The Sympathizer is a period spy thriller and dark comedy series created by Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar. Based on a 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name by Vietnamese author Viet Thanh Nguyen, the HBO series follows the story of the Captain, a North Vietnam spy planted in the army of South Vietnam but when he is forced to flee to the United States, he keeps gathering information on his community to send it back to the Viet Cong. The Sympathizer stars Hoa Xuande in the lead role with Robert Downey Jr., Toan Le, Fred Nguyen Khan, Duy Nguyễn, Vy Le, Ky Duyen, Kieu Chinh, Alan Trong, and Sandra Oh starring in supporting roles. If you loved the spy thriller and dark comedy aspects of The Sympathizer here are some similar shows you could watch next.
The Americans (Hulu & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – FX
The Americans is a...
The Americans (Hulu & Rent on Prime Video) Credit – FX
The Americans is a...
- 5/21/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
An intense espionage drama with incredible performance and a thrilling storyline is always what we are waiting for and that’s just what we got in FX’s latest series The Veil. Created by Peaky Blinders‘ Steven Knight, The Veil follows the story of two women traveling from Istanbul to Paris and London as one is hiding a dangerous secret while the other is on a mission to expose it before thousands of lives are lost. The Veil stars Elisabeth Moss in the lead role with Yumna Marwan, Josh Charles, Dali Benssalah, Joana Ribeiro, and James Purefoy starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the heart-pumping thrill ride of lies and deception in The Veil here are some similar shows you could check out next.
Killing Eve Credit – BBC America
Killing Eve is an espionage thriller and black comedy series created by Fleabag’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Based on a...
Killing Eve Credit – BBC America
Killing Eve is an espionage thriller and black comedy series created by Fleabag’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Based on a...
- 5/1/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Netflix has ordered the limited series “The Beast in Me” with Claire Danes set to star, Variety has learned.
The series hails from writer Gabe Rotter, with Howard Gordon attached to serve as showrunner. The series reunites Gordon and Danes, as they previously worked together on the hit Showtime series “Homeland.” Danes starred in the series, which Gordon co-created and executive produced.
The official logline for “The Beast in Me” states, “Since the tragic death of her young son, acclaimed author Aggie Wiggs (Danes) has receded from public life, unable to write, a ghost of her former self. But she finds an unlikely subject for a new book when the house next door is bought by Nile Sheldon, a famed and formidable real estate mogul who was once the prime suspect in his wife’s disappearance. At once horrified and fascinated by this man, Aggie finds herself compulsively hunting for...
The series hails from writer Gabe Rotter, with Howard Gordon attached to serve as showrunner. The series reunites Gordon and Danes, as they previously worked together on the hit Showtime series “Homeland.” Danes starred in the series, which Gordon co-created and executive produced.
The official logline for “The Beast in Me” states, “Since the tragic death of her young son, acclaimed author Aggie Wiggs (Danes) has receded from public life, unable to write, a ghost of her former self. But she finds an unlikely subject for a new book when the house next door is bought by Nile Sheldon, a famed and formidable real estate mogul who was once the prime suspect in his wife’s disappearance. At once horrified and fascinated by this man, Aggie finds herself compulsively hunting for...
- 3/28/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
The Family Man is one of the best spy action-adventure series ever made. The Prime Video series follows a middle-class family man, who also works as a world-class spy. The Hindi language series sees our hero trying to balance his familial responsibilities while also dealing with international threats to his country. So, if you liked the series and are waiting for the much anticipated Season 3, here are some more shows you could watch to pass the time.
Slow Horses (Apple TV+) Credit – Apple TV+
If you loved the dark humor and the world of espionage in The Family, you should check out Apple TV+ original series Slow Horses. Based on a book series by Mick Herron, the spy comedy series revolves around a group of MI5 rejects working under a gruff and often disgusting Jackson Lamb, who was once the very best of the agency but now the thing he...
Slow Horses (Apple TV+) Credit – Apple TV+
If you loved the dark humor and the world of espionage in The Family, you should check out Apple TV+ original series Slow Horses. Based on a book series by Mick Herron, the spy comedy series revolves around a group of MI5 rejects working under a gruff and often disgusting Jackson Lamb, who was once the very best of the agency but now the thing he...
- 2/9/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
No hostage left behind.
So many of your favorite stars have come together to thank President Biden for his efforts in working to peace amid the Israel-Gaza conflict.
Amid the news that two American hostages and two Israeli hostages have been released from captivity, Hollywood heavyweights are hoping for the safe return of the 220 innocent people who are still being held hostage by Hamas.
“We are heartened by Friday’s release of the two American hostages, Judith Ranaan and her daughter Natalie Ranaan and by today’s release of two Israelis, Nurit Cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz, whose husbands remain in captivity,” the letter read.
The letter continued, “But our relief is tempered by our overwhelming concern that 220 innocent people, including 30 children, remain captive by terrorists, threatened with torture and death. They were taken by Hamas in the savage massacre of October 7, where over 1,400 Israelis were slaughtered – women raped, families burned alive,...
So many of your favorite stars have come together to thank President Biden for his efforts in working to peace amid the Israel-Gaza conflict.
Amid the news that two American hostages and two Israeli hostages have been released from captivity, Hollywood heavyweights are hoping for the safe return of the 220 innocent people who are still being held hostage by Hamas.
“We are heartened by Friday’s release of the two American hostages, Judith Ranaan and her daughter Natalie Ranaan and by today’s release of two Israelis, Nurit Cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz, whose husbands remain in captivity,” the letter read.
The letter continued, “But our relief is tempered by our overwhelming concern that 220 innocent people, including 30 children, remain captive by terrorists, threatened with torture and death. They were taken by Hamas in the savage massacre of October 7, where over 1,400 Israelis were slaughtered – women raped, families burned alive,...
- 10/24/2023
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Over a week after Israel was brutally attacked by Hamas terrorists, a number of showrunners today publicly called out the Writer’s Guild for their silence on the matter.
Today, in an open letter posted to Medium, senior showrunners expressed disappointment that the WGA has not spoken.
“When it comes to taking a stand, the Writers Guild of America has always led by example. When employers sought to exploit our work, the Guild bravely spoke up. When the BLM movement took flight, the Guild rightfully spoke up. When the #MeToo reckoning came and Hollywood needed to change, again the Guild spoke up.
“But when terrorists invaded Israel to murder, rape, and kidnap Jews… the Guild stayed silent.”
The letter was signed, “Writers Speak Out” and attached signatures from more than 60 prominent showrunners, including Eli Roth, Gideon Raff, Amy Chozick. Ellen Rapoport, and Graham Yost, among others.
A number of senior...
Today, in an open letter posted to Medium, senior showrunners expressed disappointment that the WGA has not spoken.
“When it comes to taking a stand, the Writers Guild of America has always led by example. When employers sought to exploit our work, the Guild bravely spoke up. When the BLM movement took flight, the Guild rightfully spoke up. When the #MeToo reckoning came and Hollywood needed to change, again the Guild spoke up.
“But when terrorists invaded Israel to murder, rape, and kidnap Jews… the Guild stayed silent.”
The letter was signed, “Writers Speak Out” and attached signatures from more than 60 prominent showrunners, including Eli Roth, Gideon Raff, Amy Chozick. Ellen Rapoport, and Graham Yost, among others.
A number of senior...
- 10/15/2023
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
A group of screenwriters including Eli Roth, Graham Yost and Amy Chozick have issued an open letter decrying the Writers Guild of America’s silence on last week’s Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel.
In the letter, posted to the blog site Medium, the screenwriters mention the statements already issued by other Hollywood guilds, including SAG-AFTRA and the directors’ guild.
