Tag: television
Harry Potter Max series Finally Names Its Director and Showrunner
jesslind | Jun 26, 2024 | 1
Announced today via The Hollywood Reporter, the upcoming Harry Potter Max series has finally named its showrunner and director. The series has selected Francesca Gardiner as showrunner and writer and Mark Mylod to direct multiple episodes. Both have received Emmys for HBO’s Succession — Gard...
Read MoreThe Writers’ Strike is Over
The Writer’s Strike is officially over. As of 12:01 AM Pacific on Wednesday, September 27, the members of the WGA will be allowed to go back to work, as the deal between the union and the AMPTP has been… okay, not approved but “suggested” by union leaders. WGA members will now vote on whethe...
Read MoreDeal Tentatively Struck in Writers’ Strike
The writers’ strike may be coming to an end. The WGA and the AMPTA have reached a tentative agreement, which the WGA described as “an agreement in principle on all deal points, subject to drafting final contract language,” in an email to “strike captains.” In other words, nothing is final ...
Read MoreRyan Murphy Going Back to Disney
At the end of June, Ryan Murphy’s five-year Netflix deal expires, and Bloomberg was the first to report that he’s expected to return to working under what was once Fox’s entertainment division, which is now owned by Disney. Dana Walden, co-chairman of Disney Entertainment, is a lon...
Read MoreHollywood Writers Go on Strike
Jed | Hollywood Scholar | May 2, 2023 | 0
The Writers Guild of America, the WGA, has gone on strike, demanding higher pay in the new streaming-oriented landscape of Hollywood. What does this mean for the average audience member? Very little. At a time when production companies’ stocks are plummeting, budgets are higher, and profits are lo...
Read MoreNBC Saves CBS’ Magnum P.I.
BlabberingCollector | Oct 12, 2022 | 0
Back in May, it was reported that CBS would not renew the reboot of Magnum P.I. for a fifth season, much to many fans’ outrage. The show first premiered in 2018 and starred Jay Hernandez as Thomas Magnum and Perdita Weeks as gender-swapped Juliet (formerly John) Higgins. Fans were happy with t...
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