Appointments
Argonon Group, the parent company behind “The Masked Singer U.K.,” has appointed former Jupiter Entertainment executive VP Steve McGovern as COO of its U.S. business with a remit across Leopard USA, Rose Rock Entertainment and future U.S. operations including acquisitions.
Argonon, a global production group headquartered in the U.K. and U.S., owns Scottish indie production company Bandicoot, which makes the U.K. version of “The Masked Singer” as well as “The Masked Dancer.”
As part of the group’s strategic shift to the West Coast and upscaled focus on streamers, networks and platforms, McGovern’s role will be based in Los Angeles. Shirley Escott, currently Leopard USA’s COO, relocates to London to pursue other projects after five years in the post. McGovern will report into Argonon CEO James Burstall and Laura Bessell, Argonon’s global COO.
The role will see McGovern work closely...
Argonon Group, the parent company behind “The Masked Singer U.K.,” has appointed former Jupiter Entertainment executive VP Steve McGovern as COO of its U.S. business with a remit across Leopard USA, Rose Rock Entertainment and future U.S. operations including acquisitions.
Argonon, a global production group headquartered in the U.K. and U.S., owns Scottish indie production company Bandicoot, which makes the U.K. version of “The Masked Singer” as well as “The Masked Dancer.”
As part of the group’s strategic shift to the West Coast and upscaled focus on streamers, networks and platforms, McGovern’s role will be based in Los Angeles. Shirley Escott, currently Leopard USA’s COO, relocates to London to pursue other projects after five years in the post. McGovern will report into Argonon CEO James Burstall and Laura Bessell, Argonon’s global COO.
The role will see McGovern work closely...
- 4/5/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Pascal Breton and Lionel Uzan’s Federation Entertainment, the production company behind Canal Plus’ cult spy series The Bureau, is extending its reach to the UK. The prolific indie player is partnering with former eOne Head of Scripted Polly Williams and former eOne VP of Scripted Arielle Gottlieb to launch a new London-based production outfit. The company has yet to be named.
Williams, who will join as Managing Director, and Gottlieb, who will join as Creative Director, will focus on working with premium drama creators to create ambitious English-language content for a global audience. The duo will also aim to bring more female-led content to the Federation slate.
The new venture currently has a slate of high-profile projects currently in development, which are expected to be announced shortly. The company will develop, produce and invest in drama for TV and film and says it will offer flexibility for creators...
Williams, who will join as Managing Director, and Gottlieb, who will join as Creative Director, will focus on working with premium drama creators to create ambitious English-language content for a global audience. The duo will also aim to bring more female-led content to the Federation slate.
The new venture currently has a slate of high-profile projects currently in development, which are expected to be announced shortly. The company will develop, produce and invest in drama for TV and film and says it will offer flexibility for creators...
- 8/26/2021
- by Diana Lodderhose
- Deadline Film + TV
“Star Wars” actor Domhnall Gleeson has been tapped to play a key Watergate figure in HBO’s limited series “The White House Plumbers” from the team behind “Veep.” Gleeson joins previously announced cast members Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux. The series will be a co-production between HBO and wiip.
Per the logline, the five-part series tells the story of how President Richard Nixon’s own political saboteurs and Watergate masterminds, E. Howard Hunt (Harrelson) and G. Gordon Liddy (Theroux), accidentally toppled the presidency they were zealously trying to protect. Gleeson will play John Dean, the brilliant, ambitious and youthful White House Counsel that ultimately orchestrates the illegal cover-up that brought down Nixon and his administration. “The White House Plumbers” is based in part on public records and the book “Integrity” by Egil “Bud” Krogh and Matthew Krogh.
Harrelson and Theroux (“Maniac”) will executive produce in addition to starring. “The White House Plumbers...
Per the logline, the five-part series tells the story of how President Richard Nixon’s own political saboteurs and Watergate masterminds, E. Howard Hunt (Harrelson) and G. Gordon Liddy (Theroux), accidentally toppled the presidency they were zealously trying to protect. Gleeson will play John Dean, the brilliant, ambitious and youthful White House Counsel that ultimately orchestrates the illegal cover-up that brought down Nixon and his administration. “The White House Plumbers” is based in part on public records and the book “Integrity” by Egil “Bud” Krogh and Matthew Krogh.
Harrelson and Theroux (“Maniac”) will executive produce in addition to starring. “The White House Plumbers...
- 4/27/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
Phoebe Waller-Bridge will star alongside Harrison Ford, who is returning to the role of the titular adventurous archaeologist, in the fifth installment of “Indiana Jones.” This is not the first time the “Fleabag” and “Killing Eve” creator will leave her mark on an iconic franchise, having voiced a droid in “Solo: A Star Wars Story.” Only this time, she’s a co-lead and we’ll be able to see her face.
James Mangold is taking over the reins from Steven Spielberg, who directed all four previous films and will remain closely involved with the project in a producer capacity. LucasFilm boss Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, and Simon Emanuel will also serve as producers. John Williams, who contributed to every score in the franchise including its iconic theme, will also return as composer.
“I’m thrilled to be starting a new adventure, collaborating with a dream team of all-time great filmmakers,...
James Mangold is taking over the reins from Steven Spielberg, who directed all four previous films and will remain closely involved with the project in a producer capacity. LucasFilm boss Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, and Simon Emanuel will also serve as producers. John Williams, who contributed to every score in the franchise including its iconic theme, will also return as composer.
“I’m thrilled to be starting a new adventure, collaborating with a dream team of all-time great filmmakers,...
- 4/9/2021
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Domnhall Gleeson and Merritt Wever‘s journey is coming to an end. HBO has canceled the Vicky Jones-created series Run after one season, nixing the second season that had been in discussions for the past month and a half. Deadline reports that HBO is getting off the Run train, canceling the romantic thriller after one season. The network […]
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- 7/13/2020
- by Hoai-Tran Bui
- Slash Film
As networks continue making changes to their upcoming lineups, they're dropping good and bad news.
This afternoon, premium network HBO was hard at work, as was broadcast network Fox.
On HBO's plate was a decision about the critically acclaimed comedy, Run. And on Fox's plate was the consideration about the holiday-themed limited series, The Moodys.
Only one of them scored a renewal.
If we look at it from the persepctive of the audience and the critics using Rotten Tomatoes as our guide, there is an interesting tale to tell.
Run garnered an 80% approval rating from critics, but they got a paltry 47% audience appreciation score. Ouch.
On the other hand, The Moodys didn't do so well with critics with a 62% consensus. Viewers were much more taken with the Fox series, though, earning an 83% approval score.
So what does it mean? Probably nothing to the networks involved. But it might have translated into viewers.
This afternoon, premium network HBO was hard at work, as was broadcast network Fox.
On HBO's plate was a decision about the critically acclaimed comedy, Run. And on Fox's plate was the consideration about the holiday-themed limited series, The Moodys.
Only one of them scored a renewal.
If we look at it from the persepctive of the audience and the critics using Rotten Tomatoes as our guide, there is an interesting tale to tell.
Run garnered an 80% approval rating from critics, but they got a paltry 47% audience appreciation score. Ouch.
On the other hand, The Moodys didn't do so well with critics with a 62% consensus. Viewers were much more taken with the Fox series, though, earning an 83% approval score.