“When it comes to taking a stand, the Writers Guild of America has always led by example,” the statement said. “When employers sought to exploit our work, the Guild bravely spoke up. When the BLM movement took flight, the Guild rightfully spoke up. When the #MeToo reckoning came and Hollywood needed to change, again the Guild spoke up. But when terrorists invaded Israel to murder, rape, and kidnap Jews… the Guild stayed silent. It remains the only major Hollywood union to do so.”
SAG-AFTRA and the DGA were among the Hollywood studios,...
In the letter, posted to the blog site Medium, the screenwriters mention the statements already issued by other Hollywood guilds, including SAG-AFTRA and the directors’ guild.
“When it comes to taking a stand, the Writers Guild of America has always led by example,” the statement said. “When employers sought to exploit our work, the Guild bravely spoke up. When the BLM movement took flight, the Guild rightfully spoke up. When the #MeToo reckoning came and Hollywood needed to change, again the Guild spoke up. But when terrorists invaded Israel to murder, rape, and kidnap Jews… the Guild stayed silent. It remains the only major Hollywood union to do so.”
SAG-AFTRA and the DGA were among the Hollywood studios,...
- 10/15/2023
- by Jeremy Bailey
- The Wrap
The onset of war this weekend sparked by Hamas attacks on Israel has largely shuttered Israel’s film and TV industry as the country grapples with the insurgency and a death toll that has surpassed 1,100.
Israeli theaters have gone dark and most air travel has been canceled. Many of those active in media and entertainment are impacted by the tragedy and are volunteering in extensive ways. Some are even risking their own lives to bring food and supplies to the nation’s southern region, including the biggest hotspot in the violence, Gaza, where at least 150 Israeli citizens and soldiers were held by Hamas fighters as hostages.
Writer-producer Gideon Raff, creator of drama series “Prisoner of War,” which was adapted by Showtime as “Homeland,” told Variety that he has friends who “have lost their siblings, their brothers, their sisters, their parents — everything.”
Adar Shafran, a producer and filmmaker who chairs the Israeli Producers Association,...
Israeli theaters have gone dark and most air travel has been canceled. Many of those active in media and entertainment are impacted by the tragedy and are volunteering in extensive ways. Some are even risking their own lives to bring food and supplies to the nation’s southern region, including the biggest hotspot in the violence, Gaza, where at least 150 Israeli citizens and soldiers were held by Hamas fighters as hostages.
Writer-producer Gideon Raff, creator of drama series “Prisoner of War,” which was adapted by Showtime as “Homeland,” told Variety that he has friends who “have lost their siblings, their brothers, their sisters, their parents — everything.”
Adar Shafran, a producer and filmmaker who chairs the Israeli Producers Association,...
- 10/9/2023
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Ben Wasserstein, who most recently served as SVP, original programing at HBO, is reuniting with his former HBO boss Richard Plepler. Wasserstein has signed an exclusive first-look deal with Plepler’s film and television production company Eden Productions. Based on the West Coast, he will develop new comedy and drama series, limited series and films for Eden’s exclusive multi-year deal with Apple TV+, working in conjunction with Heather Karpas who joined the company from ICM Partners in 2020.
“Ben is one of the most talented creative executives of his generation,” Plepler said. “I’m thrilled he’ll be bringing his superb eye for talent and material to Eden.”
Wasserstein joined HBO in 2016 as VP original programming and was subsequently promoted to SVP. During his tenure, he helped oversee the development and production of comedy series, such as Barry, The Rehearsal, Somebody Somewhere, Los Espookys, Avenue 5, Veep, Divorce, Sally4Ever and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
“Ben is one of the most talented creative executives of his generation,” Plepler said. “I’m thrilled he’ll be bringing his superb eye for talent and material to Eden.”
Wasserstein joined HBO in 2016 as VP original programming and was subsequently promoted to SVP. During his tenure, he helped oversee the development and production of comedy series, such as Barry, The Rehearsal, Somebody Somewhere, Los Espookys, Avenue 5, Veep, Divorce, Sally4Ever and Curb Your Enthusiasm.
- 2/9/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Ben Wasserstein has entered a first look deal at Richard Plepler’s Eden Productions.
Under the deal, Wasserstein will pursue and develop new comedy and drama series, limited series and films for Eden’s multi-year deal with Apple TV+. He will work alongside Heather Karpas, who joined Eden in 2020 after previously working at ICM Partners.
Before entering this role, Wasserstein had been working at HBO since 2016. He entered the company as vice president of original programming, eventually rising to senior vice president. During his tenure, he oversaw the development and production of comedy series including “Barry,” “The
Rehearsal,” “Somebody Somewhere,” “Los Espookys,” “Avenue 5,” “Veep,” “Divorce,” “Sally4Ever” and
“Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
Before HBO, he worked at Fair Harbor Productions as vice president of development. There, projects under his purview included HBO’s “Looking” and “Bored To Death” as well as SundanceTV’s “The Red
Road.” And before Fair Harbor, he was a journalist,...
Under the deal, Wasserstein will pursue and develop new comedy and drama series, limited series and films for Eden’s multi-year deal with Apple TV+. He will work alongside Heather Karpas, who joined Eden in 2020 after previously working at ICM Partners.
Before entering this role, Wasserstein had been working at HBO since 2016. He entered the company as vice president of original programming, eventually rising to senior vice president. During his tenure, he oversaw the development and production of comedy series including “Barry,” “The
Rehearsal,” “Somebody Somewhere,” “Los Espookys,” “Avenue 5,” “Veep,” “Divorce,” “Sally4Ever” and
“Curb Your Enthusiasm.”
Before HBO, he worked at Fair Harbor Productions as vice president of development. There, projects under his purview included HBO’s “Looking” and “Bored To Death” as well as SundanceTV’s “The Red
Road.” And before Fair Harbor, he was a journalist,...
- 2/9/2023
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
HBO’s Ben Wasserstein has inked an exclusive first-look deal with former HBO chairman and CEO Richard Plepler’s Eden Productions.
Wasserstein, who most recently served as HBO’s senior VP of Original Programming, has signed onto the three-year-old production company to develop comedy and drama series, limited series and films for Eden’s multiyear deal with Apple TV+.
The former SVP, who will be based on the West Coast, will work alongside Heather Karpas, who recently joined Eden from ICM Partners in 2020.
“Ben is one of the most talented creative executives of his generation,” Plepler said in a statement. “I’m thrilled he’ll be bringing his superb eye for talent and material to Eden.”
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Wasserstein, who most recently served as HBO’s senior VP of Original Programming, has signed onto the three-year-old production company to develop comedy and drama series, limited series and films for Eden’s multiyear deal with Apple TV+.
The former SVP, who will be based on the West Coast, will work alongside Heather Karpas, who recently joined Eden from ICM Partners in 2020.
“Ben is one of the most talented creative executives of his generation,” Plepler said in a statement. “I’m thrilled he’ll be bringing his superb eye for talent and material to Eden.”
Also Read:
Sam Neill Joins Peacock’s ‘Apples Never Fall’ Opposite Annette Bening
Prior to moving up the ladder as SVP of Original Programming at HBO, Wasserstein joined the company in 2016 and oversaw the...
- 2/9/2023
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
Richard Plepler is recruiting from his past.
His Eden Productions announced Thursday that it has entered in to an exclusive first-look deal with Ben Wasserstein, with whom Plepler worked at HBO. Wasserstein, who most recently served as a senior vp of original programming at the premium cable network, will remain on the west coast, where he’ll develop new fare across film and TV for his former boss’ Apple TV+-based company.
“Ben is one of the most talented creative executives of his generation,” noted Plepler. “I’m thrilled he’ll be bringing his superb eye for talent and material to Eden.”
Wasserstein joined HBO in 2016, and has worked on comedy series including Barry, The Rehearsal, Somebody Somewhere, Los Espookys, Veep and Curb Your Enthusiasm during his tenure there. Prior to HBO, he was the vp of development at Fair Harbor Productions, where he also worked on HBO series Looking and Bored to Death.
