Andrew McCarthy is getting back together with his fellow Brat Pack alums Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Jon Cryer, Ally Sheedy, Emilio Estevez and more for the feature documentary Brats, a revealing look at the cultural phenomenon they became in the 1980s and how that has impacted their lives ever since.
Brats, from ABC News Studios, Neon, and Network Entertainment, is set to premiere on Hulu later this year. McCarthy, author of the 2021 memoir Brat: An ‘80s Story, writes and directs the documentary, which is now in post-production. He co-starred with fellow Brat Packers in some of the biggest hits of the mid- ‘80s including St. Elmo’s Fire (1985), Pretty in Pink (1986), and Less Than Zero (1987).
From left: ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’s Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Emilio Estevez, Mare Winningham, Judd Nelson,
Ally Sheedy and Andrew McCarthy
“McCarthy crisscrosses the country to meet up with some of the stars of those beloved films,...
Brats, from ABC News Studios, Neon, and Network Entertainment, is set to premiere on Hulu later this year. McCarthy, author of the 2021 memoir Brat: An ‘80s Story, writes and directs the documentary, which is now in post-production. He co-starred with fellow Brat Packers in some of the biggest hits of the mid- ‘80s including St. Elmo’s Fire (1985), Pretty in Pink (1986), and Less Than Zero (1987).
From left: ‘St. Elmo’s Fire’s Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, Emilio Estevez, Mare Winningham, Judd Nelson,
Ally Sheedy and Andrew McCarthy
“McCarthy crisscrosses the country to meet up with some of the stars of those beloved films,...
- 1/18/2024
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: ABC News Studios continues to provide true-crime docuseries to Hulu.
The studio is behind two new series for the streamer including Daughters of the Cult and Me, Hereafter as well as a second season of Death in the Dorms.
It is the third slate of true-crime docs from ABC News Studios since its 2022 launch and follows series such as Killing County, Betrayal: The Perfect Husband and three seasons of Wild Crime.
Daughters of the Cult, which launches on January 4, is a five-episode deep-dive into the history of a splinter group of Mormon fundamentalist cult members who perpetrated a deadly wave of violence and abuse for decades in the name of their fanatical prophet, Ervil LeBaron. Dubbed the “Mormon Manson,” LeBaron and his followers were hidden in plain sight throughout the Southwest and Mexico. Now, past members of the infamous cult tell the true story behind the string of murderous crimes.
The studio is behind two new series for the streamer including Daughters of the Cult and Me, Hereafter as well as a second season of Death in the Dorms.
It is the third slate of true-crime docs from ABC News Studios since its 2022 launch and follows series such as Killing County, Betrayal: The Perfect Husband and three seasons of Wild Crime.
Daughters of the Cult, which launches on January 4, is a five-episode deep-dive into the history of a splinter group of Mormon fundamentalist cult members who perpetrated a deadly wave of violence and abuse for decades in the name of their fanatical prophet, Ervil LeBaron. Dubbed the “Mormon Manson,” LeBaron and his followers were hidden in plain sight throughout the Southwest and Mexico. Now, past members of the infamous cult tell the true story behind the string of murderous crimes.
- 12/15/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
ABC News Studios has dropped a full trailer for “Mother Undercover,” which will stream on Hulu on July 27.
The four-part docuseries follows four mothers on a mission to save or get justice for their children. In incidents of murder, international kidnapping, mass suicide and judicial corruption, the group transform into undercover detectives, mounting covert operations and taking matters into their own hands.
The series is produced by Pioneer Productions and ABC News Studios. Thomas Viner and Rachel Morgan are executive producers for Pioneer Productions. For ABC News Studios, David Sloan serves as senior executive producer and Beth Hoppe serves as executive producer.
“Mother Undercover” marks the third title in ABC News Studios’ true crime summer slate, following “The Ashley Madison Affair” and “Betrayal: The Perfect Husband.” In addition to “Mother Undercover,” ABC News Studios’ three-part series “Demons and Saviors,” which tells the story of the infamously known “poltergeist girl” Christina Boyer,...