So what does it mean? Probably nothing to the networks involved. But it might have translated into viewers.
- 7/10/2020
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Ruby and Billy can stop running now: HBO has cancelled the Merritt Wever/Domhnall Gleeson thriller Run after one season, according to our sister site Deadline.
“After exploring potential ways of continuing Ruby and Billy’s journey, together with showrunner Vicky Jones,” HBO said in a statement, “we have come to the decision that we will not be moving forward with a second season of Run.”
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“After exploring potential ways of continuing Ruby and Billy’s journey, together with showrunner Vicky Jones,” HBO said in a statement, “we have come to the decision that we will not be moving forward with a second season of Run.”
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- 7/10/2020
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
HBO has put an end to “Run,” the romantic thriller series from “Fleabag” duo Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Vicky Jones.
The series, which only lasted for one season, premiered on April 12 and finished up its seven-episode run on May 24. It starred Merritt Wever and Domhnall Gleason.
“After exploring potential ways of continuing Ruby and Billy’s journey, together with showrunner Vicky Jones, we have come to the decision that we will not be moving forward with a second season of Run,” a spokesperson for HBO said in a statement to TheWrap.
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“Run” is described as “a romantic comedic thriller about a woman, Ruby Richardson (Wever) who walks away from her ordinary life in the suburbs to revisit her past with her college boyfriend, Billy Johnson (Gleeson), with whom she made a pact 17 years prior...
The series, which only lasted for one season, premiered on April 12 and finished up its seven-episode run on May 24. It starred Merritt Wever and Domhnall Gleason.
“After exploring potential ways of continuing Ruby and Billy’s journey, together with showrunner Vicky Jones, we have come to the decision that we will not be moving forward with a second season of Run,” a spokesperson for HBO said in a statement to TheWrap.
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“Run” is described as “a romantic comedic thriller about a woman, Ruby Richardson (Wever) who walks away from her ordinary life in the suburbs to revisit her past with her college boyfriend, Billy Johnson (Gleeson), with whom she made a pact 17 years prior...
- 7/10/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
HBO will not be proceeding with a second season of Run, its romantic comedic thriller starring Domhnall Gleeson and Merritt Wever.
The decision comes month and a half after the series, from creator/executive producer/showrunner Vicky Jones, ended its seven-episode first season on HBO. It followed lengthy back-and-forth discussions about a potential second installment, which included possibly moving production to Los Angeles.
“After exploring potential ways of continuing Ruby and Billy’s journey, together with showrunner Vicky Jones, we have come to the decision that we will not be moving forward with a second season of Run,” HBO said in a statement.
Written by Jones, Run centered on Ruby (Wever), a woman living a humdrum existence who one day gets a text inviting her to fulfill a youthful pact, promising true love and self-reinvention, by stepping out of her life to take a journey across the U.S. with...
The decision comes month and a half after the series, from creator/executive producer/showrunner Vicky Jones, ended its seven-episode first season on HBO. It followed lengthy back-and-forth discussions about a potential second installment, which included possibly moving production to Los Angeles.
“After exploring potential ways of continuing Ruby and Billy’s journey, together with showrunner Vicky Jones, we have come to the decision that we will not be moving forward with a second season of Run,” HBO said in a statement.
Written by Jones, Run centered on Ruby (Wever), a woman living a humdrum existence who one day gets a text inviting her to fulfill a youthful pact, promising true love and self-reinvention, by stepping out of her life to take a journey across the U.S. with...
- 7/10/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Run has taken its last steps at HBO.
The dark comedy series from Fleabag and Killing Eve duo Vicky Jones and Phoebe Waller-Bridge has been canceled at the premium cable network after a one-season run. The thriller starred Merrit Wever and Domhnall Gleeson as childhood friends Ruby and Billy who fulfill a youthful pact to reunite should either receive a text from the other to "run" and wrapped its seven-episode order May 24.
"After exploring potential ways of continuing Ruby and Billy's journey, together with showrunner Vicky Jones, we have come to the decision that we will ...
The dark comedy series from Fleabag and Killing Eve duo Vicky Jones and Phoebe Waller-Bridge has been canceled at the premium cable network after a one-season run. The thriller starred Merrit Wever and Domhnall Gleeson as childhood friends Ruby and Billy who fulfill a youthful pact to reunite should either receive a text from the other to "run" and wrapped its seven-episode order May 24.
"After exploring potential ways of continuing Ruby and Billy's journey, together with showrunner Vicky Jones, we have come to the decision that we will ...
- 7/10/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Can HBO get some more mileage out of the cable channel's Run TV series? Despite HBO's labeling of tonight's episode as the "series finale", creator Vicky Jones says that she would "love" to make a second season of the single-camera comedy series.
Airing on the HBO cable channel, the Run TV series stars Merritt Wever and Domhnall Gleeson, with recurring guest stars Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Rich Sommer, Tamara Podemski, and Archie Panjabi.
In college, Ruby Richardson (Wever) and her boyfriend, Billy Johnson (Gleeson), made a pact. They promised that, if either one of them texted the word “Run” and the other replied with the same, they would drop everything and meet in Grand Central Station and travel across America together. Now, 17 years later, Ruby is shaken out of her humdrum suburban life with that text and she...
Airing on the HBO cable channel, the Run TV series stars Merritt Wever and Domhnall Gleeson, with recurring guest stars Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Rich Sommer, Tamara Podemski, and Archie Panjabi.
In college, Ruby Richardson (Wever) and her boyfriend, Billy Johnson (Gleeson), made a pact. They promised that, if either one of them texted the word “Run” and the other replied with the same, they would drop everything and meet in Grand Central Station and travel across America together. Now, 17 years later, Ruby is shaken out of her humdrum suburban life with that text and she...
- 5/25/2020
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Network: HBO
Episodes: Seven (half-hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: April 12, 2020 -- June 24, 2020
Series status: Ended
Performers include: Merritt Wever and Domhnall Gleeson, with recurring guest stars Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Rich Sommer, Tamara Podemski, and Archie Panjabi.
TV show description:
A romantic comedic thriller series that's written and produced by Vicky Jones, the Run TV series follows a woman whose dull life is thrown upside down.
Some 17 years ago, Ruby Richardson (Wever) and her college boyfriend, Billy Johnson (Gleeson), made a pact. They promised that, if either one of them texted the word “Run” and the other replied with the same, they would drop everything and meet in Grand Central Station and travel across America together.
Years later, on a regular Tuesday...
Episodes: Seven (half-hour)
Seasons: One
TV show dates: April 12, 2020 -- June 24, 2020
Series status: Ended
Performers include: Merritt Wever and Domhnall Gleeson, with recurring guest stars Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Rich Sommer, Tamara Podemski, and Archie Panjabi.
TV show description:
A romantic comedic thriller series that's written and produced by Vicky Jones, the Run TV series follows a woman whose dull life is thrown upside down.
Some 17 years ago, Ruby Richardson (Wever) and her college boyfriend, Billy Johnson (Gleeson), made a pact. They promised that, if either one of them texted the word “Run” and the other replied with the same, they would drop everything and meet in Grand Central Station and travel across America together.
Years later, on a regular Tuesday...
- 5/25/2020
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
This Run review contains spoilers.
