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Disney and 20th Century Studios are officially working hand in hand to bring the 24 movie to the big screen. The Jack Bauer film has been a long-gestating project that experienced multiple delays and a lack of updates. While it has been confirmed to be in the works, it cannot guarantee anything unless they have officially started filming.

Credits: Kiefer Sutherland in 24 / Imagine Television

There hasn’t been a lot of talk about the upcoming movie. It has been a decade since Kiefer Sutherland appeared on the screen in 24: Live Another Day. The series was a massive success, but there are not enough updates on the big-screen adaptation for the last few months.

Why the Jack Bauer 24 Film Takes So Long to Happen

Executive producer Brian Grazer, who is also the man behind Imagine Entertainment, once shared his goal to keep the 24 franchise’s legacy alive. He was one of...

Exclusive: Yvonne Strahovski is set to star and executive produce a series adaptation of A Woman of Intelligence, based on Karin Tanabe’s bestselling novel. UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, is developing the project with Strahovski’s Anovi Peak Productions. A platform has yet to been determined.

Tom Bidwell serves as writer and executive producer.

In the series, overwhelmed with the relentlessness and loneliness of motherhood, a 1950’s housewife (Strahovski) finds a way to rediscover herself when she is asked by the FBI to infiltrate the Kgb. But before long, what started as a good way to get childcare fast turns into a nightmare and she realizes that her family’s future and the fate of the western world are in her hands.

Nina Tassler, Joan Boorstein, Mel McKeon and Laura Myones also will executive produce for Afa/Prime Talent Media.

Could Jack Bauer be destined to return on the big screen? 20th Century Studios and Imagine Entertainment are in the early stages of developing a movie based on 24, the acclaimed action-drama TV series starring Kiefer Sutherland.

Imagine Entertainment co-founder Brian Grazer teased the 24 movie (as well as a Backdraft reboot with Glenn Powell) while appearing on MSNBC’s Squawk Box last month. “Imagine has always played in that zone where there is that high probability chance that it will be successful in movie theaters,” Grazer said. “It’s great for us, because we’ve built, over 30 years, over 100 different products and brands, whether it’s ‘Backdraft,’ which I’m now going to do today with Glen Powell, or whether it’s ’24,’ a movie that we’re going to do in a very interesting way with Disney and Fox.“

Grazer continued, “These formats of the late 90s, early 2000s have...

A film based on 2000s hit TV show 24 is in the works at 20th Century Studios as confirmed by Brian Grazer.

Back in 2002, was there anything better than tuning in to a TV show where Kiefer Sutherland chased bad guys over the course of 24 hours? Probably, but it was still such a treat to watch 24 each week.

Variety now reports that a film based on 24 is in the works over at 20th Century Studios. Imagine Entertainment co-founder Brian Grazer confirmed the project during an appearance on MSNBC’s Squawk Box in June, but the news have only now been picked up.

“Imagine has always played in that zone where there is that high probability chance that it will be successful in movie theaters. It’s great for us, because we’ve built, over 30 years, over 100 different products and brands, whether it’s ‘Backdraft,’ which I’m now...

The clock is ticking (again): A movie adaptation of the hit Fox drama 24 is in early development at 20th Century Studios, our sister site Variety reports.

Brian Grazer, who executive-produced the original series, teased the prospect of a film version in a June interview with MSNBC’s Squawk Box. In a discussion of different legacy IP brands at his production company Imagine Entertainment, Grazer mentioned a 24 movie in the works “that we’re going to do in a very interesting way with Disney and Fox.”

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The X-Files Season 11 was a terrible misfire from Fox. The network has had trouble in creating a decent TV show of late. Fox is notoriously known for their cancelation of fan-favorite shows and instead greenlighting average to bad shows. As the network looks to rebuild its legacy, one show’s revival could be the saving grace for Fox in the television industry.

Kiefer Sutherland in a still from 24 | Fox Network

Kiefer Sutherland’s 24 ran for 9 seasons on the network followed by a short-lived spin-off series, 24: Legacy. Sutherland earlier shared the possibility of bringing back counter-terrorist federal agent Jack Bauer in a revival of the show. Fox could currently benefit from bringing back a critically acclaimed show like 24.

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Scott Speedman has won over Grey's Anatomy fans with his performance as Dr. Nick Marsh.

But he might soon be facing much gorier medical emergencies in a new and very different role.

Variety reported today that Speedman has been cast in a lead role on the upcoming Peacock horror series Teacup.