The four-part docuseries follows four mothers on a mission to save or get justice for their children. In incidents of murder, international kidnapping, mass suicide and judicial corruption, the group transform into undercover detectives, mounting covert operations and taking matters into their own hands.
The series is produced by Pioneer Productions and ABC News Studios. Thomas Viner and Rachel Morgan are executive producers for Pioneer Productions. For ABC News Studios, David Sloan serves as senior executive producer and Beth Hoppe serves as executive producer.
“Mother Undercover” marks the third title in ABC News Studios’ true crime summer slate, following “The Ashley Madison Affair” and “Betrayal: The Perfect Husband.” In addition to “Mother Undercover,” ABC News Studios’ three-part series “Demons and Saviors,” which tells the story of the infamously known “poltergeist girl” Christina Boyer,...
- 7/20/2023
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
ABC News has dropped a trailer for “Prisoners of the Snow,” which will air on the network on May 22 and stream next day on Hulu.
The two-hour documentary tells the story of the 1972 Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which crashed into a remote location in the snow-covered Andes Mountains while carrying a rugby team traveling with family and friends to a match in Chile. Of the 45 passengers, only 16 survived the incident.
With reporting by ABC News contributor Chris Connelly, the two-hour documentary features new interviews with five of the crash survivors, Nando Parrado, Roberto Canessa, Carlitos Páez Rodríguez, Eduardo Strauch and Roy Harley, who share their firsthand accounts and stories of determination and perseverance, which helped inspire the popular series “Yellowjackets.”
The program also includes interviews with mountaineers, adventurers and survival experts who have studied their experience, visited the crash site and followed the escape route explaining the incredible challenges the passengers endured.
The two-hour documentary tells the story of the 1972 Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which crashed into a remote location in the snow-covered Andes Mountains while carrying a rugby team traveling with family and friends to a match in Chile. Of the 45 passengers, only 16 survived the incident.
With reporting by ABC News contributor Chris Connelly, the two-hour documentary features new interviews with five of the crash survivors, Nando Parrado, Roberto Canessa, Carlitos Páez Rodríguez, Eduardo Strauch and Roy Harley, who share their firsthand accounts and stories of determination and perseverance, which helped inspire the popular series “Yellowjackets.”
The program also includes interviews with mountaineers, adventurers and survival experts who have studied their experience, visited the crash site and followed the escape route explaining the incredible challenges the passengers endured.
- 5/12/2023
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
ABC News Studios has greenlit a new documentary centering on country singer-songwriter Jelly Roll.
“Jelly Roll: Save Me” will offer an inside look as the 38-year-old prepares to perform at the famed Bridgestone Arena in his hometown of Nashville, featuring never-before-seen tour footage and interviews with the musician and those closest to him.
It will also show how Jelly Roll balances life on tour with philanthropic work, including a visit to a juvenile detention facility where he was incarcerated multiple times to share his story in the hopes of inspiring positive change in others.
“Jelly Roll: Save Me,” which will stream on Hulu on May 30, is executive produced by Edward Hambleton and Claire Weinraub. David Sloan serves as senior executive producer and Monica Escobedo is senior entertainment producer. ABC News Studios is led by Mike Kelley.
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“Jelly Roll: Save Me” will offer an inside look as the 38-year-old prepares to perform at the famed Bridgestone Arena in his hometown of Nashville, featuring never-before-seen tour footage and interviews with the musician and those closest to him.
It will also show how Jelly Roll balances life on tour with philanthropic work, including a visit to a juvenile detention facility where he was incarcerated multiple times to share his story in the hopes of inspiring positive change in others.
“Jelly Roll: Save Me,” which will stream on Hulu on May 30, is executive produced by Edward Hambleton and Claire Weinraub. David Sloan serves as senior executive producer and Monica Escobedo is senior entertainment producer. ABC News Studios is led by Mike Kelley.
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- 5/9/2023
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
For better or worse, steaming fans can’t get enough of true crime documentaries. On Netflix, Hulu, and other streaming services, there’s no shortage of this type of content. So which shows are worth viewers’ time? Here are our top five pics from 2023 so far.