Run Season 1 Episode 7
“Trick” is the season finale of Run, but you’d be forgiven if you didn’t realize that. Personally, after the episode aired, I had to check HBO’s schedule to be sure that another episode wasn’t coming next Sunday. The half-hour concluded with Ruby walking away from Billy, the murder investigation unresolved, and the fallout from Ruby’s weekend getaway unexplored. You would have to assume Vicky Jones and company are confident that they’ll be returning for a second season, otherwise this unsatisfying conclusion would be even more of a head-scratcher.
Ultimately, Run failed to live up to the potential shown in its engrossing pilot. It’s been stated before, but the concept would have worked like gangbusters as a feature, but doled out in 24-minute installments and forced to pad its story with a murder-mystery component that took...
Run Season 1 Episode 7
“Trick” is the season finale of Run, but you’d be forgiven if you didn’t realize that. Personally, after the episode aired, I had to check HBO’s schedule to be sure that another episode wasn’t coming next Sunday. The half-hour concluded with Ruby walking away from Billy, the murder investigation unresolved, and the fallout from Ruby’s weekend getaway unexplored. You would have to assume Vicky Jones and company are confident that they’ll be returning for a second season, otherwise this unsatisfying conclusion would be even more of a head-scratcher.
Ultimately, Run failed to live up to the potential shown in its engrossing pilot. It’s been stated before, but the concept would have worked like gangbusters as a feature, but doled out in 24-minute installments and forced to pad its story with a murder-mystery component that took...
- 5/25/2020
- by Nick Harley
- Den of Geek
Warning: The following interview contains spoilers from tonight’s season finale of Run, “Trick”, on HBO
In just seven episodes, HBO’s first season of Run has reached the end of the line with Billy and Ruby (Domhnall Gleeson and Merritt Wever) finally arriving at Los Angeles’ Union Station.
That was always part of their plan: The former lovers made a pact that whenever one of them texted the other “Run” and the other responded with “Run” back, they’d break from whatever they were doing in life (married or not), meet up in New York’s Grand Central Station and trek out to La. At the end of their trip, they’d decide whether to remain together or not.
But there was a bump in the road back in episode 5 for the two when they encountered Billy’s former assistant and lover Fiona (Archie Panjabi). She had a bag...
In just seven episodes, HBO’s first season of Run has reached the end of the line with Billy and Ruby (Domhnall Gleeson and Merritt Wever) finally arriving at Los Angeles’ Union Station.
That was always part of their plan: The former lovers made a pact that whenever one of them texted the other “Run” and the other responded with “Run” back, they’d break from whatever they were doing in life (married or not), meet up in New York’s Grand Central Station and trek out to La. At the end of their trip, they’d decide whether to remain together or not.
But there was a bump in the road back in episode 5 for the two when they encountered Billy’s former assistant and lover Fiona (Archie Panjabi). She had a bag...
- 5/25/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Updated, 11:35 Am: The streaming of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s live theater performance of Fleabag has raised more than $1 million for coronavirus-relief charities and now has been extended through May 31. Read details of the show and where to stream it below.
Previously, April 6: Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s live theater performance of Fleabag is being released online to support a slew of Covid-19 charities.
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The show, which was recorded at London’s Wyndham’s Theatre in 2019, will initially be available to stream in the UK and Ireland via Soho Theatre’s On Demand streaming site from today, Monday April 6. It will then be expanded to the U.S. via Amazon Prime Video as well as via...
Previously, April 6: Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s live theater performance of Fleabag is being released online to support a slew of Covid-19 charities.
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The show, which was recorded at London’s Wyndham’s Theatre in 2019, will initially be available to stream in the UK and Ireland via Soho Theatre’s On Demand streaming site from today, Monday April 6. It will then be expanded to the U.S. via Amazon Prime Video as well as via...
- 4/24/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
You’re stranded on a desert island with a laptop, every streaming service known to man, and a high-speed broadband internet connection. What do you watch? Or, put another way, it’s your seventh week of quarantine and you’re looking for TV content to pierce the malaise of your day-to-day life. What should you watch?
Luckily for you, there’s a robust field of television comedies right now, all angling for a spot in the Outstanding Comedy Series category for this year’s Emmy Awards thanks in part to a shocking amount of turnover from the previous year’s nominees.
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Both HBO’s “Veep” and Amazon Prime’s “Fleabag” are (theoretically) gone forever and both HBO’s “Barry” and Netflix’s “Russian Doll” were due...
Luckily for you, there’s a robust field of television comedies right now, all angling for a spot in the Outstanding Comedy Series category for this year’s Emmy Awards thanks in part to a shocking amount of turnover from the previous year’s nominees.
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Both HBO’s “Veep” and Amazon Prime’s “Fleabag” are (theoretically) gone forever and both HBO’s “Barry” and Netflix’s “Russian Doll” were due...
- 4/19/2020
- by Libby Hill
- Indiewire
There’s a moment in the first episode of “Run,” HBO’s newest half-hour from “Killing Eve” writer Vicky Jones, where the two charismatic main characters realize they’ve just left their lives behind to run off with someone who may as well be a stranger. “Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck,” they exchange, bouncing the epithet back and forth like a ping pong ball as each exhalation takes on deeper layers of meaning. The scene is reminiscent of a classic acting exercise, where a single word or phrase must be repeated ad infinitum, forcing the actors to find a new motivation each time.
Given the writer’s theatrical origins (Jones directed Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s stage version of “Fleabag”), the parallel isn’t surprising, but she’s lucky she scored two actors with the chops to pull it off. It’s easy to imagine that scene falling flat in lesser hands.
Given the writer’s theatrical origins (Jones directed Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s stage version of “Fleabag”), the parallel isn’t surprising, but she’s lucky she scored two actors with the chops to pull it off. It’s easy to imagine that scene falling flat in lesser hands.
- 4/16/2020
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Bella Thorne, Gavin Rossdale and Josie Ho previously announced cast.
Model and actor Paris Jackson has joined Bella Thorne, Gavin Rossdale and Josie Ho on thriller Habit that counts Cassian Elwes’ Elevated Films among its producers and has Voltage Pictures on board to handle international sales.
Jackson (see first-look photograph) will play Jesus in the feature about a street-smart party girl with a Jesus fetish who gets mixed up in a violent drug deal and finds a possible way out by masquerading as a nun. Donovan Leitch, 852 Films, Martingale Pictures, Voltage Pictures, Cloudlight and Elevated Films are producing.
Janell Shirtcliff...
Model and actor Paris Jackson has joined Bella Thorne, Gavin Rossdale and Josie Ho on thriller Habit that counts Cassian Elwes’ Elevated Films among its producers and has Voltage Pictures on board to handle international sales.
Jackson (see first-look photograph) will play Jesus in the feature about a street-smart party girl with a Jesus fetish who gets mixed up in a violent drug deal and finds a possible way out by masquerading as a nun. Donovan Leitch, 852 Films, Martingale Pictures, Voltage Pictures, Cloudlight and Elevated Films are producing.
Janell Shirtcliff...
- 4/13/2020
- by 36¦Jeremy Kay¦54¦
- ScreenDaily
Show of hands: How many people would ditch their family at the drop of a text for a secret, cross-country rendezvous with an ex? That’s the premise of Run, HBO’s new black comedy/thriller from creator Vicky Jones and executive producer Phoebe Waller-Bridge. And while texting an old flame is never recommended (quarantine is no excuse, people!), for Ruby (Unbelievable‘s Merritt Wever), bailing on her life to rekindle that fire is apparently a leap worth taking.