The show is based on a beloved novel by Robert McCammon that's not for the faint of heart.

While the book takes place in Texas, the series follows “a disparate group of people in rural Georgia who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat in order to survive.”

Speedman will be playing the role of James Chenoweth, alongside Yvonne Strahovski, who will star as his wife, Maggie Chenoweth.

Teacup comes courtesy of Atomic Monsters, the production company founded by James Wan, the director responsible for the Saw and Conjuring franchises.

So yeah, squeamish Grey's fans might want to skip this one.

Yvonne Strahovski’s next role finds her tackling more social unrest — but with a twist.

The Handmaid’s Tale star will lead Peacock’s adaptation of Robert McCammon’s 1988 novel Stinger, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

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Executive-produced by James Wan, the horror-thriller, titled Teacup, will shift the story’s setting from Texas to rural Georgia...

Yvonne Strahovski will star in Peacock’s upcoming horror thriller series Teacup (FKA Unt. Ian McCulloch Project) in the series regular role of “Maggie Chenoweth,” and will produce.

The series follows a disparate group of people in rural Georgia who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat to survive. Inspired by the New York Times bestselling novel Stinger by Robert McCammon.

Atomic Monster’s James Wan, Michael Clear and Rob Hackett executive produce alongside writer / executive producer Ian McCulloch, director (101) / executive producer E.L. Katz, executive producer/author Robert McCammon, Francisca X. Hu and Kevin Tancharoen. Danielle Bozzone oversees for Atomic Monster. The studio is UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group.

Strahovski is well known for her portrayal...

Yvonne Strahovski has landed her next series project.

The Handmaid’s Tale star will lead the cast for Teacup, a horror thriller series at Peacock that counts James Wan among its executive producers. Strahovski will also be a producer on the project, which is inspired by author Robert McCammon’s 1988 novel Stinger.

Teacup will center on a group of people in rural Georgia (replacing the novel’s Texas setting) who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat in order to survive. Strahovski will play a character named Maggie Chenoweth.

Ordered to series in late 2022, Teacup comes from Universal Studio Group’s UCP and Wan’s Atomic Monster banner. Ian McCulloch (Yellowstone) adapted the novel, and E.L. Katz (The Haunting of Bly Manor) is set to direct the first episode.

McCulloch also executive produces with Wan and Atomic Monster’s Michael Clear and Rob Hackett, Katz, McCammon, Francisca X. Hu and Kevin Tancharoen.

The shows competing for the 2024 Best TV Stunt Ensemble SAG Award are “Ahsoka,” “Barry,” “Beef,” “The Last of Us,” and “The Mandalorian.” Based on our racetrack odds, “The Last of Us” performers (16/5) are the clear frontrunners, followed in order by those from “Ahsoka” (4/1), “The Mandalorian” (4/1), “Barry” (9/2), and “Beef” (9/2).

The team from “The Mandalorian” are this year’s only returning nominees, having triumphed on their sole previous bid in 2021. This makes the current lineup the fourth in the category’s 17-year history to include a single group of veterans, following cases involving “Dexter” (2011), “Westworld” (2021), and “Cobra Kai” (2022).

“Ahsoka” follows “The Mandalorian” and “Andor” as the third “Star Wars” series to contend for this honor, while it and the former are the first two shows in that franchise to directly face off here. The “Andor” performers were recognized for their first season last year but were ultimately bested by the “Stranger Things” crew.

Lana Parrilla and Branko Tomovic have joined the cast of Action Xtreme’s Pov action thriller “Bad Day at the Office” from writer-director Chee Keong Cheung.

The two join the previously announced cast of John Hannah, Radha Mitchell, Tamer Hassan, Roxanne Mckee (“Game of Thrones”) and Tim Fellingham (“Final Destination 5”).

Filmed entirely in the first-person perspective using GoPros, “Bad Day at the Office” follows Karl (Hannah) after he wakes up in a wrecked hotel room with no memory of what’s happened, where he is, or even who he is. When he discovers a dead body in the bathtub, it sets into motion a terrifying and explosive series of events that force Karl and hotel maid Molly (Mitchell) on a blind descent into a deceptive world of confusion and conspiracy.

Producers on “Bad Day at the Office,” which is currently shooting in several locations around London, include Andreas Roald,...

Can it really be 20 years since “The O.C.” premiered on Fox? The young actors of the series, Benjamin McKenzie, Adam Brody, Mischa Barton and Rachel Bilson quickly became in-demand stars and the theme song “California” by Phantom Planet became a top ten hit in several countries while also reaching 35 on Billboard’s Alternative Airplay chart.