His Eden Productions announced Thursday that it has entered in to an exclusive first-look deal with Ben Wasserstein, with whom Plepler worked at HBO. Wasserstein, who most recently served as a senior vp of original programming at the premium cable network, will remain on the west coast, where he’ll develop new fare across film and TV for his former boss’ Apple TV+-based company.
“Ben is one of the most talented creative executives of his generation,” noted Plepler. “I’m thrilled he’ll be bringing his superb eye for talent and material to Eden.”
Wasserstein joined HBO in 2016, and has worked on comedy series including Barry, The Rehearsal, Somebody Somewhere, Los Espookys, Veep and Curb Your Enthusiasm during his tenure there. Prior to HBO, he was the vp of development at Fair Harbor Productions, where he also worked on HBO series Looking and Bored to Death.
- 2/9/2023
- by Lacey Rose
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Anonymous Content has hired former Bron executive David Davoli as President of International, based in New York.
Davoli will oversee the company’s international division including its various global joint ventures — Anonymous/Federation, AC Nordic, AC Brazil and Chapter One in the UK. He will be tasked with continuing to build out the international expansion.
He starts in the new role in early September and will be a member of the senior leadership team, reporting to Anonymous Content CEO Dawn Olmstead.
Most recently, Davoli was President of Television at Bron Studios, where he oversaw development, production, co-productions, financing and sales, and was the key dealmaker across all TV efforts. Among the projects he worked on were the AMC+/RTÉ Irish family crime drama Kin, starring Charlie Cox and Aidan Gillen; Ten Percent, the English-language remake to the hit French series, Call My Agent!, which aired on Amazon Prime in the UK,...
Davoli will oversee the company’s international division including its various global joint ventures — Anonymous/Federation, AC Nordic, AC Brazil and Chapter One in the UK. He will be tasked with continuing to build out the international expansion.
He starts in the new role in early September and will be a member of the senior leadership team, reporting to Anonymous Content CEO Dawn Olmstead.
Most recently, Davoli was President of Television at Bron Studios, where he oversaw development, production, co-productions, financing and sales, and was the key dealmaker across all TV efforts. Among the projects he worked on were the AMC+/RTÉ Irish family crime drama Kin, starring Charlie Cox and Aidan Gillen; Ten Percent, the English-language remake to the hit French series, Call My Agent!, which aired on Amazon Prime in the UK,...
- 8/9/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
The mystery is intensifying, and there's much to unpack on Now & Then Season 1 Episode 7.
To whet your appetite for the shocking episode, TV Fanatic has an exclusive look ahead that certainly lives up to the show's namesake.
In the highly-anticipated seventh episode, titled “Elections,” Election Day arrives. Pedro (José María Yazpik) grapples with distrust," reads the logline.
"Sofía (Maribel Verdú) and Marcos (Manolo Cardona) form a plan.
Belinda (Ella Kweku) finds a clue."
The clip shows a younger Marcos telling Sofia he must leave town because the police have his fingerprints.
It's a shocking turn of events, and you can tell Sofia does not want to leave with him.
The clip features jump cuts, highlighting the roles reversing in the present as Sofia has to leave town, and it's clear she wants Marcos to accompany her.
The beauty of Now & Then is its narrative structure. The series perfectly...
To whet your appetite for the shocking episode, TV Fanatic has an exclusive look ahead that certainly lives up to the show's namesake.
In the highly-anticipated seventh episode, titled “Elections,” Election Day arrives. Pedro (José María Yazpik) grapples with distrust," reads the logline.
"Sofía (Maribel Verdú) and Marcos (Manolo Cardona) form a plan.
Belinda (Ella Kweku) finds a clue."
The clip shows a younger Marcos telling Sofia he must leave town because the police have his fingerprints.
It's a shocking turn of events, and you can tell Sofia does not want to leave with him.
The clip features jump cuts, highlighting the roles reversing in the present as Sofia has to leave town, and it's clear she wants Marcos to accompany her.
The beauty of Now & Then is its narrative structure. The series perfectly...
- 6/16/2022
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Will Flora's findings turn the case on its head?
Now & Then Season 1 Episode 4 drops on Apple TV+ Friday, and TV Fanatic has an exclusive look ahead.
In the clip for the highly-anticipated outing, we see Flora in the year 2000, armed with some evidence that could change things considerably.
Sullivan is shocked by her arrival at his home because it's his day off, but when you're trying to find all the evidence involved, is there such a thing as a day off?
Flora's tenacity shines through the clip.
She's livid that this case has been covered up, and is dead set on getting the answers to prove what happened the fateful night the other characters desperately want to forget.
Set in Miami and shot in both Spanish and English, Now & Then stars an exceptional ensemble cast, including Academy Award nominees Marina de Tavira and Rosie Perez, and Ariel Award winner José María Yazpik.
Now & Then Season 1 Episode 4 drops on Apple TV+ Friday, and TV Fanatic has an exclusive look ahead.
In the clip for the highly-anticipated outing, we see Flora in the year 2000, armed with some evidence that could change things considerably.
Sullivan is shocked by her arrival at his home because it's his day off, but when you're trying to find all the evidence involved, is there such a thing as a day off?
Flora's tenacity shines through the clip.
She's livid that this case has been covered up, and is dead set on getting the answers to prove what happened the fateful night the other characters desperately want to forget.
Set in Miami and shot in both Spanish and English, Now & Then stars an exceptional ensemble cast, including Academy Award nominees Marina de Tavira and Rosie Perez, and Ariel Award winner José María Yazpik.
- 5/26/2022
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Now & Then is a brand new series to come out of Apple TV, launching this weekend. The series, which is set in two simultaneous periods of time, focusing on the past & present day, it’s a show that blends romance, drama, action and thrills – all with a great big dollop of nostalgia. It also showcases the talented pool of Latin America performers and creative talents working in the industry today – and to mark the show’s release, we had the pleasure in speaking to the majority of them.
We speak about nostalgia, of their own pasts and whether they too have stayed in touch with close friends from their youth, while they talk about bringing such a wealth of Latino performers together, and how positive this can be for the industry. We also delve in to the accessibility that comes now with streaming sites, and we even get a...
We speak about nostalgia, of their own pasts and whether they too have stayed in touch with close friends from their youth, while they talk about bringing such a wealth of Latino performers together, and how positive this can be for the industry. We also delve in to the accessibility that comes now with streaming sites, and we even get a...
- 5/18/2022
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Apple TV+ released the first trailer for its upcoming bilingual drama series Now & Then, starring Rosie Perez, Manolo Cardona, Marina de Tavira, José María Yazpik, Soledad Villamil, and Maribel Verdú, among others. Three of the 8 episodes will be released on May 20 with the remaining episodes dropping weekly every Friday through June 24.
Set in Miami, Now & Then follows a group of college best friends whose lives are forever changed after one of them ends up dead. Now, 20 years later, the remaining 5 are forced to reunite after a threat puts their seemingly perfect worlds at risk.
Perez portrays Flora, a detective obsessed with an unresolved case from 20 years ago, who will stop at nothing to discover the truth. Her partner Sullivan (Željko Ivanek) helps to keep Flora from getting into too much trouble.
The 6 original friends are played during their younger years by Jorge Lopez, Alicia Jaziz, Dario Yazbek Bernal, Alicia Sanz,...
Set in Miami, Now & Then follows a group of college best friends whose lives are forever changed after one of them ends up dead. Now, 20 years later, the remaining 5 are forced to reunite after a threat puts their seemingly perfect worlds at risk.
Perez portrays Flora, a detective obsessed with an unresolved case from 20 years ago, who will stop at nothing to discover the truth. Her partner Sullivan (Željko Ivanek) helps to keep Flora from getting into too much trouble.
The 6 original friends are played during their younger years by Jorge Lopez, Alicia Jaziz, Dario Yazbek Bernal, Alicia Sanz,...