When we first meet Ruby, she’s grown complacent over the monotony of suburban life. She receives a message from her ex,...
When we first meet Ruby, she’s grown complacent over the monotony of suburban life. She receives a message from her ex,...
- 4/13/2020
- TVLine.com
HBO's Run is part rom-com, part thriller, part relationship drama. The series, created by English playwright Vicky Jones, follows two thirty-something former college sweethearts, Ruby (Merritt Wever) and Billy (Domhnall Gleeson), who reunite as they both make good on a pact they made 17 years before. If either one of them texted the word "run" and the other replied with the same message, they would drop everything and meet at Grand Central Station in New York.
Spoiler alert: They do. The ensuing series — bowing Sunday — sees both Ruby and Billy at first ignore their real lives, then ...
Spoiler alert: They do. The ensuing series — bowing Sunday — sees both Ruby and Billy at first ignore their real lives, then ...
- 4/11/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
It's a big week for television premieres. Despite our lockdown, we're still highly entertained with the television schedule.
Let us know if you've gotten out of your comfort zone and tested the waters with any of our suggestions.
Is there anything else you'd like us to cover these days? We always want to hear from you.
Saturday, April 11
9/8c Fashionably Yours (Hallmark)
Hey Vampire Diaries fans! Kat Graham returns to the small screen in the latest Hallmark movie.
After years organizing fashion at a top magazine, Lauren (Graham) decides to move home.
In exchange for her organizing services, moving company owner, Rob (Kendrick Sampson), becomes her tour guide leading up to her move and Lauren discovers there is a lot to fall in love with in Seattle.
Sunday, April 12
8/7c When Calls the Heart (Hallmark)
There's dangerous weather ahead in Hope Valley.
When a dangerous windstorm hits town, Elizabeth has...
Let us know if you've gotten out of your comfort zone and tested the waters with any of our suggestions.
Is there anything else you'd like us to cover these days? We always want to hear from you.
Saturday, April 11
9/8c Fashionably Yours (Hallmark)
Hey Vampire Diaries fans! Kat Graham returns to the small screen in the latest Hallmark movie.
After years organizing fashion at a top magazine, Lauren (Graham) decides to move home.
In exchange for her organizing services, moving company owner, Rob (Kendrick Sampson), becomes her tour guide leading up to her move and Lauren discovers there is a lot to fall in love with in Seattle.
Sunday, April 12
8/7c When Calls the Heart (Hallmark)
There's dangerous weather ahead in Hope Valley.
When a dangerous windstorm hits town, Elizabeth has...
- 4/11/2020
- by Carissa Pavlica
- TVfanatic
Phoebe Waller-Bridge and her longtime friend and creative partner Vicky Jones once made a joke pact that if they ever found themselves in a sticky situation, such as a dead-end relationship or a dull social gathering, one of them would whisper to the other, “Run,” and they would drop everything and make a dash for the hills together.
“It wasn’t something we really did — that would have been embarrassing,” Jones tells Variety, “but it was an idea that we nurtured, that made us feel safe. There was always someone you could run away with, someone you would rather be with than anyone else in the world.”
Fast forward a few years, a handful Emmys and a successful theatre company later, and the duo decided to take the pure escapism of their pact and “Run” with it. Their new HBO series, created and written by Jones with Waller-Bridge in an...
“It wasn’t something we really did — that would have been embarrassing,” Jones tells Variety, “but it was an idea that we nurtured, that made us feel safe. There was always someone you could run away with, someone you would rather be with than anyone else in the world.”
Fast forward a few years, a handful Emmys and a successful theatre company later, and the duo decided to take the pure escapism of their pact and “Run” with it. Their new HBO series, created and written by Jones with Waller-Bridge in an...
- 4/10/2020
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
In the hyper-connected modern world of everyone extremely online, the one that got away is an obsolete concept. He/she/they is perhaps only just one text message away and perhaps just one step away from daring you to jump off the cliff of normalcy into blissful self-destruction. So the longing romantic fantasy of what if?, underscored by the underpinnings of life’s routines and inherent romantic dissatisfactions, is explored with scintillating, flirty, flinty pleasure in HBO’s romantic comedy cum thriller mini-series, “Run.” From creator Vicky Jones, a frequent collaborator of “Fleabag” creator and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge, also an executive producer and guest star in the series, and starring Merritt Wever and Domhnall Gleeson, ”Run” has all the trappings of a terrifically entertaining series about secret romantic pacts, unfulfilled desire, star crossed destinies, and perhaps the manic thrill of blowing up your life all in the name of a...
- 4/9/2020
- by Rodrigo Perez
- The Playlist
It’s no secret that legions of “Star Wars” fans were mightily disappointed by Episode IX, “The Rise of Skywalker,” the concluding chapter of Lucasfilm’s most recent and otherwise beloved saga. The film, which currently holds a critical consensus of 56 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, suffered from a frustrating lack of originality and failed to thrill in its efforts to tie everything up with a neat little bow.
Even worse, it sidelined fan favorite character Kelly Marie Tran’s Rose Tico. The actress suffered misogynistic and racist harassment online following her first appearance in 2017’s “The Last Jedi,” and it was difficult to see the move as anything other than a total pandering to the so-called fans who spewed such vitriolic bile.
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Even worse, it sidelined fan favorite character Kelly Marie Tran’s Rose Tico. The actress suffered misogynistic and racist harassment online following her first appearance in 2017’s “The Last Jedi,” and it was difficult to see the move as anything other than a total pandering to the so-called fans who spewed such vitriolic bile.
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- 4/8/2020
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
When Merritt Wever won a supporting-actress Emmy for Nurse Jackie in 2013 (she later got another for the Netflix Western Godless), she gave an eight-word acceptance speech before practically sprinting off the stage — “Thank you so much! I… gotta go. Bye!” Perhaps it was a moment of foreshadowing to this series, produced by Fleabag’s Phoebe Waller-Bridge and created by Vicky Jones, in which Wever’s character, Ruby, receives a one-word text that gives the show its title.
That missive prompts Ruby to blow up her life and go on a...
That missive prompts Ruby to blow up her life and go on a...
- 4/7/2020
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
Welcome back to Tune In: our weekly newsletter offering a guide to the best of the week’s TV.
Each week, Variety’s TV team combs through the week’s schedule, selecting our picks of what to watch and when/how to watch them. As many across the country continue to practice self-isolation due to coronavirus, why not while away a few hours on some of the shows below?
This week, Quibi launches with a whole slew of shows, and a couple of iconic comedies sign off for good.
Quibi Catalogue
The short form content platform launches today with a substantial catalogue of new shows, some of which are clearly more worth watching than others. We recommend checking out Variety critics’ thoughts on some of the biggest ones here before diving in.
“Schitt’s Creek,” Pop TV, Tuesday, 8 p.m.
The Daniel and Eugene Levy-created comedy, which surged from a...
Each week, Variety’s TV team combs through the week’s schedule, selecting our picks of what to watch and when/how to watch them. As many across the country continue to practice self-isolation due to coronavirus, why not while away a few hours on some of the shows below?
This week, Quibi launches with a whole slew of shows, and a couple of iconic comedies sign off for good.
