Showtime has renewed the new anthology series “Super Pumped” for a second season, which will be based on Mike Isaac’s next book, a deep dive into Facebook’s transition from groundbreaking startup to the power it has become. The new season will focus on the relationship at the center of that metamorphosis – between Sheryl Sandberg and […]
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Showtime has given a pilot order to prospective comedy series “The Wood”, based on the feature film written and directed by Rick Famuyiwa (“The Chi”, “Dope”). The logline: “The Wood” is an honest look at friendship and dating from the perspective of three young Black males born and raised in the gentrifying L.A. suburb of Inglewood, fondly referred […]
Showtime” has picked up a second season of the legal drama “Your Honor”, starring Bryan Cranston. Cranston plays Michael Desiato, a respected New Orleans judge whose teenage son is involved in a hit-and-run that leads to a high-stakes game of lies, deceit and impossible choices. Peter Moffat (“The Night Of”, “Undercover”) serves as showrunner, […]
Showtime has greenlit a pilot for a potential drama called “Coercion”, written and directed by Susannah Grant (“Unbelievable”, “Erin Brockovich”) and starring Sydney Chandler (“Don’t Worry Darling”, “Pistol”). The series, produced by wiip, is inspired by the life of Rebecca Bender, a national leader on and survivor of sex trafficking. The logline: Rebecca Bender (Sydney Chandler) is now […]
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Showtime has greenlit drama “The Chi” from Twentieth Television for a fifth season. The series is described as a coming-of-age story following “a fateful turn of events that sends shockwaves through a community on the Southside of Chicago and connects the lives of Emmett, Brandon, Ronnie and Kevin in unexpected ways The logline: Season four off […]
Showtime has picked up the half-hour comedy series “I Love This For You,” starring and executive produced by “SNL’s” Vanessa Bayer (“Saturday Night Live”) and featured another “SNL” alum, “Molly Shannon.” The logline: Inspired by Bayer’s own story of overcoming childhood leukemia, “I Love This For You” centers on Joanna Gold (Bayer) who dreams of becoming […]
Showtime has ordered a second season of the late-night variety sketch series “Ziwe’, starring and executive produced by Ziwe (“Desus & Mero”). A total of 12 new episodes will be split into two installments. The inaugural season of “Ziwe” included interviews with Phoebe Bridgers, Fran Lebowitz, Andrew Yang, Eboni K. Williams, Gloria Steinem and Stacey […]
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Showtime has greenlit the drama series “American Gigolo” based on the 1980 film of the same name, starring Jon Bernthal (“Ford v Ferrari”,” The Walking Dead”) and written and directed by David Hollander “Ray Donovan”). Jerry Bruckheimer, who produced the original film, will executive produce along with Jonathan Littman and KristieAnne Reed. Bernthal also serves […]
Showtime has given a series order to “Super Pumped”, an anthology series with the first season based on Mike Isaac’s bestselling book “Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber.” Joseph Gordon-Levitt (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”) has signed on to star in the first installment as Travis Kalanick, Uber’s hard-charging CEO who was ultimately ousted […]
