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Sundance Now And Shudder Team Up For “A Discovery Of Witches” Series Adaptation

Sundance Now and Shudder have teamed up for the first time and acquired the rights to author Deborah Harkness‘ best-selling novel “A Discovery of Witches” for a series adaptation. The series has an amazing cast that includes Emmy® nominated actor Matthew Goode (The Crown, Downtown Abbey), Teresa Palmer (Hacksaw Ridge), Alex Kingston (Er, Doctor Who), Valarie Pettiford (Being Mary Jane), and Owen Teale (Game of Thrones). The eight-episode series will be produced by Bad Wolf, the team behind “The Night Of”, “Doctor Who”, “Torchwood”, “Da Vinci’s Demons”, and the upcoming adaptation of Philip Pullman’s “His Dark Materials”. Filmed in the UK’s Wolf Studios Wales and on location in Oxford, “A Discovery of Witches” is a contemporary love story that begins against the backdrop of Oxford academic life, in a world where small numbers of witches, vampires, and demons live an work, unseen amongst humans, hiding in plain sight. Teresa Plamers plays the brilliant historian Diana Bishop, a reluctant witch denying

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Sep 22, 2018

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A Storm Is Brewing In The First Teaser For AMC’s ‘The Terror’

We first reported back last year that AMC had plans for a new series from executive producer Ridley Scott titled ‘The Terror’. Now, AMC has finally announced the premiere date and unveiled the first images, and a sneak peek of the show. The ten-episode series stars Jarad Harris (The Crown) as Captain Francis Crozier, ‘Outlander’s’ Tobias Menzies as Captain James Fitzjames, Ciarán Hinds of ‘Games of Thrones’ as Sir John Franklin, and Paul Ready (Cuffs) as Dr. Henry Goodsir. Adam Nagaitis, Nive Nielsen, Ian Hart, and Trystan Gravelle co-star. Filmed in Budapest, Hungary, ‘The Terror’ will take viewers on a dark, intense journey that centers on the “Royal Navy’s voyage into uncharted territory as the crew attempts to discover the Northwest Passage. Faced with treacherous conditions, limited resources, dwindling hope, and fear of the unknown, the crew is pushed to the brink of extinction. Frozen, isolated, and stuck at the end of the earth, ‘The Terror’ highlights all that can

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Dec 10, 2017

Streaming TV

Robert Rodriguez’s New Series ‘Rebel Without A Crew’ Issues A Challange To Filmmakers

Brilliant director Robert Rodriguez, the man behind films such as Sin City, From Dusk Till Dawn, Planet Terror, Machete, and the ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’ series, made his directorial debut back in 1992 with ‘El Mariachi with a budget of only $7,000. Rodriguez holds the Guinness World Record for the lowest-budgeted film that grossed over $1 million at the box office. The film was inducted to the Library of Congress and is part of its National Film Registry. Now, he’s giving other filmmakers a shot to kick off their career with the new series ‘Rebel Without a Crew’. In the unscripted show, five filmmakers will be given a chance to make a feature film. Here’s the twist, they will each have a budget of only $7,000. The contestants include Scarlet Moreno, Bola Ogun, Alejandro Montoya Marin, Bommie-Kathleen Ryan, and Josh Stifter. Oh, and Rodriguez is taking on the challenge as well. The filmmakers will have just two weeks to shoot

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 29, 2017

Streaming TV

Amazing Stories Revival In The Hands Of Hannibal Creator Bryan Fuller

As a kid, one of my favorite things to watch was reruns of Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories. The series featured episodes that were everything from sci-fi to horror and was directed by the who’s who of directors including Martin Scorsese, Tom Holland, Tobe Hooper and Spielberg himself. But sadly, the show ended in 1987, after just two seasons. At SXSW Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller revealed that he is currently writing scripts for the show’s revival. He will be joined in the writers’ room by Emily Gordon, Patton Oswalt, Kumail Nanjiani, and Jane Goldman, Crave reports. We are working on a variety of scripts from a variety of sources, and we’ve got a lot of really great writers involved.” Fuller told Crave. “So it feels like I’m curating the Amazing Stories magazine. Yeah, so that’s very exciting because I get to collaborate with other writers and just let them do their thing under that umbrella, which is a relief.” Image: Crave

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Mar 15, 2017

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