Quibi Catalogue
The short form content platform launches today with a substantial catalogue of new shows, some of which are clearly more worth watching than others. We recommend checking out Variety critics’ thoughts on some of the biggest ones here before diving in.
“Schitt’s Creek,” Pop TV, Tuesday, 8 p.m.
The Daniel and Eugene Levy-created comedy, which surged from a...
- 4/6/2020
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
Phoebe Waller-Bridge to the rescue! The Emmy winner’s acclaimed “Fleabag” one-woman show is headed to streaming for a good cause.
For the first time, her live stage show will be available on Amazon Prime Video in the U.S., starting April 10, for two weeks.
Waller-Bridge partnered with DryWrite, Soho Theatre and Annapurna Theatre, National Theatre Live in London and Amazon Prime Video, to bring her critically-acclaimed theater production to streaming services with the goal of raising money for several UK-based charities to support those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Also Read: Lee Fierro, 'Jaws' Actor and Massachusetts Theater Promoter, Dies From Coronavirus at Age 91
The one-woman show was performed to a sold-out house at Wyndham’s Theatre in London’s West End last summer and a sold-out house Off-Broadway in New York last Spring. It was first broadcast to cinemas by National Theater Live in September 2019, but has never before been available to stream.
For the first time, her live stage show will be available on Amazon Prime Video in the U.S., starting April 10, for two weeks.
Waller-Bridge partnered with DryWrite, Soho Theatre and Annapurna Theatre, National Theatre Live in London and Amazon Prime Video, to bring her critically-acclaimed theater production to streaming services with the goal of raising money for several UK-based charities to support those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Also Read: Lee Fierro, 'Jaws' Actor and Massachusetts Theater Promoter, Dies From Coronavirus at Age 91
The one-woman show was performed to a sold-out house at Wyndham’s Theatre in London’s West End last summer and a sold-out house Off-Broadway in New York last Spring. It was first broadcast to cinemas by National Theater Live in September 2019, but has never before been available to stream.
- 4/6/2020
- by Margeaux Sippell
- The Wrap
HBO’s “Run” is a romantic thriller series executive-produced by the much-lauded creator of “Fleabag,” Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who has been a trophy magnet of late. The second season of her Amazon Prime show that aired last year won six Emmys, including comedy series, lead actress and writing. She also received series and acting awards from the Golden Globes.
Hence, there are high hopes for this seven-episode romantic thriller about a former college couple who reunite 17 years later that arrives April 12 at 10:30 p.m. Et/Pt. Merritt Wever is Ruby, a married-with-kids suburbanite in Los Angeles, and Domhnall Gleeson is Billy, a self-help guru who is a bit of a fraud as he promotes his how-to books.
SEEIs Netflix’s crime procedural ‘Unbelievable’ the ‘Cagney and Lacey’ for the #MeToo era?
They meet cute as they fulfill a long-held promise: If either of them texted the word “Run” to the other,...
Hence, there are high hopes for this seven-episode romantic thriller about a former college couple who reunite 17 years later that arrives April 12 at 10:30 p.m. Et/Pt. Merritt Wever is Ruby, a married-with-kids suburbanite in Los Angeles, and Domhnall Gleeson is Billy, a self-help guru who is a bit of a fraud as he promotes his how-to books.
SEEIs Netflix’s crime procedural ‘Unbelievable’ the ‘Cagney and Lacey’ for the #MeToo era?
They meet cute as they fulfill a long-held promise: If either of them texted the word “Run” to the other,...
- 4/2/2020
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
For as long as there have been romantic comedies, there have been erstwhile lovers making convoluted bets and flirty deals with so little basis in reality that they might as well be science fiction. When was the last time you heard a real person use the phrase “If neither of us are married by 40, we’ll marry each other,” despite hearing characters say as much over and over again in movies and TV shows? It’s the kind of gamble that fictional stories love to make by turning feelings that are far more likely in the real world to remain sexy subtext into blunt text, flat-out daring its characters not to fall in love with each other. (Completely unsurprising spoiler alert: They always fall in love with each other.)
“Run,” HBO’s new romantic(ish) comedy from “Fleabag” producer Vicky Jones, takes this convention to a whole new extreme. After...
“Run,” HBO’s new romantic(ish) comedy from “Fleabag” producer Vicky Jones, takes this convention to a whole new extreme. After...
- 4/1/2020
- by Caroline Framke
- Variety Film + TV
Inheritance
When Lauren’s powerful, wealthy father passes away, she’s left with anything but a typical inheritance. Instead of a secure future, Lauren (portrayed by Lilly Collins) is now the keeper of her dad’s deep-running secrets – starting with a man held captive in an underground tunnel. Her father’s passing doesn’t make Lauren’s search for truth any easier. The teaser ends with a recording of her father saying, “The truth must stay buried.” But if Lauren has things her way, it won’t. (May 15)
Run
The...
When Lauren’s powerful, wealthy father passes away, she’s left with anything but a typical inheritance. Instead of a secure future, Lauren (portrayed by Lilly Collins) is now the keeper of her dad’s deep-running secrets – starting with a man held captive in an underground tunnel. Her father’s passing doesn’t make Lauren’s search for truth any easier. The teaser ends with a recording of her father saying, “The truth must stay buried.” But if Lauren has things her way, it won’t. (May 15)
Run
The...
- 3/21/2020
- by Natalli Amato
- Rollingstone.com
We’d all like to get away from it all right now, but…we can’t. But we can live vicariously through Domhnall Gleeson and Merritt Wever, who drop everything to travel across the country in Run, a new HBO series from writer Vicky Jones and producer Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag). A new Run trailer gives us a better look at the series, and […]
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- 3/20/2020
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
Domhnall Gleeson and Merritt Wever star as old college sweethearts on a thrilling journey in Run, a half-hour comedy series coming to HBO and its auxiliary streaming platforms. The show premieres Sunday, April 12th at 10:30 p.m. Et.
Wever portrays Ruby Richardson, a suburban resident who decides to upend her whole life when she gets a text from her old college boyfriend, Billy Johnson (Gleeson), that just says “Run.” Seventeen years ago, Ruby and Billy made a pact that if they ever texted “Run” to each other, they would drop everything,...
Wever portrays Ruby Richardson, a suburban resident who decides to upend her whole life when she gets a text from her old college boyfriend, Billy Johnson (Gleeson), that just says “Run.” Seventeen years ago, Ruby and Billy made a pact that if they ever texted “Run” to each other, they would drop everything,...
- 3/20/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
‘Run’ Trailer: Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Vicky Jones’ New HBO Show Blends ‘Killing Eve’ and ‘Fleabag’
A bit of good news for fans of multi-hyphenate writer/actor/producer extraordinaire Phoebe Waller-Bridge: She’s got a new show coming to HBO, and it looks downright perfect. Playing out like an intriguing blend of “Fleabag” and “Killing Eve,” “Run” follows a couple who reunite 17 years later after a single-word text message. If that sounds like the set-up for a romantic comedy, when the action kicks into a higher gear it soon becomes clear they’re running from much more than their emotional past.
The official synopsis reads: “‘Run’ follows a woman whose humdrum life is thrown upside down when she receives a text from her college sweetheart inviting her to drop everything and meet him in New York to fulfill the pact they made 17 years earlier. On a regular Tuesday morning, Ruby Richardson (Merritt Wever) is shaken out of her humdrum suburban life when she receives an...