The bagel-centric series also introduced us to “Chrismukkah” and showcased bands from The Killers to Modest Mouse.

Several members of the cast went on to lead their own series and films and others have popped up on hit shows from “How I Met Your Mother” to “Grey’s Anatomy.” Here’s what they’ve been up to since “The O.C.” signed off in February 2007.

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Benjamin McKenzie, who played O.C. newbie Ryan Atwood, went on to star as an LA cop on TNT’s “Southland” and as James Gordon on Fox’s Batman prequel series “Gotham.

We have some sad news to share today, as The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that writer/director Manny Coto – who is best known for directing the 1992 horror comedy slasher Dr. Giggles (watch it Here) – has passed away at the age of 62, following a thirteen month battle with pancreatic cancer.

Manuel Hector Coto was born in Havana, Cuba on June 10, 1961, then his family emigrated to the U.S. just a few months later. Coto and his siblings were raised in Orlando, Florida, and he was still a child when a fascination with Star Trek inspired him to start shooting short films with his father’s 8mm camera. After attending college in New Orleans, he moved out to Los Angeles in 1983 and started working in commercials. He eventually crossed paths with Tippi Hedren, who worked with Alfred Hitchcock on The Birds and Marnie, and was able to get her to agree to...

Manny Coto, the Cuban-born writer and producer who received an Emmy for his work on 24 and spent four seasons on American Horror Story and two more on American Horror Stories, has died. He was 62.

Coto, whose childhood love of Star Trek and Super-8 moviemaking led to a 40-year career in film and television, died Sunday at his home in Pasadena after a 13-month battle with pancreatic cancer, a family spokesperson announced.

Coto also worked on the final two seasons of Upn’s Star Trek: Enterprise (2003-05) and on the final three seasons of Showtime’s Dexter (2010-13). Taking the reins on the former as showrunner in season four, he was called an unsung hero, creating a run of episodes that returned classic elements to his beloved franchise.

His “love of Star Trek permeated his life and his worldview,” his family noted. “In addition to being well-known for a spot-on William Shatner...

Emmy-winning writer/producer/director Manny Coto, whose credits include “24” and its sequels “24: Live Another Day” and “24: Legacy,” as well as “American Horror Story,” “Star Trek: Enterprise” and “Dexter,” died Sunday in Pasadena. He was 62.

News of Coto’s death was confirmed by a family representative. Coto died after a 13-month battle with pancreatic cancer, and passed away at his home, surrounded by family.

Born in Havana, Cuba, Manuel Hector Coto was one of primetime’s most prominent Latino writers and showrunners. He shared the outstanding drama series Emmy in 2005 for Season 5 of “24,” and co-created “24: Legacy.” Coto also spend four seasons as exec producer of “American Horror Story,” and also exec produced two seasons of “American Horror Stories,” directing the 2021 episode “Feral.”

“Manny was an incredibly beloved member of the 20th Television and FX family for close to two decades,” the studio and network said in a joint statement.

Manny Coto, who won an Outstanding Drama Series Emmy for 24, worked on its sequel series, co-created Fox’s AI drama neXt and was an EP on Dexter, Star TreK Enterprise, American Horror Story and others, died Sunday of pancreatic cancer at his home in Pasadena. He was 62.

His family shared the news today, saying he had fought the disease for 13 months and passed surrounded by loved ones.

The Cuba-born Coto shared the Outstanding Drama Series Emmy for 24’s fifth season in 2005. He continued on 24 through its eighth and final season, and co-created along its sequel series, 24: Live Another Day and 24: Legacy. He also served as executive producer on four seasons of American Horror Story and two seasons of American Horror Stories, directing the 2021 episode “Feral” of the latter.

He also was an EP on the final three seasons of Showtime’s Dexter, scoring an Outstanding Drama...

Writer, producer and director Manny Coto, best known for his work on “American Horror Story,” “Dexter” and “24,” has died at the age of 62.

Coto died Sunday in his Pasadena home surrounded by family, a family representative told TheWrap. His death followed a 13-month battle with pancreatic cancer. He worked as a writer, producer and director for nearly 40 years.

According to his family, Coto was first drawn to Hollywood due to his love of “Star Trek” and Super-8 moviemaking. Coto started his career as a writer on “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” in 1988 and on “Tales from the Crypt” in 1991. This love of horror and sci-fi would pave the way for the rest of his career.

