal. In a world of privilege and glamour, two young women’s friendship transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter royal vampire society. This serialized drama combines the elegance of aristocratic romance and the supernatural thrills of the vampire genre.

Plec, who is also an exec producer of Roswell, New Mexico and Legacies, will write, exec producer and act as showrunner with MacIntyre,...

A series adaptation of the “Vampire Academy” novels by Richelle Mead has been ordered to series at Peacock, with Julie Plec and Marguerite MacIntyre attached to write, Variety has learned.

The book series is a personal favorite of Plec’s, who is best known for co-developing the CW series adaptation of “The Vampire Diaries.”

“Julie Plec created one of the biggest fan-favorite universes with ‘The Vampire Diaries’ and its spin-off series ‘The Originals’ and ‘Legacies,’ and we are excited to deliver this passionate audience a brand new story on Peacock,” said Lisa Katz, president of scripted content for NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. “Julie is known for binge-able, enthralling dramas and we know ‘Vampire Academy’ will keep Peacock viewers right on the edge of their seats.”

In “Vampire Academy,” two young women’s friendship transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter royal vampire society.

Julie Plec is creating a new vampire universe for Peacock.

The Vampire Diaries franchise co-creator is adapting author Richelle Mead’s beloved young adult book series Vampire Academy as a scripted live-action drama for Peacock. Plec and her longtime collaborator Marguerite MacIntyre will serve as co-showrunners on the drama, which has received a straight-to-series order at NBCUniversal’s streaming platform.

Plec, who read and loved the series in the early 2000s — well before her time on The Vampire Diaries — exec produces the series via her overall deal with Universal Television. “When I signed my new deal with Universal Television, they asked what project ...

Julie Plec is creating a new vampire universe for Peacock.

The Vampire Diaries franchise co-creator is adapting author Richelle Mead’s beloved young adult book series Vampire Academy as a scripted live-action drama for Peacock. Plec and her longtime collaborator Marguerite MacIntyre will serve as co-showrunners on the drama, which has received a straight-to-series order at NBCUniversal’s streaming platform.

Plec, who read and loved the series in the early 2000s — well before her time on The Vampire Diaries — exec produces the series via her overall deal with Universal Television. “When I signed my new deal with Universal Television, they asked what project ...

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After being discovered by a talent scout and starting off as a model, she went into acting and her first big screen credit ended up being left on the cutting room floor of dismal horror comedy Vampire Academy. Following a handful of TV gigs, she was then plucked from obscurity to headline Robert Eggers’ atmospheric chiller The Witch, receiving rave reviews in the process.

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