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Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal tells the story of the mysterious deaths surrounding a prominent family in the Lowcountry region of South Carolina. The story culminates in the deaths of Maggie Murdaugh and her son Paul at their home known as “Moselle” and the subsequent arrest of Maggie’s husband Alex.
Some of the documentary’s most stirring testimony comes from the young women and men present the day Paul Murdaugh crashed his boat, causing the death of Mallory Beach. Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal is a story of...
David Koresh in ‘Waco: American Apocalypse’ | Netflix Don’t miss ‘Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal’
Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal tells the story of the mysterious deaths surrounding a prominent family in the Lowcountry region of South Carolina. The story culminates in the deaths of Maggie Murdaugh and her son Paul at their home known as “Moselle” and the subsequent arrest of Maggie’s husband Alex.
Some of the documentary’s most stirring testimony comes from the young women and men present the day Paul Murdaugh crashed his boat, causing the death of Mallory Beach. Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal is a story of...
- 3/24/2023
- by Erica Scassellati
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Exclusive: The true-crime docuseries are coming thick and fast for ABC News Studios.
The company has set up its latest series – The Lesson Is Murder – at Hulu. It follows criminology professor and former FBI Special Agent Dr. Bryanna Fox.
Fox asks why killers kill and is now teaching a class to shed new light on the mind of murderers as she tries to help the next generation of criminologists.
The series, which launches on March 23, will see Fox and her team of graduate students study three different murderers and interview them on-camera.
These include serial killer Will Davis, a former nurse who was convicted of killing four patients, who gives his first ever-broadcast interview from death row, former public safety officer Robert Fratta, who was convicted of killing his wife in a murder-for-hire plot and Ivié DeMolina, a self-proclaimed successful businesswoman-turned-sex worker, who was convicted of leading a series of...
The company has set up its latest series – The Lesson Is Murder – at Hulu. It follows criminology professor and former FBI Special Agent Dr. Bryanna Fox.
Fox asks why killers kill and is now teaching a class to shed new light on the mind of murderers as she tries to help the next generation of criminologists.
The series, which launches on March 23, will see Fox and her team of graduate students study three different murderers and interview them on-camera.
These include serial killer Will Davis, a former nurse who was convicted of killing four patients, who gives his first ever-broadcast interview from death row, former public safety officer Robert Fratta, who was convicted of killing his wife in a murder-for-hire plot and Ivié DeMolina, a self-proclaimed successful businesswoman-turned-sex worker, who was convicted of leading a series of...
- 3/16/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Ridley Scott and his Scott Free Productions banner is getting in on the true-crime trend.
The director is exec producing a four-part documentary series for Hulu that comes from ABC News Studios’ burgeoning slate.
Still Missing Morgan documents two parallel kidnapping cold cases as investigators uncover new leads in the case of missing six year old Morgan Nick, two decades after disappearing.
The series, which will air on the streamer on February 16, tells the story of the tragedy that struck the Nick family when 6-year-old Morgan Nick vanished while playing just a few feet from her mother, Collen Nick, in the summer of 1995. Colleen found solace in Patty Wetterling, whose son Jacob had gone missing six years prior.
Two decades later, Still Missing Morgan explores the cases of Morgan and Jacob as their grief-stricken mothers continue to search for answers. It follows the new investigators who reexamined the Morgan Nick...
The director is exec producing a four-part documentary series for Hulu that comes from ABC News Studios’ burgeoning slate.
Still Missing Morgan documents two parallel kidnapping cold cases as investigators uncover new leads in the case of missing six year old Morgan Nick, two decades after disappearing.
The series, which will air on the streamer on February 16, tells the story of the tragedy that struck the Nick family when 6-year-old Morgan Nick vanished while playing just a few feet from her mother, Collen Nick, in the summer of 1995. Colleen found solace in Patty Wetterling, whose son Jacob had gone missing six years prior.
Two decades later, Still Missing Morgan explores the cases of Morgan and Jacob as their grief-stricken mothers continue to search for answers. It follows the new investigators who reexamined the Morgan Nick...