The Cuban-born writer and director’s first major project was Showtime’s “Odyssey 5,” which was created by Coto. The series followed five intergalactic traveler who witness Earth’s destruction and are given the opportunity to...

It’s hard to think of Kiefer Sutherland without thinking of Jack Bauer, the CTU agent who foiled terrorists again and again in 24. It’s been nearly a decade since we last saw Jack Bauer in 24: Live Another Day, but the possibility of another revival of the beloved action series remains.

While speaking with Entertainment Weekly, Kiefer Sutherland explained why 24 remains so important to him and teased that he’s got a few ideas for how it could be brought back.

I mean, it was the best time of my life. I was in my early 30s, so I was physically capable. I was not in my 20s, so I was a little smarter — not a whole lot, but a little smarter. And I got to do it for 10 years, which is, I guarantee you, the most stable opportunity that an actor will ever be given. So for all of those reasons,...

TV’s erstwhile Jack Bauer, Kiefer Sutherland, says there are a variety of ways to restart the clock with 24.

A groundbreaking Fox series in which episodes played out in real time and spanned a 24-hour day, 24 debuted in November 2001 and ran for eight straight seasons, including a 24: Redemption TV-movie that landed between Days 6 and 7.

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There have been many great shows, and for some of the lucky few, an even better spinoff has emerged.

From shows like NCIS, Better Call Saul, and more recently, House of the Dragon, audiences have truly been spoilt.

But just because the original show was a success, it doesn't always mean the spinoff will be a success.

Heck, in some cases, the spinoff series doesn't even make it to air.

Below are five examples of some planned spinoff shows that unfortunately never made it onto the small screen, with reasons provided as to why that never happened.

Revenge

When the original four-season run of Revenge ended in 2015, the nature of the final episode instantly led to rumours that the show could return. Could Nolan continue to help those seeking vengeance? Would Charlotte progress further down the dark path the show has hinted at?

A few months after the show ended,...

Vera really likes to keep us waiting. Series 11 of this beloved British detective series began broadcasting back in summer 2021, and after four episodes were released between then and January 2022, there’s been a year-long unexplained wait for the last two feature-length episodes of the series, which finally began airing on ITV1 on Sunday 15th January.

But like buses, you wait for one series of Vera and two arrive at once, as straight after Series 11 finishes we’ll be getting four more weekly episodes making up Series 12 as well, starting on 29th January.

Not only that, there’s another Vera instalment, The Rising Tide, on the way later this year, based on Ann Cleeves’s latest Vera novel of the same name.

So what can we expect from the upcoming episodes of Vera? More gruesome murders, of course, and more stunning Northumberland scenery, but there’s also going to be more...

Five top TV costume designers will reveal secrets behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with 2022/2023 awards contenders. They will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Monday, November 7, at 4:00 p.m. Pt; 7:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Marcus Dixon and a roundtable chat with all of the group together.

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The Boys (Amazon Prime)

Synopsis: A group of vigilantes set out to take down corrupt superheroes who abuse their superpowers.

Bio: Michael Ground’s career has included “Frontier,” “Bad Blood,” “Daybreak,” “Sweet Girl” and “Delia’s Gone.”

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Exclusive: John Boyega is one of a diminishing number of Hollywood film stars that hasn’t yet dived properly into the world of high-end TV drama. The 30-year-old actor has made several appearances on television—most notably winning plaudits for his searing portrait of a London policeman in Steve McQueen’s multi-award-winning BBC/Prime Video anthology Small Axe—but his career has largely been defined by roles in movies like Attack the Block and the third Star Wars trilogy.

This may all be about to change if closely held plans come to fruition: Boyega’s production company, UpperRoom Productions, has, in his words, “something potentially big brewing”.

“The project has got a big commercial footprint—I mean that in the best way—and I’m circling it now,” he hints. “It’s something as secretive as hell, but it’s something that’s a potential project if we can pull it off.

He Stranger In Our Bed, starring Samantha Bond (Die Another Day, Tomorrow Never Dies), Emily Berrington (Humans, 24: Live Another Day), Ben Lloyd-Hughes (Divergent, Me Before You), and Joseph Marcell (The Fresh Prince Of Bel-air). Based on the USA Today bestselling novel by Samantha Lee Howe (who also penned the script), the film hits theaters August 26. Distributor: TriCoast Worldwide Theatrical/VOD/DVD Release Date: August 26, 2022 Director: Giles …

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Benjamin Bratt has been cast in the Natasha Lyonne-led Peacock series “Poker Face,” which hails from creator Rian Johnson.