- 4/19/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix announced Tuesday that it will be premiering Ali Wong’s new comedy special, “Don Wong,” on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14.
The special is Wong’s third with Netflix, following 2016’s “Ali Wong: Baby Cobra” and “Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife” in 2018. “Don Wong” was filmed at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in New Jersey in November 2021, and features Wong discussing her deepest fantasies, the challenges of monogamy and her feelings about single people.
The project is the latest addition to a slate of projects between Wong and Netflix, including the 2019 film “Always Be My Maybe” and the upcoming series “Beef.” Wong also voices characters on animated shows including Netflix’s “Ask the StoryBots,” “Ada Twist,” “Scientist” and the Emmy-winning adult comedy “Big Mouth.”
“Don Wong” is directed by Nahnatchka Khan, with Wong serving as executive producer alongside Ravi Nandan, Inman Young, Alli Reich and Corey Deckler for A24.
The special is Wong’s third with Netflix, following 2016’s “Ali Wong: Baby Cobra” and “Ali Wong: Hard Knock Wife” in 2018. “Don Wong” was filmed at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in New Jersey in November 2021, and features Wong discussing her deepest fantasies, the challenges of monogamy and her feelings about single people.
The project is the latest addition to a slate of projects between Wong and Netflix, including the 2019 film “Always Be My Maybe” and the upcoming series “Beef.” Wong also voices characters on animated shows including Netflix’s “Ask the StoryBots,” “Ada Twist,” “Scientist” and the Emmy-winning adult comedy “Big Mouth.”
“Don Wong” is directed by Nahnatchka Khan, with Wong serving as executive producer alongside Ravi Nandan, Inman Young, Alli Reich and Corey Deckler for A24.
- 2/1/2022
- by Sasha Urban
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Spanish actress Alicia Sanz has signed with Range Media Partners for talent management.
The star of the Amazon Prime series El Cid will continue to be repped by CAA, You Rock Talent; and Brecheen, Feldman, Breimer, Silver & Thompson.
Sanz is renowned for her turn as Paloma Iglesias in the second season of El Rey’s From Dusk Till Dawn from Robert Rodriguez.
Sanz is currently shooting Gideon Raff’s bilingual thriller series Now and Then for Apple TV+ opposite Rosie Perez, Maribel Verdú, and Marina de Tavira. Set in Miami with an all-Hispanic cast, the series explores the differences between youthful aspirations and the reality of adulthood, when the lives of a group of college best friends are forever changed after a celebratory weekend ends up with one of them dead. Now, 20 years later, the remaining five are reluctantly reunited by a threat that puts their seemingly perfect worlds at risk.
The star of the Amazon Prime series El Cid will continue to be repped by CAA, You Rock Talent; and Brecheen, Feldman, Breimer, Silver & Thompson.
Sanz is renowned for her turn as Paloma Iglesias in the second season of El Rey’s From Dusk Till Dawn from Robert Rodriguez.
Sanz is currently shooting Gideon Raff’s bilingual thriller series Now and Then for Apple TV+ opposite Rosie Perez, Maribel Verdú, and Marina de Tavira. Set in Miami with an all-Hispanic cast, the series explores the differences between youthful aspirations and the reality of adulthood, when the lives of a group of college best friends are forever changed after a celebratory weekend ends up with one of them dead. Now, 20 years later, the remaining five are reluctantly reunited by a threat that puts their seemingly perfect worlds at risk.
- 6/15/2021
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: AppleTV+’s bilingual thriller series Now and Then has added to its cast Jorge Lopez (Elite), Alicia Jaziz, Dario Yazbek Bernal, Alicia Sanz, Jack Duarte and Miranda de la Serna (Before Opening Night) .
The Spanish and English series hails from Bambú Producciones and creators Ramón Campos, Teresa Fernández-Valdés and Gema R. Neira, the team behind the Spanish series Velvet, Cable Girls and Gran Hotel. Gideon Raff will executive produce and direct the first two episodes.
Set in Miami, Now and Then explores the differences between youthful aspirations and the reality of adulthood, when the lives of a group of college best friends are forever changed after a celebratory weekend ends up with one of them dead. Now, 20 years later, the remaining five are reluctantly reunited by a threat that puts their seemingly perfect worlds at risk.
The Spanish and English series hails from Bambú Producciones and creators Ramón Campos, Teresa Fernández-Valdés and Gema R. Neira, the team behind the Spanish series Velvet, Cable Girls and Gran Hotel. Gideon Raff will executive produce and direct the first two episodes.
Set in Miami, Now and Then explores the differences between youthful aspirations and the reality of adulthood, when the lives of a group of college best friends are forever changed after a celebratory weekend ends up with one of them dead. Now, 20 years later, the remaining five are reluctantly reunited by a threat that puts their seemingly perfect worlds at risk.
- 6/11/2021
- by Alexandra Del Rosario
- Deadline Film + TV
Apple TV+ has set a stellar ensemble cast for its bilingual thriller Now and Then, a drama that will be shot in Spanish and English. Rosie Perez, Marina de Tavira (Roma), José María Yazpik (Narcos: Mexico), Maribel Verdú, Manolo Cardona (Who Killed Sara?), Soledad Villamil (The Secret in their Eyes) and Željko Ivanek will star in the series that hails from Bambú Producciones and creators Ramón Campos, Teresa Fernández-Valdés and Gema R. Neira, the team behind the Spanish series Velvet, Cable Girls and Gran Hotel. Gideon Raff will executive produce and direct the first two episodes.
Set in Miami, Now and Then explores the differences between youthful aspirations and the reality of adulthood, when the lives of a group of college best friends are forever changed after a celebratory weekend ends up with one of them dead.
Set in Miami, Now and Then explores the differences between youthful aspirations and the reality of adulthood, when the lives of a group of college best friends are forever changed after a celebratory weekend ends up with one of them dead.
- 5/27/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
“The Flight Attendant” alum and Oscar nominee Rosie Perez is slated to star on “Now and Then,” a Miami-based bilingual thriller on Apple TV Plus. Joining Perez is a cast comprised entirely of Hispanics and Latinos, including Marina de Tavira, José María Yazpik, Maribel Verdú, Manolo Cardona, Soledad Villamil and Željko Ivanek.
“Now and Then” follows a group of college best friends whose lives are forever changed after a celebratory weekend ends with one of them dead. Now, 20 years later, the remaining five are reluctantly reunited by a threat that puts their seemingly perfect worlds at risk.
Tavira plays Ana, a smart and ambitious woman who put her political career on hold to support her husband’s; Perez plays Flora, a talented detective obsessed with an unresolved case from 20 years ago; Yazpik is Pedro, a complex politician married to Ana; Verdú plays Sofia, a strong self-made lawyer; Cardona is Marcos,...
“Now and Then” follows a group of college best friends whose lives are forever changed after a celebratory weekend ends with one of them dead. Now, 20 years later, the remaining five are reluctantly reunited by a threat that puts their seemingly perfect worlds at risk.
Tavira plays Ana, a smart and ambitious woman who put her political career on hold to support her husband’s; Perez plays Flora, a talented detective obsessed with an unresolved case from 20 years ago; Yazpik is Pedro, a complex politician married to Ana; Verdú plays Sofia, a strong self-made lawyer; Cardona is Marcos,...
- 5/27/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Waleed Zuaiter, who scored a Leading Actor BAFTA nomination for his role in Channel 4 and Hulu series Baghdad Central, has joined the cast of Sky’s crime drama Gangs Of London.
Production is now underway on season two of the Gareth Evans-created show. Sky recently confirmed directors for the series. Tom Butterworth is lead-writing this time. Evans is executive producing with Matt Flannery, Pulse Films’ Thomas Benski, Hugh Warren and Helen Grégory, Jane Featherstone for Sister, and Gabriel Silver for Sky Studios.
