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Exclusive: Rizwan Manji (Schitt’s Creek) and Chandni Shah (Barbie) have joined the CBS multi-cam comedy pilot Zarna cast alongside lead Zarna Garg, who co-writes and co-executive produces with Darlene Hunt.

Zarna centers on the eponymous heroine Zarna (Garg), a proud immigrant woman raising her American-born kids on Indian values. But now that they’re getting older, it’s time to focus on her American dream.

The story reflects Garg’s own story as an immigrant from India who moves to the U.S. as a teenager. After getting BA and Jd degrees, she spent 16 years as a stay-at-home mom before her children encouraged her to try stand-up, launching her comedy career.

Manji has been cast as Kishore, a successful Wall Street investor and Zarna’s husband of more than 20 years. Shah joins as Asha, a freshman at Columbia University and the eldest daughter of Zarna and Kishore.

Hunt, who serves as showrunner,...

Exclusive: Emmy and DGA Award winner Jason Winer (Modern Family) has been tapped to direct and executive produce Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson’s untitled brothers comedy series for Apple TV+ from Skydance Television.

This marks Winer’s first non-20th Television TV project as director-producer. He had been at the now-Disney-owned studio for about two decades, since the start of his directing career, under a string of overall deals that have come to an end.

Apple’s untitled 10-episode half-hour comedy reunites Harrelson and McConaughey, who play heightened versions of themselves in a heartfelt odd couple love story revolving around their strange and beautiful sibling-like bond. Matthew and Woody’s close friendship is tested when their combined families attempt to live together on Matthew’s ranch in Texas.

Winer will direct multiple episodes, including the pilot.

David West Read serves as showrunner on the untitled comedy, which he executive produces with McConaughey,...

Una historia basada en hechos reales protagonizada por Kerry Washington. © Netflix

Netflix ha publicado un nuevo tráiler de Seis Triple Ocho, la película escrita y dirigida por Tyler Perry (Diario de una chiflada), que narra la motivadora historia real de las increíblemente valientes mujeres del primer y único cuerpo del Ejército de Estados Unidos integrado exclusivamente por mujeres negras que sirvió en el extranjero en la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

Seis Triple Ocho sigue a estas valientes que se enfrentaron al sexismo y la discriminación, a un entorno desconocido y un país asolado por la guerra, pero se mantuvieron firmes y ordenaron más de 17 millones de cartas en solo 3 meses, gracias a lo cual los soldados estadounidenses pudieron retomar el contacto con sus familiares y seres queridos. Su lema para motivarse a diario era: «Sin correo, no hay moral». Y es que las mujeres del batallón 6888 del Directorio Postal no solo ayudaron a repartir el correo,...

Una historia basada en hechos reales protagonizada por Kerry Washington. © Netflix

Netflix ha publicado el primer tráiler de Seis Triple Ocho, la película escrita y dirigida por Tyler Perry (Diario de una chiflada), que narra la motivadora historia real de las increíblemente valientes mujeres del primer y único cuerpo del Ejército de Estados Unidos integrado exclusivamente por mujeres negras que sirvió en el extranjero en la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

Seis Triple Ocho sigue a estas valientes que se enfrentaron al sexismo y la discriminación, a un entorno desconocido y un país asolado por la guerra, pero se mantuvieron firmes y ordenaron más de 17 millones de cartas en solo 3 meses, gracias a lo cual los soldados estadounidenses pudieron retomar el contacto con sus familiares y seres queridos. Su lema para motivarse a diario era: «Sin correo, no hay moral». Y es que las mujeres del batallón 6888 del Directorio Postal no solo ayudaron a repartir el correo,...

The Goonies, which was released in 1985, was an adventure comedy that went on to become a cult classic. Based on a story by Steven Spielberg, the film also served as a stepping stone for young Josh Brolin, Sean Astin, and Ke Huy Quan to become big stars in Hollywood. One of the key characters in the movie was Lawrence ‘Chunk’ Cohen played by actor Jeff Cohen.

A still from The Goonies (image credit: Warner Bros)

Unfortunately, unlike the other actors, Cohen was unable to make a breakthrough in Hollywood as he grew older. One of the main reasons for this was his significant weight loss which made him look completely different from his cult character in The Goonies. The star confessed that filmmakers could not look past this avatar when it came to offering him roles.

This Cult Film Ironically Did Not Do Much For This Child Star’s Future...

Emma Stone is in talks to star in an untitled film for Universal Pictures with her husband Dave McCary in talks to direct.

Patrick Kang and Michael Levin, supervising producers of NBC and Utv’s “Young Rock,” wrote the original spec screenplay for the film.

Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, and Dan Levine will produce through 21 Laps. Michael H. Weber (“The Disaster Artist”) will produce. Stone, McCary, and Ali Herting are in talks to produce through Fruit Tree.

Stone is a two-time Academy Award winning actress and producer known for such titles as “Poor Things,” “La La Land,” “The Favourite,” “Easy A,” “Birdman,” “Cruella” and most recently “The Curse,” for which she also serves as executive producer. Stone is repped by WME, Anonymous Content, The Lede Company and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.

McCary is recently produced “A Real Pain” with Stone, “Problemista” and executive produced “The Curse.” Previously he directed...

Exclusive: Fresh off a second Oscar win for her performance in Poor Things, Emma Stone is starting to put together her future slate. She is now in talks for an untitled film at Universal Pictures with Dave McCary, her husband, in talks to direct.

Patrick Kang and Michael Levin, supervising producers of NBC and Utv’s Young Rock, wrote the original spec screenplay for the film. Details on the plot are under wraps.

Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen and Dan Levine will produce through 21 Laps. Michael H. Weber will produce. Stone, McCary and Ali Herting are also in talks to produce through Fruit Tree.

Universal’s Senior EVP Production Development Erik Baiers and Creative Executive Jacqueline Garell will oversee the project on behalf of the studio.

Stone had a busy with not only her Oscar-winning performance in Poor Things but also her acclaimed performance the Showtime series The Curse (she also...

Sony Pictures’ faith-focused label Affirm Films and Monarch Media have launched a trailer for Christmas musical film “Journey to Bethlehem.”

The film marks the feature directorial debut of Adam Anders, who was a music producer on “Glee.” A retelling of the the story of Mary and Joseph and the birth of Jesus, the film is a live-action Christmas musical weaving classic Christmas melodies with humor, faith and new pop songs.

The cast includes Fiona Palomo (“Outer Banks”) as Mary, Milo Manheim (“Prom Pact”) as Joseph, Antonio Banderas (“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny”) as Herod, Stephanie Gil (“Fatima”), Rizwan Manji (“Schitt’s Creek”), Geno Segers (“Perfect Harmony”), Omid Djalili (“Gladiator”), Joel Smallbone and Lecrae.

Anders penned the script along with Peter Barsocchini (“High School Musical”) and wrote the music with Nikki Anders (“Glee”) and Peer Astrom (“Rock of Ages”). The film is produced by Anders, Alan Powell and Steve Barnett through Monarch Media,...

A day of picketing the set of the Starz/Lionsgate series Bmf in Atlanta turned dangerous for WGA writers Brian Egeston and Gabriel Alejandro Garza. In a series of tweets Thursday afternoon, accompanied by photos, Egeston claimed that Bmf line producer Ian Woolf, driving an SUV, pointed the vehicle at him “as though it were a weapon and slammed the brakes within six feet of writers.”

Egeston’s account was corroborated by Garza, a strike captain, who said that he was standing next to Egeston when the alleged incident happened and described it in a lengthy statement on Twitter Thursday evening. Garza claimed that he and Egeston were on a public sidewalk, not impeding traffic, when Woolf allegedly hit the accelerator and then by the brake as “he was looking directly at us the entire time and kept the vehicle pointed at us.”

Both Egeston, who has written on House of Payne,...

Paranormal horror meets the terrors of reality in Shudder's new release From Black. Directed by Thomas Marchese, the film centers around a young mother who blames herself for the disappearance of her son. Cora becomes fully committed to her sobriety following the tragedy, holding out hope that he will one day return. But after five years pass and her child is presumed dead, Cora takes desperate measures to bring him back.

Cora is played by Anna Camp, who is most well-known for her role as Aubrey in the Pitch Perfect films. Camp has worked on over 70 projects, including True Blood, Perfect Harmony, and The Mindy Project. Also starring Jennifer Lafleur, John Ales, Travis Hammer, and Richie Montgomery, From Black is written by Jessub Flower and Thomas Marchese.

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Anna Camp chats exclusively with Screen Rant about the terrifying realities of From Black, leading her first horror film,...

Rainn Wilson travels for a purpose — to find the happiest places on Earth. In the new Peacock docu-series “The Geography of Bliss,” the intrepid traveler traverses the globe in a humorous search for meaning. Based on Eric Weiner’s New York Times bestselling book, “The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World,” Wilson explores some of the happiest and unhappiest places on earth — from Iceland to Bulgaria to Ghana — in a profound and funny way that unpacks the science of happiness. All five episodes of the series will be available during Mental Health Awareness Month, beginning on May 18.