Variety has learned exclusively that Bratt is the latest addition to the rapidly expanding cast. Another recently announced cast members include Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Stephanie Hsu, and David Castañeda. Plot and character details for the series are being kept largely under wraps, though sources say the show will follow a procedural format and see Lyonne’s character working to solve different murders in each episode.

Bratt most recently appeared opposite Rosario Dawson in the HBO Max limited series “Dmz,” which debuted in March on the streamer. He also previously starred in the Fox music drama “Star” from Lee Daniels. His other TV roles include “Law & Order,” “24: Live Another Day,” “Private Practice,” “The Cleaner,” and multiple appearances on “Modern Family.” In film, Bratt is known for starring in features like “Piñero,...

Despite what Marvel might have you believe, not all film franchises are perfectly serialized.

Take, for example, another kind of cinematic superhero: James Bond a.k.a. 007. The MI6 spy created by Ian Fleming and brought to screen by Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli is timeless in the most literal sense of the world. Since Sean Connery passed the role of James Bond to Roger Moore for good in 1973’s Live and Let Die (Connery previously gave way to George Lazenby in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service before returning in Diamonds Are Forever), James Bond has become unstuck in time.

As played in subsequent films over several decades by actors like Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, and Daniel Craig, Bond remains the same while the world around him changes. Some fans like to theorize that “Agent 007” and “James Bond” are aliases used by different MI6 spies throughout the years. But...

Kiefer Sutherland is getting back to his espionage roots in a new drama series at Paramount Plus.

The untitled series has received an eight-episode order at the streamer. It finds private espionage operative James Weir (Sutherland) in the midst of a battle over the preservation of democracy in a world at odds with misinformation, behavioral manipulation, the surveillance state and the interests that control these extraordinary powers.

The show hails from writers John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, who will also direct and executive produce. Sutherland will executive produce in addition to starring, with Charlie Gogolak and Entertainment 360’s Suzan Bymel also executive producing. CBS Studios will produce, with ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group handling international distribution.

“I’ve been an admirer of John Requa and Glenn Ficarra’s unique body of work for some time, and I’m thrilled to be working on this exciting new project with them and Paramount Plus,...

Kiefer Sutherland will return to very familiar territory for his next TV project. The Designated Survivor actor is set to headline an untitled espionage drama newly ordered to series at Paramount+, TVLine has learned.

Sutherland will star in the eight-episode series as James Weir, a private espionage operative in the midst of a battle over the preservation of democracy, in a world at odds with misinformation, behavioral manipulation, the surveillance state and the interests that control these extraordinary powers. He’ll also serve as an executive producer with John Requa, Glenn Ficarra and Charlie Gogolak (This Is Us), as well as Suzan Bymel,...

Warner Bros. Television Group has established an exclusive creative partnership and overall deal with Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff, the Carl I. Hovland Professor of African American Studies at Yale University and Center for Policing Equity co-founder and CEO, which aims to identify and reduce the causes of racial disparity in public safety and advocates for scalable change.

A highly respected national leader in the science of racial bias and expert on sexism and public safety, Goff and his newly formed creative team, JusticeRx, will develop original programming under the terms of the multiyear pact, and consult with studio and show creators to promote equity, inclusion and social justice via his insights and other resources. They will consult through a project’s original inception through development, production and beyond.

Additionally, Goff’s pioneering work with scientific experiments that expose how our minds learn to associate Blackness and crime implicitly — often with...

Warner Bros. Television Group has signed Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff, co-founder and CEO of the Center for Policing Equity, to an overall deal.

The agreement will see the Yale professor and his newly formed creative team, JusticeRx, create original content informed by his work, as well as collaborate with the studio’s creative roster on projects centered around social justice.

The original content by JusticeRx will be aimed at telling stories that “help get people free.” This could range from scripted dramas and comedies to docuseries and other unscripted projects for streaming, cable and broadcast networks.

Kevin Richardson, a 20-year creative executive who helped develop Fox’s “Empire” and “24: Live Another Day,” will serve as executive vice president for JusticeRx. The vice president of creative affairs will be Dr. Amma Y. Ghartey-Tagoe Kootin, a Harvard and Tisch-educated scholar, writer and producer who is a Ted Fellow and previously contributed...

Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff, a respected expert on racism, sexism, and public safety, has entered into a multi-year creative partnership and exclusive overall deal with Warner Bros. Television Group.