Zuaiter’s credits include Gideon Raff’s Netflix/Canal+ miniseries The Spy opposite Sacha Baron Cohen and HBO’s Oslo, which is released in May. His films roles include in Lodnon Has Fallen, The Men Who Stare At Goats and 20th Century Women. He was the producer and star of Hany Abu-Assad’s Oscar-nominated Omar.
Zuaiter is repped by A3 Artists Agency, The Artists Partnership,...
Production is now underway on season two of the Gareth Evans-created show. Sky recently confirmed directors for the series. Tom Butterworth is lead-writing this time. Evans is executive producing with Matt Flannery, Pulse Films’ Thomas Benski, Hugh Warren and Helen Grégory, Jane Featherstone for Sister, and Gabriel Silver for Sky Studios.
Zuaiter’s credits include Gideon Raff’s Netflix/Canal+ miniseries The Spy opposite Sacha Baron Cohen and HBO’s Oslo, which is released in May. His films roles include in Lodnon Has Fallen, The Men Who Stare At Goats and 20th Century Women. He was the producer and star of Hany Abu-Assad’s Oscar-nominated Omar.
Zuaiter is repped by A3 Artists Agency, The Artists Partnership,...
- 5/18/2021
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Apple TV Plus has ordered to series the bilingual drama “Now and Then” from Bambú Producciones and creators Ramón Campos, Teresa Fernández-Valdés and Gema R. Neira. Campos and Fernández-Valdés will serve as showrunners, with Neira and Campos writing the series.
The series, which will be shot in both Spanish and English and set in Miami with an all-Hispanic cast, will be executive produced by “Homeland” and “The Spy’s” Gideon Raff, who is set to direct the first two episodes for the Apple streaming service. Campos, Fernández-Valdés and Neira are the same team behind the TV series “Velvet”, “Cable Girls” and “Grand Hotel.”
“Now and Then” is described as a “multi-layered thriller that explores the differences between youthful aspirations and the reality of adulthood, when the lives of a group of college best friends are forever changed after a celebratory weekend ends up with one of them dead. Now, 20 years later,...
The series, which will be shot in both Spanish and English and set in Miami with an all-Hispanic cast, will be executive produced by “Homeland” and “The Spy’s” Gideon Raff, who is set to direct the first two episodes for the Apple streaming service. Campos, Fernández-Valdés and Neira are the same team behind the TV series “Velvet”, “Cable Girls” and “Grand Hotel.”
“Now and Then” is described as a “multi-layered thriller that explores the differences between youthful aspirations and the reality of adulthood, when the lives of a group of college best friends are forever changed after a celebratory weekend ends up with one of them dead. Now, 20 years later,...
- 4/19/2021
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Apple TV+ has given a series order for Now and Then, a drama that will be shot in Spanish and English. The thriller hails from Bambú Producciones and creators Ramón Campos, Teresa Fernández-Valdés and Gema R. Neira, the team behind the Spanish series Velvet, Cable Girls and Gran Hotel. Gideon Raff will executive produce and direct the first two episodes.
Set in Miami with an all-Hispanic cast, Now and Then explores the differences between youthful aspirations and the reality of adulthood, when the lives of a group of college best friends are forever changed after a celebratory weekend ends up with one of them dead. Now, 20 years later, the remaining five are reluctantly reunited by a threat that puts their seemingly perfect worlds at risk.
The series will be written by Neira and Campos with their team. Campos and Fernández-Valdés will serve as showrunners. Bambú Producciones...
Set in Miami with an all-Hispanic cast, Now and Then explores the differences between youthful aspirations and the reality of adulthood, when the lives of a group of college best friends are forever changed after a celebratory weekend ends up with one of them dead. Now, 20 years later, the remaining five are reluctantly reunited by a threat that puts their seemingly perfect worlds at risk.
The series will be written by Neira and Campos with their team. Campos and Fernández-Valdés will serve as showrunners. Bambú Producciones...
- 4/19/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
After years of fielding offers to play Israeli secret agent Eli Cohen in various projects, Sacha Baron Cohen took on the task in Gideon Raff's six-part Netflix series The Spy, which chronicles Eli Cohen's life as a poor accountant who is recruited by Israeli intelligence to pose as Kamel, a rich Syrian businessman who infiltrates the Syrian government. Cohen, 48 (no relationship to the real-life figure he plays), opened up to THR about making the switch to drama, committing to months of research and relating to living a double life.
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- 6/21/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
After years of fielding offers to play Israeli secret agent Eli Cohen in various projects, Sacha Baron Cohen took on the task in Gideon Raff's six-part Netflix series The Spy, which chronicles Eli Cohen's life as a poor accountant who is recruited by Israeli intelligence to pose as Kamel, a rich Syrian businessman who infiltrates the Syrian government. Cohen, 48 (no relationship to the real-life figure he plays), opened up to THR about making the switch to drama, committing to months of research and relating to living a double life.
Why was this a role you wanted to play?
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Why was this a role you wanted to play?
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- 6/21/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Often prophetically ahead of real-life realpolitik, Showtime’s Homeland came to a very insurgent end earlier this year after eight seasons. The series’ conclusion was both unconventional and satisfying, Emmy winner Claire Danes said during Deadline’s Contenders Television virtual event.
“There was something subversive for us on ending with Carrie smiling,” the actor who portrayed brilliant but troubled former CIA officer Carrie Mathison on the show executive produced by Alex Gansa, who joined Danes on the panel. “She’s sacrificed so much and she is in a version of Hell, but her spirit is intact,” she added of a seemingly duplicitous Carrie now ensconced in Moscow as a double agent with Yevgeny Gromov (played by Costa Ronin).
“I was really happy with the shape of the final season,” Danes said of Homeland’s much-planned final 12 episodes that concluded in April. “I thought it was really smart to have Carrie...
“There was something subversive for us on ending with Carrie smiling,” the actor who portrayed brilliant but troubled former CIA officer Carrie Mathison on the show executive produced by Alex Gansa, who joined Danes on the panel. “She’s sacrificed so much and she is in a version of Hell, but her spirit is intact,” she added of a seemingly duplicitous Carrie now ensconced in Moscow as a double agent with Yevgeny Gromov (played by Costa Ronin).
“I was really happy with the shape of the final season,” Danes said of Homeland’s much-planned final 12 episodes that concluded in April. “I thought it was really smart to have Carrie...
- 6/20/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
A year and a half after then-newly independent network Fox Entertainment launched SideCar Content Accelerator with Gail Berman at the helm, Fox is dissolving the production company. Its slate, which includes 17 projects currently in development, will be folded into the network’s scripted programming department.
SideCar Chairperson Berman will return as full-time CEO of her own banner, The Jackal Group, which operated independently from SideCar. She will remain attached to future Fox projects that originated under SideCar as an executive producer.
The shutdown is believed to be a cost-cutting measure by Fox related to the current financial squeeze experienced by the Hollywood studios and networks amid the Covid-19-related production shutdown and the big contraction in the advertising market.
Fully owned by Fox Entertainment, SideCar was created as al content pipeline for the network, developing and producing/co-producing scripted and unscripted shows, primarily for Fox but also for other networks.
SideCar Chairperson Berman will return as full-time CEO of her own banner, The Jackal Group, which operated independently from SideCar. She will remain attached to future Fox projects that originated under SideCar as an executive producer.
The shutdown is believed to be a cost-cutting measure by Fox related to the current financial squeeze experienced by the Hollywood studios and networks amid the Covid-19-related production shutdown and the big contraction in the advertising market.
Fully owned by Fox Entertainment, SideCar was created as al content pipeline for the network, developing and producing/co-producing scripted and unscripted shows, primarily for Fox but also for other networks.
- 6/12/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers for the “Homeland” series finale — Season 8, Episode 12, “Prisoners of War” — including the ending.]