The official synopsis reads: “‘Run’ follows a woman whose humdrum life is thrown upside down when she receives a text from her college sweetheart inviting her to drop everything and meet him in New York to fulfill the pact they made 17 years earlier. On a regular Tuesday morning, Ruby Richardson (Merritt Wever) is shaken out of her humdrum suburban life when she receives an...
- 3/20/2020
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Run, a 7-episode half-hour HBO comedic thriller series, might just prove to be the kind of raucously random flight of fancy—with just enough of a cynical edge— that the world could use right now.
Vicky Jones created the series. A script editor for Phoebe Waller-Bridge on Fleabag and Crashing, Jones also serves as writer and executive producer here. Of course, Waller-Bridge herself is onboard as an executive producer, and even fields an eccentric recurring role.
Domhnall Gleeson (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker) and Merritt Wever (Unbelievable) co-star on the series as old college sweethearts who—motivated by mysterious and quickly escalating circumstances—embark on an insane adventure.
Run HBO Trailer
The trailer for HBO’s Run has arrived. The clip showcases an intriguingly random quest that, in fulfillment of a pact, reunites two old college sweethearts. Yet, it clearly contains a dark side that escalates to events necessitating...
Vicky Jones created the series. A script editor for Phoebe Waller-Bridge on Fleabag and Crashing, Jones also serves as writer and executive producer here. Of course, Waller-Bridge herself is onboard as an executive producer, and even fields an eccentric recurring role.
Domhnall Gleeson (Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker) and Merritt Wever (Unbelievable) co-star on the series as old college sweethearts who—motivated by mysterious and quickly escalating circumstances—embark on an insane adventure.
Run HBO Trailer
The trailer for HBO’s Run has arrived. The clip showcases an intriguingly random quest that, in fulfillment of a pact, reunites two old college sweethearts. Yet, it clearly contains a dark side that escalates to events necessitating...
- 3/20/2020
- by Joseph Baxter
- Den of Geek
This week’s Intl. TV Newswire analyzes a surge in new studio complex announcements; HBO’s “Run” is chosen to close next month’s Series Mania, Endeavor and Elite sign up Mexico’s Sebastian Hofmann; and Scandinavian series snag a remarkable presence at Canneseries and Series Mania.
Moviebox, Lansdowne Announce Portuguese Complex, as Studio Plans Proliferate
MovieBox Premiere and Lansdowne Partners have announced a €60million ($66 million) investment in developing a state-of-the-art film and media complex in the Algarve region of southern Portugal, headed by former Pinewood director Dave Godfrey. Based in the municipality of Loulé, the “vast complex” will host streaming platform Moviebox Premiere itself and “world class production facilities,” Moviebox announced Friday.
In positing what it describes as a “vast complex,” Moviebox Premiere is hardly alone. A Berlinale trend this year was the escalation in new big studio announcements. Reasons cut various ways.
Incentives have proliferated given a “growing...
Moviebox, Lansdowne Announce Portuguese Complex, as Studio Plans Proliferate
MovieBox Premiere and Lansdowne Partners have announced a €60million ($66 million) investment in developing a state-of-the-art film and media complex in the Algarve region of southern Portugal, headed by former Pinewood director Dave Godfrey. Based in the municipality of Loulé, the “vast complex” will host streaming platform Moviebox Premiere itself and “world class production facilities,” Moviebox announced Friday.
In positing what it describes as a “vast complex,” Moviebox Premiere is hardly alone. A Berlinale trend this year was the escalation in new big studio announcements. Reasons cut various ways.
Incentives have proliferated given a “growing...
- 2/29/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
For all intents and purposes, we’re currently stuck in the content desert of the annual TV cycle. Too early for most heavy-duty Emmy contenders to premiere, too late for the end-of-the-year release rush to qualify for the guild and Golden Globe awards.
That’s not to say that quality programming is entirely absent from the queue — with Amazon’s “Hunters” dropping February 21 and FX on Hulu’s “Devs” premiering March 5 — but for the most part, the current TV vibe is to lay low, play catch-up, watch screeners, and prepare for the onslaught that is the final quarter of the Emmy eligibility calendar.
Of course, if the thought of trying to clean out your DVR is too daunting or you just can’t bring yourself to sit down and engage with the brilliant, but excruciating, historical horror of series including “Chernobyl” or “When They See Us,” it’s only natural...
That’s not to say that quality programming is entirely absent from the queue — with Amazon’s “Hunters” dropping February 21 and FX on Hulu’s “Devs” premiering March 5 — but for the most part, the current TV vibe is to lay low, play catch-up, watch screeners, and prepare for the onslaught that is the final quarter of the Emmy eligibility calendar.
Of course, if the thought of trying to clean out your DVR is too daunting or you just can’t bring yourself to sit down and engage with the brilliant, but excruciating, historical horror of series including “Chernobyl” or “When They See Us,” it’s only natural...
- 2/21/2020
- by Libby Hill
- Indiewire
In news that will excite Fleabag and Killing Eve fans everywhere, Phoebe Waller-Bridge's latest project, Run, will officially be coming to Sky Comedy this April. The show is a romantic comedy thriller starring Unbelievable alum Merritt Wever and Domhnall Gleeson, who was recently in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (and less recently played Bill Weasley in the Harry Potter films).
Run tells the story of Ruby Richardson (Wever) who leaves her ordinary, humdrum life in the suburbs to meet her college sweetheart, Billy Johnson (Gleeson), in New York City to fulfill a pact they made 17 years earlier. The rules of the pact were pretty simple: if either one of them texted the word "run" and the other replied with the same, they would drop everything and meet in Grand Central Station to travel across America together.
Waller-Bridge plays Laurel, who is just one of the colorful characters Ruby...
Run tells the story of Ruby Richardson (Wever) who leaves her ordinary, humdrum life in the suburbs to meet her college sweetheart, Billy Johnson (Gleeson), in New York City to fulfill a pact they made 17 years earlier. The rules of the pact were pretty simple: if either one of them texted the word "run" and the other replied with the same, they would drop everything and meet in Grand Central Station to travel across America together.
Waller-Bridge plays Laurel, who is just one of the colorful characters Ruby...
- 2/17/2020
- by Angela Law
- Popsugar.com
The Power prequel is making a House call: Omar Epps has been cast in Power Book III: Raising Kanan, Deadline reports.
While details regarding Epps’ character are being kept under wraps, the actor is said to be playing “a major figure” in the Power universe. As previously reported, this particular offshoot is set in the 1990s, and will chronicle the early years of Kanan Stark, the character first played by executive producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson.
More from TVLinePower Spinoff: 5 Original Series Actors Join Book II: Ghost — Find Out WhoPower Series Finale: Ep Courtney Kemp Reveals the 'Amazing' Episode Ending 'No...
While details regarding Epps’ character are being kept under wraps, the actor is said to be playing “a major figure” in the Power universe. As previously reported, this particular offshoot is set in the 1990s, and will chronicle the early years of Kanan Stark, the character first played by executive producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson.