Goff is a Professor of African-American Studies and Psychology at Yale University, and Co-Founder and CEO of the Center for Policing Equity, a research center which aims to ensure accountable and racially unbiased policing in the U.S. Under the pact, Goff, along with his newly formed creative team JusticeRx, will develop original programming and consult with the Studio and show creators to promote equity, inclusion and social justice. Goff and his team will consult from a project’s original inception through development, production and beyond.

The new programming developed by Goff and JusticeRx will range from scripted dramas and comedies to docuseries and other unscripted projects for streaming, cable, and the broadcast networks.

JusticeRx’s executive team will be led by Kevin Richardson,...

In May 2020, Paramount+ (still known as CBS All Access back then) announced the order for a series centered on the Captain Pike, Number One, and Spock characters introduced on Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, and the fan base went Wild.

Anson Mount brought the legendary Pike to life as the perfect precursor to the Kirk era while Rebecca Romijn epitomized the efficiency and effectiveness of the ultimate second-in-command, Number One.

Ethan Peck had the hardest role to take on as Spock, a figure long-beloved and revered from Leonard Nimoy's first portrayal of the Vulcan-Human defender of all things logical and fascinating. Peck's turn in the pointy ears was a resounding success.

With the three of them at the helm of the iconic Enterprise, anticipation for a return to episodic exploratory missions has been a slow-burning roar ever since.

But three crew do not a Star Trek show makes.

Today, Paramount+ announced the addition of five,...

The end is almost here for Van Helsing: The Syfy drama’s fifth and final season will premiere on Friday, April 16 at 10/9c.

In the show’s 13-episode swan song, “Vanessa, Violet and Jack will risk everything to finally bring an end to the Dark One once and for all,” per the official synopsis. “The Van Helsings must figure out ways to escape and evade the various obstacles in their path to prevent them from their mission, leading to an epic final showdown between the Van Helsings and the Dark One. Who will win the battle between light and dark?...

Explosive thriller Gangs of London landed on Sky and Cinemax in one intense nine episode package this April. It boasts a large international ensemble cast to match its sprawling narrative style. The cast is a mix of well known faces and relative newcomers all mixed up in the fray.

But who plays who, and where might you have seen them before? We break down the main and supporting cast including their key roles to date and exciting upcoming projects.

The Wallaces Colm Meaney as Finn Wallace

Finn Wallace is the patriarch of the family and the head of a massive crime syndicate who is assassinated in episode one of Gangs of London but appears in flashback throughout the series. Irish actor Colm Meaney might be best recognised by some for his recurring role in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Chief Miles O’Brien.

The Serbian-German actor's first directorial effort is an arthouse horror set to film in Serbia in June. Branko Tomović, a German actor of Serbian origin with an extensive international career that includes roles in Paul Greengrass' The Bourne Ultimatum and David Ayer's Fury as well as high-profile TV shows such as 24: Live Another Day, is prepping his first feature-length film as a director, Vampir. Billed as a “Serbian vampire tale”, it is a modern twist on the myth with Tomović playing Arnaut, a man who, after witnessing a crime in London and looking for a place to hide, is offered a job by charming yet ruthless local Vesna to look after a cemetery in a small, remote village in Serbia. He soon starts to have nightmarish visions and is frequently visited by the mysterious older woman Baba Draga (legend of Yugoslav cinema Eva...

As a little gift to keep their bored, quarantined customers entertained, Apple TV+ has just made a number of original movies and shows available for free on their app, including M. Night Shyamalan’s highly acclaimed, familiarly unpredictable psychological thriller series Servant.

The show, which holds a 89% certified fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, tells the story of a grieving couple from Philadelphia following a tragic event that tears their marriage apart while simultaneously welcoming a sinister force into their household.

While hitting all the beats indicative of a trademark M. Night Shyamalan story, Servant was actually not created by him. In his stead, Tony Basgallop, who made a name for himself with titles like Inside Men, What Remains and 24: Live Another Day, serves as showrunner. Still, unwavering fans of Shyamalan need not worry, as on top of heading the project as an executive producer, the controversial filmmaker also directs a few episodes.

CBS has ordered two more drama pilots, bringing its total to six so far for the 2020 development season. They are Good Sam, from writer Katie Wech (BH90210), Jane the Virgin creator Jennie Snyder Urman and her Sutton St. Productions; and Out The Door from 24 veteran Evan Katz and Jerry Bruckheimer Television. CBS Television Studios, where Urman and Bruckheimer are under deals, is the studio for both.