Carrie Mathison, a spy to the end. After eight years spent within a hair on Saul’s beard of being fired, getting killed, or leaving the CIA behind once and for all, the “Homeland” finale sees Claire Danes’ patriotic-at-all-costs intelligence officer become the very thing she first set out to expose: a double agent. Given the episode title “Prisoners of War” (a nod to Gideon Raff’s Israeli series on which “Homeland” was based) and framed by Nicolas Brody’s confessional video, when Damian Lewis restates his character’s oath to defend America from threats foreign and domestic, “Homeland” constructed its ending (and full final season) around comparing Carrie to the recovered P.O.W. who would become the father of her child.
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Carrie Mathison, a spy to the end. After eight years spent within a hair on Saul’s beard of being fired, getting killed, or leaving the CIA behind once and for all, the “Homeland” finale sees Claire Danes’ patriotic-at-all-costs intelligence officer become the very thing she first set out to expose: a double agent. Given the episode title “Prisoners of War” (a nod to Gideon Raff’s Israeli series on which “Homeland” was based) and framed by Nicolas Brody’s confessional video, when Damian Lewis restates his character’s oath to defend America from threats foreign and domestic, “Homeland” constructed its ending (and full final season) around comparing Carrie to the recovered P.O.W. who would become the father of her child.
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- 4/27/2020
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Showtime released a new trailer for the long-awaited final season of “Homeland” at the Television Critics Association winter press tour in Pasadena, California, on Monday.
Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin return as counterterrorism specialists for the eighth and final season, which sees Carrie (Danes) suffering some trauma and falling under suspicion from the U.S. government after spending time as a Russian prisoner.
The only person who trusts her is Saul (Patinkin), now National Security Advisor to the newly ascendant President Warner (Beau Bridges), who asks Carrie to walk with him into the lion’s den – one last time.
Also Read: Showtime Boss on 'Homeland' Final Season Delay: 'We'd Rather Have It Good Than Fast'
Along with Danes and Patinkin, the final season stars Maury Sterling, Linus Roache and Costa Ronin, with Nimrat Kaur and Numan Acar also returning from Season 4 in series regular roles. Sam Trammell and Hugh Dancy...
Claire Danes and Mandy Patinkin return as counterterrorism specialists for the eighth and final season, which sees Carrie (Danes) suffering some trauma and falling under suspicion from the U.S. government after spending time as a Russian prisoner.
The only person who trusts her is Saul (Patinkin), now National Security Advisor to the newly ascendant President Warner (Beau Bridges), who asks Carrie to walk with him into the lion’s den – one last time.
Also Read: Showtime Boss on 'Homeland' Final Season Delay: 'We'd Rather Have It Good Than Fast'
Along with Danes and Patinkin, the final season stars Maury Sterling, Linus Roache and Costa Ronin, with Nimrat Kaur and Numan Acar also returning from Season 4 in series regular roles. Sam Trammell and Hugh Dancy...
- 1/13/2020
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
It was the biggest surprise of the Golden Globe nominations announcement. Jharrel Jerome had been the overwhelming favorite to win Best TV Movie/Limited Series Actor after winning the equivalent Emmy Award for his breakthrough performance in “When They See Us,” but the voters upended the race by snubbing him. Taking his slot was surprise nominee Sacha Baron Cohen as “The Spy.” Here are five reasons why it would be wise to stop underestimating him.
SEEour slugfest on the Globe television nominations.
1. He is a Globe favorite playing against type
The Globes love to award comedy icons for dramatic performances. It is a big part of why Jennifer Aniston — a Best TV Comedy Actress winner for “Friends” — leads the odds this year to win Best TV Drama Actress for “The Morning Show.” Previously, the Globes awarded Kelsey Grammer Best TV Comedy Actor twice as “Frasier,” then they gave him Best TV Drama Actor for “Boss,...
SEEour slugfest on the Globe television nominations.
1. He is a Globe favorite playing against type
The Globes love to award comedy icons for dramatic performances. It is a big part of why Jennifer Aniston — a Best TV Comedy Actress winner for “Friends” — leads the odds this year to win Best TV Drama Actress for “The Morning Show.” Previously, the Globes awarded Kelsey Grammer Best TV Comedy Actor twice as “Frasier,” then they gave him Best TV Drama Actor for “Boss,...
- 12/17/2019
- by Riley Chow
- Gold Derby
Khadija Alami, CEO of K Films, is line producing and producing an increasing number of foreign shoots in Morocco, and is also hosting a rising number of shoots in her studio facility, Oasis Studios Morocco, built in 2015, located in Ouarzazate on the edge of the Sahara desert.
Oasis Studios Morocco is conceived as a mini Skywalker Ranch, a downsized version of George Lucas’ state-of-the-art facility near San Francisco, and includes 17 hectares of land, over 12,000 sq. m. of built sets, a 300 sq. m. sound stage, studio and post-production facilities and production offices, specifically targeted at foreign productions, as well as local shoots. It also hosts students from university and film schools to shoot their projects using the studio, costumes and props for free.
Alami plans to expand the studio facilities in the near future, including acquisition of a further 25 hectares of lands and space for building a new 1500 sq. m. sound stage,...
Oasis Studios Morocco is conceived as a mini Skywalker Ranch, a downsized version of George Lucas’ state-of-the-art facility near San Francisco, and includes 17 hectares of land, over 12,000 sq. m. of built sets, a 300 sq. m. sound stage, studio and post-production facilities and production offices, specifically targeted at foreign productions, as well as local shoots. It also hosts students from university and film schools to shoot their projects using the studio, costumes and props for free.
Alami plans to expand the studio facilities in the near future, including acquisition of a further 25 hectares of lands and space for building a new 1500 sq. m. sound stage,...
- 12/4/2019
- by Martin Dale
- Variety Film + TV
Torun, Poland – While Gideon Raff’s Netflix thriller “The Red Sea Diving Resort” shot largely in South Africa and Namibia, the project was a welcomed opportunity for cinematographer Roberto Schaefer due to his own memorable travels through Ethiopia. The film, which screened in the EnergaCamerimage Intl. Film Festival’s Contemporary World Cinema section, is loosely based on an operation by the Israeli intelligence agency, Mossad, to evacuate Jewish Ethiopian refugees to Israel in the 1980s using an abandoned seaside resort in Sudan. Chris Evans, Ben Kingsley, Michael Kenneth Williams and Greg Kinnear star. “Story-wise obviously it moved me very much,” Schaefer said, speaking at the film’s screening in Torun, Poland on Thursday. “I had sort of a personal connection to it because in 1972 I visited Ethiopia with my sister and my brother-in-law. We travelled around the whole country and we went to three different Falasha villages – Ethiopian Jews are Falashas.
- 11/16/2019
- by Ed Meza
- Variety Film + TV
When Netflix launched its new six-episode miniseries ‘The Spy’ in early September 2019, it instantly captivated and intrigued viewers. The English-speaking French espionage thriller series is based on the life of Israel’s top Mossad spy in Syria. Israeli director Gideon Raff is both the writer and the director of the miniseries. Viewers are already fascinated by this series for two reasons. First, they are surprised to see Sacha Baron Cohen in the lead role, says Distractify. This actor is best known for his comedic roles, and his characters are often goofy. In ‘The Spy’, he plays Eli Cohen, the lead
The Real Story Behind ‘The Spy’ on Netflix is Insane...
The Real Story Behind ‘The Spy’ on Netflix is Insane...
- 9/14/2019
- by Liz Flynn
- TVovermind.com
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired the U.S. rights to “French Exit,” the next film from director and writer Azazel Jacobs that will star Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges, the distributor announced Saturday.
Spc also nabbed rights in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, China and worldwide airlines. Production on the film will begin in October in Montreal and Paris. Tracy Letts was also previously reported to be starring.