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- 2/15/2020
- TVLine.com
HBO knows the way to our hearts. For proof, check out the trailer the network released on Valentine's Day for its new rom-com Run. Creator and writer Vicky Jones teamed up with frequent collaborator Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who is an executive producer on the upcoming series, which stars Merritt Wever
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- 2/15/2020
- by Mekeisha Madden Toby
- TVGuide - Breaking News
Phoebe Waller-Bridge knows the way to our hearts. For proof, check out the trailer HBO released on Valentine's Day for her new rom-com Run. Waller-Bridge teamed up with Vicky Jones to make the intriguing looking show, which stars Merritt Wever and Domhnall Gleeson.
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- 2/15/2020
- by Mekeisha Madden Toby
- TVGuide - Breaking News
HBO has released the official teaser trailer for “Run,” its upcoming romantic-comedy thriller, executive-produced by jack-of-all-trades Phoebe Waller-Bridge. You can check out the trailer below.
“Run” stars Primetime Emmy Award winner Merritt Wever and Domhnall Gleeson as Ruby and Billy, college exes who reconnect as the result of a pact they made 17 years prior as students: If either one of them texted the word “Run” and the other replied the same, they would drop everything to meet at Grand Central Station and travel across the United States together.
As the trailer reveals, Billy is the one who initiates the “Run” protocol, but Ruby replies “Run” right back — even though she has a life waiting for her in the suburbs. With barely any possessions in tow, Ruby and Billy decide embrace the “carpe diem” mentality and choose to live in the moment — together, as exes. Because that always works out. Even if their choice is “unforgivable,...
“Run” stars Primetime Emmy Award winner Merritt Wever and Domhnall Gleeson as Ruby and Billy, college exes who reconnect as the result of a pact they made 17 years prior as students: If either one of them texted the word “Run” and the other replied the same, they would drop everything to meet at Grand Central Station and travel across the United States together.
As the trailer reveals, Billy is the one who initiates the “Run” protocol, but Ruby replies “Run” right back — even though she has a life waiting for her in the suburbs. With barely any possessions in tow, Ruby and Billy decide embrace the “carpe diem” mentality and choose to live in the moment — together, as exes. Because that always works out. Even if their choice is “unforgivable,...
- 2/14/2020
- by LaToya Ferguson
- Indiewire
Pay-tv operator Sky will offer 80 original series to its British subscribers this year, an increase of 25% year-on-year from last year, together with a 40% boost in the volume of programming from the U.S., it announced Wednesday. It also unveiled 10 new shows it has ordered.
Sky revealed its plans at a showcase event at London’s Tate Modern art gallery, where it shared exclusive previews of new shows due to air this year, with more than 25 talent on stage including David Schwimmer, Steve Coogan, Maisie Williams, Billie Piper, Nick Mohammed, Dynamo and Rob Brydon.
As well as its original and acquired shows, Sky is delivering aggregated content from its partnerships with Netflix, BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5. It is also launching new channels like Sky Comedy, Sky Nature and Sky Documentaries.
Sky Group CEO, Jeremy Darroch, said: “In an increasingly competitive market, we keep pushing to give our customers what they want,...
Sky revealed its plans at a showcase event at London’s Tate Modern art gallery, where it shared exclusive previews of new shows due to air this year, with more than 25 talent on stage including David Schwimmer, Steve Coogan, Maisie Williams, Billie Piper, Nick Mohammed, Dynamo and Rob Brydon.
As well as its original and acquired shows, Sky is delivering aggregated content from its partnerships with Netflix, BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5. It is also launching new channels like Sky Comedy, Sky Nature and Sky Documentaries.
Sky Group CEO, Jeremy Darroch, said: “In an increasingly competitive market, we keep pushing to give our customers what they want,...
- 2/12/2020
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, HBO has set a premiere date for the upcoming comedy “Run” and Quibi has greenlit a new series entitled “Moving the Needle with Dr. Woo.”
Dates
Comedian Taylor Tomlinson‘s Netflix special “Quarter-Life Crisis” will premiere March 3. Following her debut on “The Comedy Lineup Part 1,” Tomlinson’s first hour-long special will detail the lessons she’s learned. In it, she also talks about working on yourself, realistic relationship goals, and why your twenties are not actually “the best years of your life.”
“Run” will debut April 12, HBO announced. Written and produced by Vicky Jones, the comedy follows Ruby Richardson (Merritt Wever), a woman whose humdrum life is thrown upside down when she receives a text from her college sweetheart Billy Johnson (Domhnall Gleeson) inviting her to drop everything and meet him in New York to fulfill the pact they made 17 years earlier. Phoebe Waller-Bridge,...
Dates
Comedian Taylor Tomlinson‘s Netflix special “Quarter-Life Crisis” will premiere March 3. Following her debut on “The Comedy Lineup Part 1,” Tomlinson’s first hour-long special will detail the lessons she’s learned. In it, she also talks about working on yourself, realistic relationship goals, and why your twenties are not actually “the best years of your life.”
“Run” will debut April 12, HBO announced. Written and produced by Vicky Jones, the comedy follows Ruby Richardson (Merritt Wever), a woman whose humdrum life is thrown upside down when she receives a text from her college sweetheart Billy Johnson (Domhnall Gleeson) inviting her to drop everything and meet him in New York to fulfill the pact they made 17 years earlier. Phoebe Waller-Bridge,...
- 2/5/2020
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
We've been celebrating iconic friendships onscreen for years, from Lucy and Ethel to Thelma and Louise to Romy and Michele. But right now it feels like we're living in a different kind of creative Friend-assaince — friendships behind the camera are creating most of my favorite content.
From real-life best friends playing best friends, like Abbi and Ilana on Broad City and Maya and Anna on PEN15 to behind-the-camera partnerships like Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Vicky Jones on Fleabag, Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler and Leslye Headland on Russian Doll, and Melina Matzoukas and Lena Waithe on Queen & Slim, women who love one ...
From real-life best friends playing best friends, like Abbi and Ilana on Broad City and Maya and Anna on PEN15 to behind-the-camera partnerships like Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Vicky Jones on Fleabag, Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler and Leslye Headland on Russian Doll, and Melina Matzoukas and Lena Waithe on Queen & Slim, women who love one ...
We've been celebrating iconic friendships onscreen for years, from Lucy and Ethel to Thelma and Louise to Romy and Michele. But right now it feels like we're living in a different kind of creative Friend-assaince — friendships behind the camera are creating most of my favorite content.
From real-life best friends playing best friends, like Abbi and Ilana on Broad City and Maya and Anna on PEN15 to behind-the-camera partnerships like Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Vicky Jones on Fleabag, Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler and Leslye Headland on Russian Doll, and Melina Matzoukas and Lena Waithe on Queen & Slim, women who love one ...
From real-life best friends playing best friends, like Abbi and Ilana on Broad City and Maya and Anna on PEN15 to behind-the-camera partnerships like Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Vicky Jones on Fleabag, Natasha Lyonne, Amy Poehler and Leslye Headland on Russian Doll, and Melina Matzoukas and Lena Waithe on Queen & Slim, women who love one ...
Exclusive: Tamara Podemski is set to co-star opposite Merritt Wever and Domhnall Gleeson in Run, HBO’s romantic comedic thriller pilot from Killing Eve creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge and her frequent collaborator Vicky Jones. Waller-Bridge has a recurring role in the project, which hails from Entertainment One, Jones and Waller-Bridge’s DryWrite and Wigwam Films.