Written by Wech, Good Sam centers on a talented yet stifled surgeon who embraces her leadership role after her renowned and pompous boss falls into a coma. When he awakens and wants to resume surgery, however, it falls to her to supervise this overbearing blowhard who never acknowledged her talents — and also happens to be her father.

Wech executive produces with Urman and Joanna Klein for Sutton St. Productions.

Most recently, Wech was a writer on Fox’s summer drama series BH90210. Wech also wrote The Hypnotist’s Love Story,...

Exclusive: We’ve learned that Benjamin Bratt has scored the series-regular role of Parco Delgado opposite Rosario Dawson in the HBO Max pilot of DC/Vertigo Comic series Dmz from Warner Bros. Television.

Dmz is set in the near future where America is embroiled in a bitter civil war, leaving Manhattan a demilitarized zone, destroyed and isolated from the rest of the world. Dmz chronicles the harrowing journey of fierce medic Alma Ortega (Dawson), who saves lives while desperately searching for her lost son. As she contends with the gangs, militias, demagogues and warlords who control this lawless no man’s land, she becomes the unlikely source of what everyone has lost: hope.

Bratt will play Parco Delgado, the popular — and deadly — leader of one of the most powerful gangs in the Dmz. He wants to rule the Dmz and will stop at nothing to secure that outcome. Delgado is known as a wildly magnetic,...

At TCA last week, Fox Entertainment President Michael Thorn hinted that a new incarnation of 24 may e in the works. As Deadline reported at the time, the new concept, that has been gaining momentum, is being developed by The Resident showrunner Todd Harthan with 20th Century Fox TV and Imagine TV.

Following the TCA panel for the final season of Homeland today, Deadline asked former 24 executive producer/showrunner Howard Gordon, who remains involved in the franchise, about the new project.

“Fox certainly wants to do it, and we’re talking,” Gordon said, adding, “When I say talking, what it will be. The big headline being it has to be worth doing. We can’t do it to just do it. We want to find the right story. Todd Harthan who is running The Resident is working on it. I’m a friend of the court.”

Gordon would not elaborate what...

Every year, Fox seems to have different plans for 24. They brought Jack Bauer (Kiefer Sutherland) back for one last limited series 24: Live Another Day. They tried 24: Legacy with a new cast that only lasted one season. In 2018, they developed a Jack Bauer origin story and a 24 legal drama simultaneously, but by 2019 […]

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24 and Prison Break are two Fox drama series that the network has been able to successfully revive with 24: Live Another Day and Season 5 of Prison Break.

But, following the mixed reaction to 24: Legacy, Fox executives and the series’ producers have been treading carefully when pursuing a potential new installment of the real-time drama.

In May, Fox opted not to go forward with two potential new 24 series it had been developing: a real-time legal thriller written by 24 executive showrunner Howard Gordon and Jeremy Doner, and a prequel that traces the origin story of CTU agent Jack Bauer, from Gordon and 24 co-creators Joel Surnow and Bob Cochran.

While the network remained open to the prequel idea, there has been a new concept that has been gaining momentum the past few months, which is being developed by The Resident showrunner Todd Harthan.

During TCA on Tuesday, Deadline asked...

Noted devotee of psychological terror and surprise twist endings, filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan goes behind the creative curtain of TV once more—his first time since 2016’s “Wayward Pines” finale— with Apple TV+‘s new series “Servant.” Working this time with creator/writer Tony Basgallop, a BBC network veteran, “Servant,” centers on a wounding trauma that’s built upon a ridiculous conceit.

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For those excited about the upcoming programming coming to Apple TV+, we have now gotten our first trailer for the upcoming M.Night Shyamalan series “Servant” and we are definitely intrigued. Apple’s “Servant” will premiere November 28 exclusively on Apple TV+, a new home for the world’s most creative storytellers. The half-hour psychological thriller follows a Philadelphia couple in mourning after an unspeakable tragedy creates a rift in their marriage and opens the door for a mysterious force to enter their home. Academy Award-nominated executive producer M. Night Shyamalan directs the series alongside BAFTA-nominated creator, executive producer and writer Tony Basgallop. The celebrated cast of “Servant” includes Lauren Ambrose (“Six Feet Under”), Toby Kebbell, Nell Tiger Free (“Game of Thrones”), Rupert Grint. Social Handles: @Servant on twitter @ServantOfficial on Ig Apple TV+ is now available in over 100 countries and regions on the Apple TV app on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV,...

