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Starz has opted against a second season of sci-fi drama “The Rook,” which starred Emma Greenwell, Joely Richardson and Olivia Munn. Loosely based on the 2012 novel by Daniel O’Malley, “The Rook” followed Greenwell’s Myfanwy, an agent who works for a super-secret branch of the British government that handles matters of Extreme Variant Abilities. Myfanwy […]
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Starz has given an eight-episode series order for half-hour comedy “Run the World,” which is the story of a group of black, vibrant, fiercely loyal best friends who work, live and play in Harlem as they strive for world domination. At its core, it’s an unapologetically female show about enviable friendship and not only surviving […]
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Cable net Starz has greenlit investigative reality series “Wrong Man” for a second season, with an order for six new episodes. From Joe Berlinger (“Paradise Lost” trilogy, “Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes”) the series re-investigates three cases of inmates who have been incarcerated for decades and who claim they were wrongfully convicted […]
Starz has greenlit fantasy drama “American Gods” for a third season less than ope week after its second season opener. Charles “Chic” Eglee (“The Shield,” “Dexter”) will take over as showrunner, a position held previously by Bryan Fuller, Michael Green and Jesse Alexander. “I’m thrilled ‘American Gods’ has been renewed for a third season, and […]
Starz has renewed half-hour drama “Sweetbitter” for a second season, with an unconfirmed number of new episodes. Debuting on May 6, 2018, “Sweetbitter” is based on the book of the same name by Stephanie Danler. The series follows a 22-year-old woman (Ella Purnell) who, shortly after arriving in New York, lands a job at a […]
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Starz has issued an early sixth season renewal to drama “Power” from Courtney Kemp and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson. Debuting on June 7, 2014, “Power” follows James St. Patrick (Omari Hardwick), nicknamed “Ghost”, owner of “Truth”, a popular New York City nightclub. In addition, he is a major player in one of the city’s biggest illegal […]
Starz has acquired the unscripted 10-part docuseries “America to Me,” created by filmmaker Steve James (“Hoop Dreams,” “The Interrupters”), and produced by Participant Media and Kartemquin Films. The logline: “America To Me” follows students, teachers and administrators in suburban Chicago’s Oak Park and River Forest High School, one of the country’s most exemplary and diverse […]
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Starz has greenlit a new series called “Vida” (formerly titled “Pour Vida”), a half-hour drama series focusing on two Mexican-American sisters from the Eastside of Los Angeles who couldn’t be more different or distanced from each other. Circumstances force them to return to their old neighborhood, where they are confronted by the past and shocking […]
Starz is developing the action-drama series under the working title “Black Samurai” with Jerry Bruckheimer Television starring Academy Award winner Common (“John Wick 2,” “Suicide Squad”), who will also executive produce under his Freedom Road Productions banner. Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA (“Kill Bill 1 & 2,” “American Gangster”) and Mitchell Diggs will also executive produce for […]