Written by Jones, Run centers on Ruby (Wever), a woman living a humdrum existence who one day gets a text inviting her to fulfill a youthful pact, promising true love and self-reinvention, by stepping out of her life to take a journey with her oldest flame.
Podemski plays Babe, a soft-spoken police detective with a dry sense of humor. Babe recently has moved to a small town in Colorado and is enjoying the quieter life it affords. She is lonely and would love to meet someone but lacks both confidence and opportunity. Babe is slightly intimidated when...
Written by Jones, Run centers on Ruby (Wever), a woman living a humdrum existence who one day gets a text inviting her to fulfill a youthful pact, promising true love and self-reinvention, by stepping out of her life to take a journey with her oldest flame.
Podemski plays Babe, a soft-spoken police detective with a dry sense of humor. Babe recently has moved to a small town in Colorado and is enjoying the quieter life it affords. She is lonely and would love to meet someone but lacks both confidence and opportunity. Babe is slightly intimidated when...
- 11/13/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Hustlers’ (Photo credit: Stx Films).
Lorene Scafaria’s Hustlers is a hit in the Us but the crime caper starring Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, Lili Reinhart and Cardi B was never going to beat the second weekend of Todd Phillips’ blockbuster Joker in Australia.
Meanwhile Ang Lee’s $140 million-budgeted action thriller Gemini Man is shaping as a write-off for Paramount Pictures and co-investors Skydance, Alibaba and Fosun.
Rachel Griffiths’ Ride Like a Girl maintained a fair clip in its third weekend while two alternate content releases, Nt Live: Fleabag and Metallica & San Francisco Symphony: S&m drew sizable audiences.
The top 20 titles generated $19.2 million last weekend, 13 per cent down on the previous frame, according to Numero.
Starring Joaquin Phoenix as the twisted, disenfranchised clown-for-hire and stand-up comic in 1980s Gotham, Joker rang up $7.4 million, easing by just 24 per cent, hoisting its total to $22 million.
The Warner Bros/Village Roadshow/Bron Studios...
Lorene Scafaria’s Hustlers is a hit in the Us but the crime caper starring Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, Lili Reinhart and Cardi B was never going to beat the second weekend of Todd Phillips’ blockbuster Joker in Australia.
Meanwhile Ang Lee’s $140 million-budgeted action thriller Gemini Man is shaping as a write-off for Paramount Pictures and co-investors Skydance, Alibaba and Fosun.
Rachel Griffiths’ Ride Like a Girl maintained a fair clip in its third weekend while two alternate content releases, Nt Live: Fleabag and Metallica & San Francisco Symphony: S&m drew sizable audiences.
The top 20 titles generated $19.2 million last weekend, 13 per cent down on the previous frame, according to Numero.
Starring Joaquin Phoenix as the twisted, disenfranchised clown-for-hire and stand-up comic in 1980s Gotham, Joker rang up $7.4 million, easing by just 24 per cent, hoisting its total to $22 million.
The Warner Bros/Village Roadshow/Bron Studios...
- 10/13/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Mipcom – the largest international TV market – is changing fast and buyers and sellers are figuring out how to respond to the ever-shifting global landscape.
The corporate consolidation that has been the talk of the Croisette for the last few years has started to have a real-world impact on the distribution business, while the evolution of the streaming services means there are more complex negotiations taking places than ever before. Then there is the changing face of the market itself, which is now a separate market to its April sibling Mip TV.
Comcast’s NBC Universal Global Distribution has finally subsumed Catherine The Great distributor Sky Vision, Disney has brought 20th Century Fox Television Distribution into its beachside tent, while this market is likely to be one of the last where CBS Studios International and Viacom International Media Networks have separate booths and teams.
Endemol Shine International and BBC Studios are back in town,...
The corporate consolidation that has been the talk of the Croisette for the last few years has started to have a real-world impact on the distribution business, while the evolution of the streaming services means there are more complex negotiations taking places than ever before. Then there is the changing face of the market itself, which is now a separate market to its April sibling Mip TV.
Comcast’s NBC Universal Global Distribution has finally subsumed Catherine The Great distributor Sky Vision, Disney has brought 20th Century Fox Television Distribution into its beachside tent, while this market is likely to be one of the last where CBS Studios International and Viacom International Media Networks have separate booths and teams.
Endemol Shine International and BBC Studios are back in town,...
- 10/11/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Stuart Baxter.
Stuart Baxter, eOne president of international distribution, will appear ‘in conversation’ at November’s Screen Producers Australia (Spa) conference, Screen Forever, talking about how to invest in high quality content and the way forward for broadcasters and streamers.
Baxter joined eOne in 2014, and has led the expansion of the company’s international sales business around the world, with eOne now ranking as the second-largest television distributor in the UK.
He oversees eOne’s global sales team, directing the company’s combined television and film sales efforts across international PayTV, FreeTV, Svod, and Avod windows. In addition to handling the international distribution for eOne-produced content – such as Us network hit show The Rookie – Baxter’s division handles third-party content sales from relationships with first-look production partners, across all genres.
Under his leadership, the team has propelled a number of high-profile projects to international success, including Netflix’s Designated Survivor,...
Stuart Baxter, eOne president of international distribution, will appear ‘in conversation’ at November’s Screen Producers Australia (Spa) conference, Screen Forever, talking about how to invest in high quality content and the way forward for broadcasters and streamers.
Baxter joined eOne in 2014, and has led the expansion of the company’s international sales business around the world, with eOne now ranking as the second-largest television distributor in the UK.
He oversees eOne’s global sales team, directing the company’s combined television and film sales efforts across international PayTV, FreeTV, Svod, and Avod windows. In addition to handling the international distribution for eOne-produced content – such as Us network hit show The Rookie – Baxter’s division handles third-party content sales from relationships with first-look production partners, across all genres.
Under his leadership, the team has propelled a number of high-profile projects to international success, including Netflix’s Designated Survivor,...
- 9/27/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Amazon Studios has signed an overall deal with Phoebe Waller-Bridge, the creator and star of the Emmy-winning Amazon Original series, Fleabag. I hear the pact is for three years. There is noone hotter at the moment in TV than Waller-Bridge, a newly minted three-time Emmy winner, whose shows, Fleabag and Killing Eve, just won a total of 7 Emmys, most in marquee categories awarded Sunday night.
Leading into the Primetime Emmys this past weekend, which cemented Waller-Bridge’s status as TV’s “it” multi-hyphenate, feelers had been put out to TV studios and streamers for an overall deal with the English actress, playwright, producer, and writer. There was a lot of interest in light of the success of Waller-Bridge’s current series, BBC/Amazon’s Fleabag and BBC America’s Killing Eve, with Amazon Studios quickly emerging as frontrunner in the Waller-Bridge sweepstakes. The Amazon overall deal was in its final...
Leading into the Primetime Emmys this past weekend, which cemented Waller-Bridge’s status as TV’s “it” multi-hyphenate, feelers had been put out to TV studios and streamers for an overall deal with the English actress, playwright, producer, and writer. There was a lot of interest in light of the success of Waller-Bridge’s current series, BBC/Amazon’s Fleabag and BBC America’s Killing Eve, with Amazon Studios quickly emerging as frontrunner in the Waller-Bridge sweepstakes. The Amazon overall deal was in its final...
- 9/24/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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