“French Exit” is based on the book of the same name by Canadian novelist Patrick deWitt, which was short-listed for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. It’s a surrealist, dark comedy that follows a wealthy widow and her adult son who flee New York and travel to Paris after they’re caught up in a financial scandal. Here’s the full synopsis:
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Spc also nabbed rights in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, China and worldwide airlines. Production on the film will begin in October in Montreal and Paris. Tracy Letts was also previously reported to be starring.
“French Exit” is based on the book of the same name by Canadian novelist Patrick deWitt, which was short-listed for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. It’s a surrealist, dark comedy that follows a wealthy widow and her adult son who flee New York and travel to Paris after they’re caught up in a financial scandal. Here’s the full synopsis:
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“My...
- 9/7/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
When a great actress like Annette Bening walks along the radiant white cliffs of England’s coast, you expect the impact of the movie around her to merit the bid for majesty and solitude. But “Hope Gap,” a shattered-family drama from “Shadowlands” and “Gladiator” screenwriter William Nicholson (who also directs) is something drearily smaller and plainer: a late-middle-aged divorce saga so dead-set on scrubbing any notion of emotional villainy that it’s as thin as a postcard with a view of that presentably beautiful, chalky seaside.
That’s not to say “Hope Gap,” essentially a three-hander with Bill Nighy as the husband and Josh O’Connor as the grown son, isn’t what it promises to be — well-acted, understanding, and literate. But when the emotional honesty still doesn’t make for compelling drama, you’re left wondering why, even with all the lights on, there’s a conspicuous lack of...
That’s not to say “Hope Gap,” essentially a three-hander with Bill Nighy as the husband and Josh O’Connor as the grown son, isn’t what it promises to be — well-acted, understanding, and literate. But when the emotional honesty still doesn’t make for compelling drama, you’re left wondering why, even with all the lights on, there’s a conspicuous lack of...
- 9/7/2019
- by Robert Abele
- The Wrap
“The Spy,” Netflix’s new limited series, places Sacha Baron Cohen in a relatively unfamiliar position: stripping him of his humor and placing him within the bounds of a script. On shows and in films ranging from “Borat” to last year’s “Who Is America?,” Baron Cohen has gone into without-a-net scenarios and never broken character. There’s an analogy here, of sorts: Playing an undercover agent, an Israeli spy in the years leading up to that nation’s 1967 war with Syria, Baron Cohen retains a bit of his admirable elasticity. Any spy worth their salt has to be able to present different sides to different people, of course. But the role gives him too little of those scenes, favoring a domestic drama that grounds the show and robs the star of a weapon he has a unique ability to deploy. As a spy drama, the series is as plodding as its title,...
- 9/6/2019
- by Daniel D'Addario
- Variety Film + TV
The opening episode, or perhaps just the first scene, is all you need to understand the craft, trajectory, and purpose of Gideon Raff’s new Netflix limited series, “The Spy.” Flashing forward to the six-hour story’s end, viewers meet real-life Mossad secret agent Eli Cohen (played by Sacha Baron Cohen) after he’s been captured by the Syrian government and forced to pen a farewell letter to his wife. But when he’s about to sign his name, Eli stops. The man observing him, purely for the audience’s benefit, says, “My poor boy, you do not remember your name?”
Cue the titles and, from there, the series shifts back in time, six years earlier, to see how Eli landed the job, developed his skills, and ended up imprisoned with no memory of who he is — but for anyone who’s watched a spy show before, it’s pretty...
Cue the titles and, from there, the series shifts back in time, six years earlier, to see how Eli landed the job, developed his skills, and ended up imprisoned with no memory of who he is — but for anyone who’s watched a spy show before, it’s pretty...
- 9/6/2019
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
(Warning: This post contains spoilers from Netflix limited series “The Spy.”)
Sacha Baron Cohen-led limited series “The Spy” — which comes out today on Netflix — tells the true story of how famed Israeli Mossad agent Eli Cohen went undercover in 1960s Syria. But it also dives into the tragic love story between Cohen and his wife Nadia, to whom he is forced to lie to maintain his cover.
Creator Gideon Raff, whose Israeli television series “Prisoners of War” was the basis for Showtime-drama “Homeland,” says his goal for “The Spy” was to leave the politics to the politicians and instead put the spotlight on the deep emotional struggle that came with Cohen’s sacrifices.
“In the middle of this thing is a huge, huge love story,” Raff told TheWrap. “I think Eli really thought that by living in Damascus and spying for Israel, he was protecting his wife and his children.
Sacha Baron Cohen-led limited series “The Spy” — which comes out today on Netflix — tells the true story of how famed Israeli Mossad agent Eli Cohen went undercover in 1960s Syria. But it also dives into the tragic love story between Cohen and his wife Nadia, to whom he is forced to lie to maintain his cover.
Creator Gideon Raff, whose Israeli television series “Prisoners of War” was the basis for Showtime-drama “Homeland,” says his goal for “The Spy” was to leave the politics to the politicians and instead put the spotlight on the deep emotional struggle that came with Cohen’s sacrifices.
“In the middle of this thing is a huge, huge love story,” Raff told TheWrap. “I think Eli really thought that by living in Damascus and spying for Israel, he was protecting his wife and his children.
- 9/6/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
Best known for his chameleonic turns in a wide array of ludicrous scenarios, Emmy-nominated Sacha Baron Cohen embraces an immensely different role in “The Spy.” Inspired by actual events, Netflix’s six-part limited series sees an actor who usually leans towards the absurd get real for a change, playing the mustachioed Eli Cohen, an undercover Israeli agent who wormed his way into the highest ranks of Syria’s government in the ’60s under the alias Kamel Amin Thaabet.
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- 9/5/2019
- by Steven Allison
- The Playlist
In Netflix’s new six-part miniseries The Spy, Sacha Baron Cohen plays Eli Cohen, an Israeli intelligence agent who spent years in the Sixties undercover in Syria under the name Kamel Amin Thaabet. It’s a big dramatic showcase for an actor best known for broad sketch-comedy characters like Borat and Ali G. While comic actors are generally better equipped to play drama than serious performers are to be funny, not everyone has the skill to cross that stylistic divide.
But Baron Cohen couldn’t have found a role more...
But Baron Cohen couldn’t have found a role more...
- 9/3/2019
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
Emmy-nominated actor Sacha Baron Cohen (Who Is America?) is putting his dramatic chops to the test in Netflix's upcoming political thriller The Spy.
In the first trailer for the series, which begins streaming on Sept. 6, the Borat star steps into the shoes of Israeli clerk turned secret agent Eli Cohen, in a true story based on the real life of the notorious Mossad agent. Throughout the 1960s, Eli leaves behind his wife, Nadia (Homeland's Hadar Ratzon Rotem), and children to go deep undercover in Syria, gradually finding it harder and harder to distinguish his secret identity from reality. Will the blurred lines between his job and his family lead to his downfall? Or will he be able to pull himself out of the dangerous spiral his job has sucked him into?
The series is written and directed by Emmy winner Gideon Raff (Homeland) and also stars Noah Emmerich,...
In the first trailer for the series, which begins streaming on Sept. 6, the Borat star steps into the shoes of Israeli clerk turned secret agent Eli Cohen, in a true story based on the real life of the notorious Mossad agent. Throughout the 1960s, Eli leaves behind his wife, Nadia (Homeland's Hadar Ratzon Rotem), and children to go deep undercover in Syria, gradually finding it harder and harder to distinguish his secret identity from reality. Will the blurred lines between his job and his family lead to his downfall? Or will he be able to pull himself out of the dangerous spiral his job has sucked him into?
The series is written and directed by Emmy winner Gideon Raff (Homeland) and also stars Noah Emmerich,...
- 8/31/2019
- by Quinn Keaney
- Popsugar.com
The Spy Trailer Gideon Raff‘s The Spy (2019) TV mini-series trailer has been released by Netflix and stars Sacha Baron Cohen, Noah Emmerich, Hadar Ratzon Rotem, Alexander Siddig, and Marc Maurille. Plot Synopsis The Spy‘s plot synopsis: “The Spy, starring Sacha Baron Cohen, is inspired by the real-life story of former notorious [...]