- 2/10/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Entertainment companies like Disney find themselves in a challenging situation. They need to invest in new and growing platforms like Disney+ and Hulu, while continuing to keep the linear lineups of networks like National Geographic and ABC filled.
To help fill that gap, they have increasingly turned to new, in-house documentary studios, meant to help keep lineups fresh, and to funnel original docs to streaming services.
ABC News launched its effort, ABC News Studios, last year. That initial slate included 4 films and 15 docuseries, including a spinoff of Nightline and projects from Good Morning America anchor George Stephanopoulos, among others.
A source close to the division tells The Hollywood Reporter that it is already profitable, feeding a pipeline of feature films and docuseries to ABC, Disney+, Hulu, Nat Geo, and other platforms.
“I am so proud of the extraordinary progress and impact we’ve made in the streaming space in such a short amount of time,...
To help fill that gap, they have increasingly turned to new, in-house documentary studios, meant to help keep lineups fresh, and to funnel original docs to streaming services.
ABC News launched its effort, ABC News Studios, last year. That initial slate included 4 films and 15 docuseries, including a spinoff of Nightline and projects from Good Morning America anchor George Stephanopoulos, among others.
A source close to the division tells The Hollywood Reporter that it is already profitable, feeding a pipeline of feature films and docuseries to ABC, Disney+, Hulu, Nat Geo, and other platforms.
“I am so proud of the extraordinary progress and impact we’ve made in the streaming space in such a short amount of time,...
- 2/6/2023
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
It feels just like last month we were complimenting Hulu on its true crime offerings. Well, with its list of new releases for February 2023, Hulu is staying in the true crime lane. Suppose that’ll happen when you push back the release date of a series or two.
February sees the arrival of three notable true crime series on Hulu. Taiwan Crime Stories premieres on Feb. 1 and presents four true tales from Taiwan’s criminal “dark underbelly.” That will be followed by ABC News Studios’ Killing County on Feb. 3. That three-episode series ponders the question “what happens when police kill?” The most interesting true crime offering premieres on Feb. 9. That’s when Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence College shares its four-episode saga of Larry Ray and the young college students he victimized.
As far as non true crime offerings go, the third and final season of Hulu...
February sees the arrival of three notable true crime series on Hulu. Taiwan Crime Stories premieres on Feb. 1 and presents four true tales from Taiwan’s criminal “dark underbelly.” That will be followed by ABC News Studios’ Killing County on Feb. 3. That three-episode series ponders the question “what happens when police kill?” The most interesting true crime offering premieres on Feb. 9. That’s when Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence College shares its four-episode saga of Larry Ray and the young college students he victimized.
As far as non true crime offerings go, the third and final season of Hulu...
- 2/1/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Hulu has released a first look at Colin Kaepernick’s latest project, docuseries Killing County.
Directed by Michaela Dowd, narrated by André Holland and executive produced by Kaepernick and Robe Imbriano, the series centers on the police force in Bakersfield, California, and the death of Jorge Ramirez in 2013 following a shootout that included several police officers in a hotel parking lot.
It’s described by Kaepernick as “one of the most powerful projects I’ve been involved with,” and seeks to unpack how Ramirez — an informant for the Bakersfield Police Department, according to his family — and his death speaks to a larger culture of corruption and violence within the town and its police force.
“I knew the homicide rate in Bakersfield was high,” says one woman during the trailer. “I didn’t really know what that meant until I got here.”
Ramirez’s family details how the decision to “call the cops on the cops,...
Directed by Michaela Dowd, narrated by André Holland and executive produced by Kaepernick and Robe Imbriano, the series centers on the police force in Bakersfield, California, and the death of Jorge Ramirez in 2013 following a shootout that included several police officers in a hotel parking lot.
It’s described by Kaepernick as “one of the most powerful projects I’ve been involved with,” and seeks to unpack how Ramirez — an informant for the Bakersfield Police Department, according to his family — and his death speaks to a larger culture of corruption and violence within the town and its police force.
“I knew the homicide rate in Bakersfield was high,” says one woman during the trailer. “I didn’t really know what that meant until I got here.”
Ramirez’s family details how the decision to “call the cops on the cops,...
- 1/25/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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