"Do you know who you welcomed into your home?" In a setup reminiscent of The Boy, a grieving couple hires a nanny to keep an eye on their baby doll after losing their real child, but their troubles are only beginning with the new arrival to their home. A new series from M. Night Shyamalan and Tony Basgallop, Servant is teased in an eerie new trailer ahead of the series' November 28th premiere on Apple TV+.

"Apple today unveiled the official trailer for “Servant,” a new Apple Original series from Academy Award-nominated executive producer M. Night Shyamalan.

Apple’s “Servant” will premiere November 28 exclusively on Apple TV+, a new home for the world's most creative storytellers. The half hour psychological thriller follows a Philadelphia couple in mourning after an unspeakable tragedy creates a rift in their marriage and opens the door for a mysterious force to enter their home.

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Apple TV+ launched November 1 with original dramas such as “The Morning Show,” “See,” “For All Mankind,” and “Dickinson,” none of which earned much critical acclaim to become appointment viewing in the ever-expanding world of television streaming. The low profile debuts of Apple’s first four series is surely not what the new streamer was hoping for, although they can probably rely on M. Night Shyamalan to stir up buzz for the new streaming platform. The hit-or-miss horror favorite is behind Apple TV+’s upcoming “Servant,” debuting this Thanksgiving.

“Servant” is billed as a psychological thriller that “follows a Philadelphia couple in mourning after an unspeakable tragedy,” which creates a “rift in their marriage and opens the door for a mysterious force to enter their home.” Apple TV+ has debuted the official “Servant” trailer, which gives away one of the series’ most disturbing secrets: The central couple (played by Toby Kebbell...

Event programming remains a target area for Fox, whether branded like 24 or original like the upcoming sci-fi drama NeXt, Fox Entertainment President Michael Thorn told Deadline during TCA.

The network made a concerted effort last season to develop a new incarnation of one of its signature series, 24, by commissioning two scripts from 20th Century Fox TV and Imagine TV, a real-time legal thriller written by 24 executive showrunner Howard Gordon and Jeremy Doner and a prequel that traces the origin story of CTU agent Jack Bauer, from Gordon and 24 co-creators Joel Surnow and Bob Cochran.

As we reported in January, none of the projects got to pilot, with 24 producers going back to the drawing board and Fox expressing interest in cracking the prequel idea with a fresh new take. The legal thriller concept is no longer on the table, I hear.

“We are wide open,” Thorn said when asked by Deadline...

WarnerMedia has given 10-episode orders to two new series from Maniac creator Patrick Somerville for its upcoming streaming service. The series are: half-hour divorce comedy Made For Love, based on Alissa Nutting’s novel; with S.J. Clarkson directing and exec producing, and Station Eleven, an hourlong post-apocalyptic limited drama based on the international bestseller by Emily St. John Mandel, with Hiro Murai directing and exec producing. Somerville is writing and executive producing both shows which hail from Paramount TV where he has an overall deal.

Made for Love, based on the tragicomic novel of the same name by Nutting, is a dark, absurd, and cynically poignant story of divorce and revenge. The series shows how far some will go for love, and how much further others will go to destroy it.

It follows Hazel Green, a thirtysomething woman on the run after 10 years in a suffocating marriage to an unstable,...

The Smell of Petrol is the second film by award winning writer/director and actor Branko Tomovic. Cosima Shaw (Mars, V for Vendetta) stars as the main character Jackie. The exciting cast also includes Laurence Spellman, Jumaan Short (Mother), Jonas Khan (Rock the Kasbah), Alexander Devrient (The Danish Girl), Liane-Rose Bunce (Homeward) and Christopher Sciueref (300: Rise of an Empire).  The film highlights the dark and brutal world of human trafficking and shines a light on the people involved in such operations. It's a character study of a woman who is working as a trafficker for illegal immigrants but is faced with an unbearable task which forces her to take a look at her actions.  The...

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Fox had been developing two potential new 24 series: a real-time legal thriller written by 24 executive showrunner Howard Gordon and Jeremy Doner and a prequel that traces the origin story of CTU agent Jack Bauer, from Gordon and 24 co-creators Joel Surnow and Bob Cochran.

Of the two, the legal drama progressed beyond the initial script and went through further development and reworking. But in the end, neither project made it to a pilot order this season.

During the TCA executive session Wednesday, Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier called it “a blessing” to have the 24 “legacy and a responsibility to bring it back.”

He acknowledged that the network is “not announcing anything.” He expressed admiration for the creative auspices behind 24, from Imagine TV and 20th TV, but he stressed that “when we get it right,” the network takes bringing the franchise back “very seriously.”

The 24 producers now are expected to go back to the drawing board.