Watch the trailer for “The Geography of Bliss”:

Also arriving on the streaming service next month, Pete Davidson, Edie Falco, and Joe Pesci will star in “Bupkis,” a semi-autobiographical series about Davidson’s life. The show mixes reality and absurdity to capture the complexities...

Exclusive: Anna Camp (Pitch Perfect triology) has joined the cast of Peacock’s coming-of-age thriller Hysteria ! as a series regular.

As Deadline previously confirmed exclusively, the series will additionally be led by Julie Bowen, Emjay Anthony, Chiara Aurelia, Kezii Curtis and Nikki Hahn.

Written and executive produced by Matthew Scott Kane, Hysteria! explores America’s dark history of mass hysteria through the shocking story of the teenage Satanic Panic. The series follows a group of 1980s high school misfits as they exploit the growing hysteria around teen occult activity.

Per the logline, When a beloved varsity quarterback disappears during the “Satanic Panic” of the late 1980s, a struggling high school heavy metal band of outcasts realize they can capitalize on the town’s sudden interest in the occult by building a reputation as a Satanic metal band, until a bizarre series of murders, kidnappings, and reported “supernatural activity” triggers...

Exclusive: Rizwan Manji (Schitt’s Creek), Atharva Verma (Stargirl), Ayana Manji, Meesha Shafi (The Reluctant Fundamentalist), Alicia Silverstone (The Killing of a Sacred Deer) and Hasan Minhaj (The King’s Jester) have signed on to star in the Pakistani American coming-of-age film Mustache — the first feature from writer-director Imran J. Khan.

Largely autobiographical for its filmmaker, Mustache follows Ilyas (Verma), an eccentric 13-year-old boy who sets off to navigate the social hierarchy of his new California public school with a mustache his parents will not allow him to shave off. Manji will play Ilyas’ father Hameed, with Pakistani-Canadian singer Shafi playing his mother, and Manji’s daughter Ayana set to portray his school friend, Yasmeen.

Details as to the roles of Silverstone and Minhaj haven’t been disclosed. But Christina Won (Birdman) and Jessica Sittig of MakeSay are producing along with American Light and Fixture’s Christopher Storer...

ABC's Desperate Housewives is famous for its campy soap opera tone and female friendships. James Denton, who is starring in the film Perfect Harmony, shared that since his character dies at the end of the series, it would be tough for his character to come back in a reboot. Denton said, "There hasn't been much talk about it. I do agree with you that it seems like a no-brainer, but it would have to be my evil twin, which they're not above, I'm sure," according to Yahoo! News.

Lynette Scavo (Felicity Huffman), Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher), Bree Van De Kamp (Marcia Cross), and Gaby Solis (Eva Longoria) have a bond that would make a lot of people envious as they're there for each other all the time. While their friendship is the core of the series, the show is also known for killing off many characters. While some mean-spirited ne'er-do-wells deserved to go,...

Good Witch ended its widely-praised 14-year-run abruptly in 2021.

Now, one of its stars is opening up about the possibility of Hallmark taking viewers back into the magical world.

“I think there’s a chance. I know [with] the popularity of the show and the circumstances under which it ended sort of abruptly that it would not surprise me if we revisit it,” James Denton explained to TV Insider while promoting Perfect Harmony.

Indeed, the franchise was popular, and its demise surprised many.

However, Denton quickly pointed out that there's "nothing in the works" at this time.

The actor said that Hallmark respects the franchise.

Lisa Hamilton Daly, EVP of Programming at Hallmark, recently opened up about bringing iconic franchises back.

"As far as Good Witch, I think we’re always interested in thinking about what we can do with our most popular IP," Daly teased.

“I can’t announce anything specific about that,...

As the first major Los Angeles area wildfire this fall broke out Thursday night, claiming homes, shutting down major freeways and prompting evacuations, it also impacted production on several TV series in the affected areas of the San Fernando and Santa Clarita valleys.

Production on ABC/20th TV sophomore comedy series Bless This Mess, which shoots at Santa Clarita’s Sable Ranch, was suspended due to the Saddleridge fire, as was production on freshman NBC/20th TV comedy Perfect Harmony, which films in Chatsworth.

Sable Ranch, near the Angeles National Forest, had previously been damaged in July 2016 during the Sand fire. It had been used for countless films and series, from TV’s Maverick to The A-Team and 24 among others.

Also shut down for the day was filming on veteran CBS/CBS Studios drama NCIS, CBS/Sony/CBS Studios’ S.W.A.T, and the upcoming Paramount Network/CBS Studios series 68 Whiskey.