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- 8/29/2019
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Sneak Peek new footage from upcoming TV mini-series drama "The Spy", written and directed by Gideon Raff, Max Perry based on the life of Israel's top 'Mossad' spy 'Eli Cohen' (Sacha Baron Cohen), in a co-production between Canal+ and Netflix, streaming on Netflix September 6, 2019:
Israeli Eli Cohen was noted for his espionage work in Syria, 1961-65 where he developed close relationships with the political, military hierarchy, becoming 'Chief Adviser' to the 'Minister of Defense'.
When Syrian counter-intelligence authorities uncovered Cohen's connections, he was captured and convicted under pre-war martial law, sentenced to death and hung in a downtown public square in Damascus, Syria.
But the intelligence Cohen gathered before his arrest is said to have been an important factor in Israel's success in the 'Six-Day War'.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Spy"...
Israeli Eli Cohen was noted for his espionage work in Syria, 1961-65 where he developed close relationships with the political, military hierarchy, becoming 'Chief Adviser' to the 'Minister of Defense'.
When Syrian counter-intelligence authorities uncovered Cohen's connections, he was captured and convicted under pre-war martial law, sentenced to death and hung in a downtown public square in Damascus, Syria.
But the intelligence Cohen gathered before his arrest is said to have been an important factor in Israel's success in the 'Six-Day War'.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "The Spy"...
- 8/28/2019
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Sacha Baron Cohen takes a compelling dramatic turn as an Israeli secret agent grappling with consequences of going deep undercover in the new trailer for The Spy, which arrives on Netflix September 6th.
The new limited series is based on the real-life story of former Mossad agent, Eli Cohen, who was enlisted to infiltrate the Syrian government and gather intelligence in the early Sixties. But counter-intelligence agents ultimately uncovered Cohen’s true identity and sentenced him to death in 1965.
The new trailer opens with Cohen (played by Baron Cohen) proclaiming...
The new limited series is based on the real-life story of former Mossad agent, Eli Cohen, who was enlisted to infiltrate the Syrian government and gather intelligence in the early Sixties. But counter-intelligence agents ultimately uncovered Cohen’s true identity and sentenced him to death in 1965.
The new trailer opens with Cohen (played by Baron Cohen) proclaiming...
- 8/28/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Netflix has launched the first trailer for new series ‘The Spy’, inspired by the real-life story of Mossad agent Eli Cohen played by Sacha Baron Cohen.
In six hour-long episodes, the series follows Cohen as he successfully goes undercover in early 1960s Syria and becomes close enough to ambitious military leaders and their rich friends to earn a game-changing level of trust about Syria’s biggest anti-Israel secret initiatives.
Written and directed by Gideon Raff, Max Perry co-writes on episodes three through six.
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The series premieres on Netflix September 6th
The Spy Synopsis
Inspired by the real-life story of former notorious Mossad agent, Eli Cohen, who successfully goes undercover in Syria and ultimately changed the course of Israel’s history.
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In six hour-long episodes, the series follows Cohen as he successfully goes undercover in early 1960s Syria and becomes close enough to ambitious military leaders and their rich friends to earn a game-changing level of trust about Syria’s biggest anti-Israel secret initiatives.
Written and directed by Gideon Raff, Max Perry co-writes on episodes three through six.
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The series premieres on Netflix September 6th
The Spy Synopsis
Inspired by the real-life story of former notorious Mossad agent, Eli Cohen, who successfully goes undercover in Syria and ultimately changed the course of Israel’s history.
The post Sacha Baron Cohen stars in trailer for ‘The Spy’ appeared first on HeyUGuys.
- 8/28/2019
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Sacha Baron Cohen may be well known for dressing up in disguises and getting himself into some comical situations.
But his new role on Netflix's The Spy is no laughing matter.
Set in the 1960s, the new series focuses on an Israeli clerk-turned-secret agent.
The Who Is America star is on board as Eli Cohen, a man who wants nothing more than to be of service to his country, but he does his job so well that he finds it hard to strip off his double identity.
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Noah Emmerich (The Americans) plays Dan Peleg, Eli’s Mossad handler who tries to ease his own guilt over the sacrifices Eli makes, Hadar Ratzon Rotem (Homeland) portrays Eli’s wife, Nadia, who is left to raise their family on her own and knows something isn’t right about her husband’s government job, and...
But his new role on Netflix's The Spy is no laughing matter.
Set in the 1960s, the new series focuses on an Israeli clerk-turned-secret agent.
The Who Is America star is on board as Eli Cohen, a man who wants nothing more than to be of service to his country, but he does his job so well that he finds it hard to strip off his double identity.
Related: Mr. Robot Season 4 Official Trailer Drops
Noah Emmerich (The Americans) plays Dan Peleg, Eli’s Mossad handler who tries to ease his own guilt over the sacrifices Eli makes, Hadar Ratzon Rotem (Homeland) portrays Eli’s wife, Nadia, who is left to raise their family on her own and knows something isn’t right about her husband’s government job, and...
- 8/28/2019
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Sacha Baron Cohen is infamous for his outlandish comedic personas like Borat, Bruno, and Ali G, but this fall the provocative comedian is leaving comedy behind and showing off his dramatic acting chops in the Netflix limited series “The Spy.” The 1960s espionage thriller casts Cohen as Eli Cohen, an Israeli clerk turned Mossad secret agent who goes undercover inside Syria. The limited series is based on a true story.
Netflix’s official synopsis for “The Spy” describes Cohen’s character as “a man who wants nothing more than to be of service to his country, but he does his job so well that he finds it hard to strip off his double identity.” The series co-stars Noah Emmerich (“The Americans”) as Eli’s Mossad handler, Hadar Ratzon Rotem (“Homeland”) as Eli’s wife, Nadia, and Waleed Zuaiter (“Colony”) as a military officer who thinks he’s found the perfect ally in the undercover Eli.
Netflix’s official synopsis for “The Spy” describes Cohen’s character as “a man who wants nothing more than to be of service to his country, but he does his job so well that he finds it hard to strip off his double identity.” The series co-stars Noah Emmerich (“The Americans”) as Eli’s Mossad handler, Hadar Ratzon Rotem (“Homeland”) as Eli’s wife, Nadia, and Waleed Zuaiter (“Colony”) as a military officer who thinks he’s found the perfect ally in the undercover Eli.
- 8/28/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Sacha Baron Cohen plays a man with two identities in Netflix’s “The Spy”: Eli Cohen, the real-life Israeli Mossad agent; and Kamal Amin Sabet, the person he pretends to be while working on a years-long, undercover spy mission in Syria.
In the trailer, which you can watch above, the line between the two starts to blur for Cohen, who bears the weight of lying to his wife and children in order to help his country.
“We all have secrets,” Cohen says.
Also Read: See First-Look Images of Sacha Baron Cohen as an Undercover Agent in Netflix's 'The Spy' (Photos)
“When I first became Kamal it was just an act,” he continues. That was before the nightmares started happening. “Taking off the clothes doesn’t work anymore.”
Cohen’s character is described as “a man who wants nothing more than to be of service to his country,...
In the trailer, which you can watch above, the line between the two starts to blur for Cohen, who bears the weight of lying to his wife and children in order to help his country.
“We all have secrets,” Cohen says.
Also Read: See First-Look Images of Sacha Baron Cohen as an Undercover Agent in Netflix's 'The Spy' (Photos)
“When I first became Kamal it was just an act,” he continues. That was before the nightmares started happening. “Taking off the clothes doesn’t work anymore.”
Cohen’s character is described as “a man who wants nothing more than to be of service to his country,...
- 8/28/2019
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
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