Regina Hall (“Black Monday,” “Girls Trip”) has signed a first-look deal with Showtime, where she will develop and produce television projects under her production company, Rh Negative. Already in development is a one-hour comedy special featuring Hall as star and executive producer. “Regina is an undeniable and brilliant force in Hollywood, both in front of and behind the camera,” said Israel. “She […]
The MeTV Network has announced the launch of the new original morning show “Toon In With Me.” The weekday one-hour hosted series will feature original comedy sketches, guests, interviews, games and more, produced to lead into many of the greatest classic cartoon shorts ever made. Also announced is the launch of Saturday Morning Cartoons, a […]
TBS has ordered a fourth season of Tracy Morgan’s comedy series “The Last O.G.” Co-created and executive-produced by Jordan Peele, “The Last O.G.” follows Tray (Morgan), an ex-con who is shocked to see just how much the world has changed when he is released from a 15-year prison stint. After finding a place to live […]
Showtime has greenlit black comedy “Black Monday” for a third season with an an order for 10 new episodes. Debuting in January 2019, the series stars Don Cheadle, Andrew Rannells, Regina Hall and Paul Scheer, and follows the employees of second-tier Wall Street trading firm the Jammer Group in the year leading up to “Black Monday”, […]
EPIX has greenlit the half-hour dramedy “Bridge and Tunnel” (originally titled “Gibson Station” in development) to series. The six, half-hour episode season will premiere on January 24, 2021. Written, directed and produced by Edward Burns (“Saving Private Ryan,” “Public Morals”) and set in 1980, “Bridge and Tunnel” revolves around a group of recent college grads setting out to pursue […]
“Dexter,” starring Michael C. Hall as serial killer Dexter Morgan, is being rebooted as a new limited series. The original eight-season run of “Dexter” premiered in the fall of 2006 and starred Hall as Dexter Morgan, a complicated and conflicted blood-spatter expert for the Miami police department who moonlights as a serial killer. The revival is set to […]
History has given a series order to non-scripted “Great Escapes With Morgan Freeman” (working title). Produced by Freeman and producer Lori McCreary’s production company, Revelations Entertainment, the six one-hour episode series will reveal in detail history’s greatest convict escapes from some of the most notorious prisons in the world. “I’ve been inside the minds of prisoners […]
